[TheHappyOddish]

> it is not like I buy smartphones for emergency purposes

How strange. That's the main reason I expect most people (especially on HN) would own a mobile phone at all. The ability to be contactable/make contact in an emergency is the greatest value it holds, surely?

[prmoustache]

Well I got my first mobile phone for emergency purposes, but not to call emergency services. I did it to receive nagios alerts at the time.

Now I only have a smartphone because it is more convenient than a landline one, that it serves multiple purposes (navigation system, music player, compact camera, voice recorder, web browser, wallet...) and because banks in europe are making it a requirement if you don't want to go in line to their office or an ATM for basic things.

It is not like it would serve much for emergency purposes because I rarely have any cell coverage when I would need it the most[1]