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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does everyone conflate phone with smartphone? The coolest kids I know in HS are the ones who either don’t have a phone or have a dumb phone. They are the ones playing music, [b]navigating the city, [/b]spending time with their friends IN PERSON. They are not dull zombies obsessively checking their device when out with friends. [/quote]
Do you know in some cities, bus fares are done solely by phone app?  I actually created a thread on here a couple years ago about it-how I was visiting a (small) city with my son for his college orientation and I thought we should just try using the local buses so he could see how to get around.  We are from a car dependent exurb so he had never navigated public transportation so I just wanted to help him figure it out for the first time.
When I looked up the info online, I found that you had to download an app on your phone just to use the bus!   And BOTH of us would have had to do it, because you can't pay for two people with the same account.
So in some places it would be difficult to "navigate the city" without a smart phone.[/quote]That's college. Smartphone of course no problem and very necessary [/quote]

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