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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
Re: Are smartphones the future?
Smartphones are the present. Welcome to 2011.
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That's pretty arrogant. Last week, I read that 30% of Americans have a smart phone. You need more than 30% of the market before you start calling yourself the dominant solution.
I'm not terribly old yet (33) and I already can't stand smart phones. People who use them seem to get addicted, can't follow conversations without reflexively checking their phones - it's brutal.
The aging population will have an impact too - more and more of us don't want to have to focus on a small screen, and a large screen is no longer portable.
I don't doubt that smart phones offer a lot, and will continue to grow in popularity, but I don't think they will be the standard everyone uses for some time yet, especially not at a price tag of $600 per year ($50/month) while the world is again sliding towards recession.