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I have a smartphone, an eReader, a tablet, a super small MP3 player and a computer. Each excels in it's own niche. I also have a laptop, but that gets very infrequent use, since it doesn't excel at anything (in most every case, a different device is better).
I prefer a dedicated device that does it's thing extremely well, rather than a jack of all trades, master at none device. The Smartphone is the jack of all trades. But it does excel at one specific task - phone calls - for everything else, it is a compromise. It's one claim to fame is that it's small - actually huge compared to the old flip phones - but you tend to have it with you all the time. However, it's small size is also it's downfall IMHO - it sucks for reading books or doing web surfing. The only thing I have that is smaller is that MP3 player (about 1"x1.5"x0.5") and it excels at audiobooks and listening to music on the go.
A smartphone is like a multi-tool. It'll get you by in a pinch, but you really wish you had your real tools. Many people seem to worship their smartphone. Never taking their eyes off it - not while walking, not while in a group with others, not in bed, not in a restaurant, not in a theater, not while driving. Incessantly taking selfies and typing away on the thing. I'm not like that. And I don't understand that neurosis either. It's bizarre. They don't seem to know how to exist without the smartphone leading the way. For them, yes, I can see why they'd question the need for a separate eReader. They don't need anything EXCEPT a smartphone. It's their whole life.
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