[Tade0]

My experience was that one day my phone suddenly died and while I had enough savings for another one, I figured I'd wait, because there were other potential priorities.

Hilariously enough that €350 or so made all the difference when I got fired a month later and went two months without a job.

Anyway I suffered financially too much to be able to afford a phone for 9 months, so my means of communication was an old Nokia - it had "internet" and could just barely load HN, but always crashed soon afterwards.

The only moment I wished I had a smartphone was when I was after a 17h marathon behind the wheel and needed to check for directions in the middle of the night. I found a McDonald's which closed just mintues earlier, fired up my laptop and got just enough wi-fi time before they shut it down to find my way.