The interesting part of these trends is for people like me who aren&#x27;t in the &quot;iPhone class&quot;.  It used to be my options for a phone I could justify paying for were: garbage, or garbage.  Now I can actually have a usable phone that can do the things I want it do without &quot;daily annoyance&quot; (and I sure do know what daily annoyance from a phone is!).<p>Yes, it&#x27;s not magically perfect.  A coworker made fun of me because I have to dial in to a talking computer to listen to voice mail, for example.  But how often do most people get a voice mail anyways?  I can text, pictures, email, web and use basic apps, which is all I really need or want to do on such a small screen anyways.<p>So I&#x27;m very excited and happy with the improvements in the low-end phone line.