>I have my doubts if smartphones can ever cost the same as regular phones. The contract freebie "dumbphones" today are better than the $300 phones from 5 years

>I have my doubts if smartphones can ever cost the same as regular phones. The contract freebie "dumbphones" today are better than the $300 phones from 5 years ago. The oldschool Nokia candybars that placed calls and played Snake aren't even carried in stores anymore. Current smartphones may not dominate in the next two years, but at some point, carriers will just stop offering the current crop of dumbphones and the freebies will provide feature parity with current smartphones.