Quote Originally Posted by Partial View Post
Smart phones are a luxury to you, perhaps, but to the average consumer they're looked at as an essential part of life, which is why sales are blowing up. Right or wrong, it is what it is.
An essential part of life? For someone without a job, or with reduced income? For someone who has to take a lower paying job while putting food on the table for a family?

To be honest, I can't think of anyone for whom a smartphone really is essential.