A couple of years ago I switched from a data plan to a data sim card in my smartphone that gave me 10mb for free a day which is really all the data I need and got a $20 nokia with a pre paid card for phone calls. That cut my phone bills by ~85%. Earlier this year I lost my smartphone and I haven't felt the need to replace it yet. Most of the use it got was as an mp3 player and for gps. Neither of which I really need. Unless they come out with a smartphone that I don't need to charge every day I'm super happy with my drug dealer style Nokia. Also since I've replaced the android phone with a kindle I'm doing a lot more reading, so that works.
I dunno about the situation in other countries but I have zero issues with my shitty budget carrier.
My issue with smart phones is that while they can do a lot of stuff I want them to do, but they do none of that stuff nearly as good as the standalone alternative. I'd like a competent metronome app... doesn't exist yet to my knowledge. I'd like to either have a line-in or a thing that adds a proper phantom powered mic pre for recording - there are options but they all suck. I think the iphone stuff has come a long way, but that's not a platform I'm willing to invest in.
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