You are correct of course. The author is very clear on this (which is one reason I upvoted the article). However, I do have many friends with this opinion who C

You are correct of course. The author is very clear on this (which is one reason I upvoted the article). However, I do have many friends with this opinion who CAN afford smartphones. Even worse - I have friends that have expensive smartphones with the expensive data/text plan plan and would be better-served with an old dumbphone with a keyboard (for texting) and a iPod touch!