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In reply to the discussion: Tell me why I need a smart phone [View all]Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)that includes my travel photos since late 2011. Doing so makes it easy to upload pictures to Facebook.
As a self-employed translator, I may miss out on a job if I don't check e-mail frequently, so that's one thing.
I love to read, and I get the urge to read whenever I have some downtime or have to eat meals alone. With books loaded on the Kindle app on my phone, no problem.
You can store MP3s on a smartphone, and I listen to upcoming choir pieces as part of practice between official rehearsals.
I don't know about the Android phones, but the iPhone has a GPS function, which is valuable if you're looking for an unfamiliar address.
This summer, I discovered that both my banks let me deposit checks by photographing them and sending them to bank with the bank's dedicated apps.
So really, my phone replaces a camera, a Kindle, an MP3 player, and a GPS device, not to mention trips to the bank.