All of this is true. But all of this except of "transport" is doable on a laptop. Reading long articles on smartphones is impossible at all because they tend to show the reader dozens of pesky notifications. Kaios is enough modern for me and shows no pesky stuff. For example i have no other devices while doing bikepacking and this device can both navigate and entertain me. Absence of messaging apps is the least of my problems because i can phone, read websites and write emails.