GadolHadorah, did you read my last post? I said:
1. I never said it’s assur, I just listed some of the bad parts about it and why it would be helpful to avoid it if possible.
2. Mentioned I do not know of the matzav how necessary it is in the USA. I have not been bad since I moved 6 years ago, and that was a time where most people I knew were getting the first Iphones and people have blacberrys.
3. I mentioned in Israel it is definitely possible to function and THRIVE without a smartphone. There is a massive population who will refuse to allow it in their homes, and although extreme, you can’t deny that in those people’s merit the government had to cater towards them since they are a pretty big amount of people.