Having been in the mobile space a long time, seeing a lot of the conversation center around what happens simply on smartphones is kind of disheartening. Not just because smartphones still make up well less than a third of total mobile phones in use, but because I think we all end up not getting the kind of experience with a mobile that should be default.

Donald Stidwell also offers some thoughts on this. His is based more around the plans and other devices that he uses:

Well, on further reflection the question comes to me, why do I even need a smartphone at all? My iPad Mini is my most used gadget by a long shot. I also have an 5th generation iPod Touch as well as an iPod Classic (which stays in the car attached to the car stereo). I make almost no phone calls with my iPhone and seldom use it at all in the house since I have the iPad. And in point of fact, the only reason I don’t use the iPad more outside the house is because it’s a WiFi only model. The iPad Mini is small enough and light enough to carry just about anywhere and with an LTE model I could use it anywhere.

Read the rest of Why Do I Even Need A Smartphone Anymore at Donald Stidwell’s blog

Tablets with additional cellular abilities. Feature phones that do almost as much as smartphones (apps, service access) and do a bit more (battery, durability). Why not consider a non-smatphone and take those funds and do something more with your mobile expression?