Do you really? While I’m sure that there are a few of you for whom you really do need an always-on connection to the internet in your pocket, I’d wager that you just think you do, because that’s the way that these devices have been marketed to you, and you’ve had no one to tell you otherwise.
And let’s say you really do need a smartphone. Do you really need to use it so often and for so many purposes? I think not.