This is just my speculation, but people might use smartphones sitting next to their laptop for a variety of reasons:<p>- Streaming video on laptop while doing something else<p>- You can&#x27;t text message or snapchat from your laptop<p>- It might be quicker to hit an app icon than load a webpage for checking the weather<p>- You&#x27;re on your work laptop but you get a personal email on your phone<p>I think the author&#x27;s point about a &quot;better&quot; internet is that ubiquity &#x2F; portability will eventually trump any other advantages you get from accessing the internet from your computer. A larger laptop screen doesn&#x27;t really help if you don&#x27;t have wifi access.<p>There are definite advantages to accessing the internet with a real keyboard and a large screen, but over time those advantages will shrink. Consider this &quot;reversed&quot; review of the Macbook Pro: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.speirs.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;30&#x2F;can-the-macbook-pro-replace-your-ipad" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.speirs.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;30&#x2F;can-the-macbook-pro-re...</a>