/My guess is this will change as it’s become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society./ I think that time has already arr

/My guess is this will change as it’s become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society./ I think that time has already arrived... I remember seeing reports that a cellphone was generally the most-valued item amongst the homeless in the US. (Not quite a quantitative study, but here's an article on the importance of cellphones for homeless people, and challenges they face: https://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/01/11/expired-lost-stolen-cell-phones-critical-homeless-people-can-tough-get-keep/ https://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/01/11/expired-lost-stol... )