[GrabbinD33ze69]

Yea, no thanks.

if this really does somehow become the only option, I'd imagine the best you could do is just carry a cheap android phone for this sole purpose.

[ryandrake]

If the government is going to mandate that you carry a phone in order to travel, they should provide the phone with the passport. I don't know how any of these "smartphone only" official document schemes are expected to work for people who don't carry smartphones.

[fragmede]

There was a lesser known Obamaphone program where the government did exactly that. it's not a bad idea.