When I moved from the U.S. to E”Y, I switched from a smartphone to a kosher phone in order to comply with the psak from the E”Y gedolim.
WADR (and I know I didn’t give it the first time), this looks like the action of someone who was subject to societal pressure. You decided to follow the Gedolim BECAUSE you moved to EY?
I don’t buy it.
If I had to psychoanalyze this, I would say you are looking for validation beacuse you feel bad having to bend to the societal pressure. I hereby pat you on your black hat and say you did the right thing.
See, I even saved you money on the shrink.
P.S. I don’t own a smartphone (BH), and agree with all of your points. Just be honest with yourself why you did it.
P.P.S. This is nothing against you personally, just an interesting societal quirk about EY and Charadism (and one of the main reasons why I don’t live there).