Remember a decade ago when smartphones were productivity tools for the upper classes and billed as such? Obama even had his famous Blackberry he used for work. It seemed like most initial iPhone adopters were yuppies and otherwise wealthy, successful people who wanted to get a leg up on the competition.

These days it's the exact opposite.

The people I see using their phones the most are the absolute dregs of society. Minimum wage workers, community college students, people with obvious social deficiencies, and the like. Meanwhile rich successful people hard ever use them, and they don't let their kids use them either.

You're right.

Love it when I go in super early and some Karen/neckbeard nearly kills me swerving into my lane on the freeway because their face is in their phone. Dude it’s before 5am, who are you texting or wtf are you looking at on social media that so important you almost kill me?

Yes mad

Depends on context. These days, you need a smartphone to get by. Immediate access to GPS, emails, camera, and texting. The losers you are refering to are the ones who are buried in all the social media apps such as tiktok, snapchat, instagram, etc. I was waiting in line at a restaurant and this lady ahead of me just couldnt put her phone down and enjoy the present. Always switching from one social media app to another, taking selfies, texting. Giving the brain no break from all that stimulation. I only use my smart phone when I need to.

I miss my Nokia