I would venture that it wasn’t so obvious at the time. I liked that my phone lasted as a phone long into the night (I was usually the only one with a working ph

I would venture that it wasn’t so obvious at the time. I liked that my phone lasted as a phone long into the night (I was usually the only one with a working phone to call a cab). These days, you are correct. I can call a cab from an app in my phone, message support about a package, etc. back in those days though, a phone as a phone was very much a requirement for everyday living.