At the same time, much of the value of a smartphone comes from connectivity and software. A first generation iPhone is a 2G device trapped at iOS 3. Fit and finish are nice, but if I had to use either of these two devices, I know which I&#x27;d choose.<p>Of course, this is fundamentally a &quot;look how far we&#x27;ve come in a short time&quot; article.<p>As for &quot;why not grab a burner&quot;, many of the people who will buy this device won&#x27;t have internet at home (assuming they have a home--a recent Harvard study showed that 40% of the homeless in Boston had a smartphone), so internet access through a smartphone has huge value.