[askvictor]

Plenty of people (in my experience, mostly older people) use smartphones without even knowing what an app is. Between the inbuilt browser, camera, email, IM and phone functions, a massive amount of functionality is covered off for a heap of people.

[grecy]

It came with a ton of pre-insalled apps, all of which say "This app is now too old, and you must download a new one".

Also downloading apps uses a massive amount of cellular data which is not cheap. WiFi not an option in West Africa.