Plain Cell Phones Fading Away?

An anonymous reader writes "According to this Reuters article plain old vanilla cell phones are fading away in the US. Instead, the author claims, (after quoting some 'expert' from this company) that phones with fancy features (cameras, games, etc.) are starting to dominate. I beg to differ - one of the few things stopping me from purchasing a phone is the fact that I do not want to pay for hundreds of features that I will never use. All I want is an address book and a way to make calls."

Comments

The is a good example

[Samuel Duncan]

how demand is artifically created by clever marketing and advertisements.
Meaning that money is wasted where it could help people in 3rd world countries more basic things like e.g. survive.

What! Just a PLAIN cell phone???

[crushinghellhammer]

LUDDITE!!! hehe, just kidding :)