Every year, a new "it" phone is released. A phone that has every geek and gadget magazine writing and raving about it, before even obscure pictures of the device are released. Recently, this phone has been the iPhone and most of the population of smartphone users have loved it. But, a similar population also says it is a useless paper weight that appeases the masses of uneducated buyers. Regardless of who one agrees with, the smartphone development is becoming ridiculous.
If you want a phone, either it is touchscreen or not; there are no more options in between. Each phone now wants to sync everything in your life into a device that will probably fail at many points when you need it the most. This is the fallacy of the smartphone. The smartphone is only as smart as the user who is apt for the phone. Some enthusiasts use the phone to it's full potential, however many just use it because it is a statement of how hip they are. Obviously, this will never change with any technology. Yet, hopefully, phones will eventually become so advanced that any user with one can actually use it to benefit more than their personal email and bank accounts.
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