I went to the AT&T store in the town were I work today. My coworker had to exchange a product, so I wandered around checking out the phones while I waited. After a few minutes, it stuck me that every device on display had a touch screen, a qwerty keyboard, or both. I double checked, and sure enough there wasn't a non messaging/smart phone in sight.
I'm not naive enough to think that this is indicative of the death of "dumb" phones. This isn't a NYT column. There will always be a market for number pads. But it's an interesting strategy. I wonder if it has something to do with AT&T's carrying the iPhone. Maybe the thinking is that they have to showcase high tech phones as alternatives?
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