“Smartphones have gained so much significance in our lives that choosing one is a little like choosing a religion. Our preference for either an iPhone or an Android model seems to suggest something fundamental about who we are.
By the terms of this analogy, Tamar Beja would be a nonbeliever.
Beja, a 34-year-old Oakland artist, is a low-tech holdout, the owner of a “dumbphone.” She can use her Samsung Intensity II to talk and text, but that’s about it. And she has no interest in an upgrade — Beja savors the ability to disconnect.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here:
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Forget-smartphones-dumbphones-are-now-hip-5801667.php
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