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by devjab 1115 days ago
They can be quite handy in trade school where students can take a picture of a manual, or a tool, and have their phones read the manual or instructions out loud to them. You could do so on a laptop, but it's not like there is really room for 30 laptops in a mechanics shop, and it's sort of hard to take a picture of something under a car with it.

For the most part, there isn't a good reason to bring out a smartphone though, but there are some cases where it makes really good sense.