I feel that smartphones provide contemporary access to necessary lifestyle connections. However, I also feel that overuse can isolate individuals and cause a sense of detachment from surroundings. They are good, necessary, but need to be used in some form of moderation. The rapid update cycle of these products appears to provide some new features, it also seems to be a marketing plan amongst all companies to cause consumers to replace perfectly good slightly older units with expensive new models on a repeating basis.