And yet it gets exceedingly difficult to do that. Lots of tickets online only. Paper maps are hard to find. Hard to call a taxis if you don't have a phone, and public pay phones rare. Not everyone takes cash.

A smart phone is nice to have, but it doesn't mean you have to do social media on it

Yes I use those things without a smartphone too. I'm just trying share what I think the core sticky features of smartphones are for me. I'd probably also add notes and calendar. I could do without communications other than voice and sms.