LOL! Exactly.
I have a smart phone and love it.
When I am in a waiting room ( lots of that lately for me) I can ignore CNN on the TV, and come here to FR, or see what headlines are on Drudge, or surf the news——Breitbart, News-busters, etc. I can email, go to google and whatever. Keeps me occupied, and happy. My bookmarks have language lessons, poetry, and so on.
AND —— when my computer at home goes down for what ever reason— power outage or techie problem, I have my smart phone to lean on.
Oh ya— I can make phone calls and send text messages, too.
I am not a techie person and rarely go to Facebook, but I do love my Smart Phone. ( and I’m not into games.)
Not trying to get you to have one, dear FRiends. Just pointing out some of their advantages.