Why do you need a Smartphone?

I'm mostly a stay-at-home Mom so I have had people ask, "Why do you need a smartphone?"

Today I had an appointment with my active 2-year-old son.  We arrived on time and we started by having a snack and a drink.  This went well for awhile.  Then he laughed and played with another little boy in the waiting room, however, I was starting to run out of ways to keep in busy!

After the waiting room, we were put in a room to wait to see the doctor.  Let me tell you what a 2-year-old can do.  First he wanted to try out the computer which apparently has a flip down table.  HOW COOL especially to a 2-year-old!  I had to pry him away from that.  Then it was the sink, "WASH HANDS!" he insisted.  He tried to open and slam the drawers.  He tried to open and lock and unlock the door.  Then he took to running laps around the exam table.

FINALLY I whipped my smartphone out of my pocket and found some drawing games.  HALLELUJAH!  the boy was very interested in coloring, angry birds and an Elmo picture match game - ALL FREE GAMES. This saved me from him destroying the room!

Many people think, what do you need a smartphone for?  You don't work and you have a limited budget.  With anything in life, sometimes we splurge on the things that we want.  Today it was the Smartphone!