I'm A Smartphone-less Teenager

Welcome, to the 21st century.

Where handphones are flat, rectangular and contains less buttons than a hobo's jacket. 21st century people navigate their phones using only a flick of a finger. They no longer need the availability of a camera, an alarm clock, a music player, calendar, and diary.

Yes. This is the Smartphone.

These two are the most popular phones people yearn to get. iPhone 5 on the left, and Samsung Galaxy S3 on the right.

Here in the 21st century, beware when you are on the road. People prefer to look at their phones rather than what's going on on the road. They don't speak to people beside them. Instead, they IM (instant message), DM (direct message), PM (private message) them. They can be in a room where there is no conversation, only the buzz of notifications. Their phones have more clothes than themselves.

Welcome to the era of Smartphones.

As some of you know, I do not own a Smartphone. You can read from my post here, that I am still using my beloved Sony Ericson Zylo. You can read me getting my phone here: My New Phone!

The amount of shock I receive when I tell people I don't own a Smartphone. "Seriously? But why? Why don't you get one?"

And I'm like --> (-.-')

Then they ask but you have Instagram! And your self shots involves the use of Smartphone apps! And you play Smartphone games!

And I just smile and shrug.

Obviously, they're my friends, who are all lucky enough to have Smartphones. They chat endlessly using Whatsapp, Viber and whatnot. Not just my usual group of friends in school. But also my Church friends. They all have Smartphones and I'm like, clutching my cute slide phone and smiling into it.

This world is like, dominatied by Smartphones. Especially amongst youngsters.

So I had this conversations amongst my group of friends one day. "A" had just recently lost her Samsung Galaxy S2 phone so we were asking her about it. Here goes:

Me: "So which new phone are you getting?"
A: "Umm, I don't think I'll be getting a Samsung phone."
Me: "Oh? Really?" *starts getting really really exited* I was just about to say 'Welcome to the club!'
B: "Not Samsung? You getting an iPhone?"
And A nodded meekly.

I was dumbstruck. Obviously, I had expected her to get an un-smartphone, or more commonly known as Dumbphone, But she upgraded. Okay. Then I felt even more cooler.

I guess what I'm trying to express here is that I'm a Hipster. A Hipster who doesn't use mainstream Smartphones ;)

Gah. This post seemed better written in my brain. *Sigh*

Look up from your Smartphones and see how beautiful our world is, friends. Not the Cyber World, but the REAL World. The one our forefathers helped create.

Well um. I guess I should stop. I have to study, unfortunately. *Sigh*

Maybe I'll do a tuition post tomorrow. Its in my brain. Depends on how I put it on paper.

Bye guys. Look up from your Smartphone!

Peace out and Peace be with you.

Smartphone-less Angel