I used to have a dumbphone from '06 until it crapped out and I went to an Android one. Everyone always made fun of me for having the older phone but then again everyone was always trying to be quick-draw on fact-checking some random bit of pop culture that came up in conversation, checking in, updating statuses, or taking pictures of events instead of being a part of them.

In terms of the phone zombies, it really bothers me when I see someone walking across a street engrossed in their phone. I always imagine them getting nailed by a car or cyclist b/c they aren't paying attention (and I'm sure, tragically, this has been happening). Same things with runners and their iPods prior to iPhones. Your ears and eyes are there for a reason.

Sidenote: Maybe the most interesting part of the NYT article is the first line "Last weekend, I was watching television with a few friends, browsing the week’s most popular YouTube videos, when a piece in the comedy section called “I Forgot My Phone” caught my eye." This goes beyond the meat of the piece but it's so interesting to see that that's a current browsing behavior that's possibly common enough to mentioned.