> got the consumer interested in smartphones and view flip-phones as inferior except cellular phones were vastly better devices for their purpose. smartphones

> got the consumer interested in smartphones and view flip-phones as inferior except cellular phones were vastly better devices for their purpose. smartphones are better only for content networks (FB and similar) and App stores Meanwhile my Nokia 7650 in 2002 was already doing everything I need today, but it also worked when it rains (most smartphones touch screens get confused by water) and battery lasted days, not hours. It also survived an infinite number of falls. We see them as "old" only because mobile connectivity was in its infancy and HW has become much more powerful in a small time frame. But I would trade my actual smartphone for a phone of that era with 4g connection, a physical keyboard and a modern screen immediately.