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Bernice loves her smartphone. Europa loves her smartphone. Melvin loves his smartphone.

Thomas loves his smartphone, and I love my smartphone.

Smartphones may actually be more popular than Kim Kardashian. Who'd have thought? But unlike Kim,

smartphones have become essential to life as we know it. Recently, my iPhone speaker broke. I

dropped it at the Apple store for repairs and discovered,

much to my horror, that my entire life screeched to a halt! After exiting the store,

I didn't even know which way to turn. The map to my next meeting was on my smartphone. I couldn't

even call Bernice for directions, because even if pay phones still existed, which they don't,

I don't know her number. The last time I memorized a

phone number, there were only 150 Pokemon. Most ironically, the Genius Bar notifies you that your

repairs are done by sending you an email. If the device being repaired is the one that you're

used to read mail, like my iPhone is for me, then you're out of luck. It really makes one wonder

how they define the word genius. If smartphones are so central to our lives, it's time to get smart

about buying and caring for them. Get a clue. And by that, I mean a productivity tool. Melvin

compares smartphones as if he were placing an online personal ad. Mine has more

pixels. Mine is faster than yours. My screen is bigger than your screen. Sadly, Melvin, I hate to

break it to you, but it's not how big it is. It's what you do with it. If you're making your phone

decisions based on the hardware specifications, that means you don't actually do

enough with it to justify buying a smartphone at all.

Decide if your smartphone is a toy or a tool.

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