I still have a clamshell phone, one of those cool phones that flips open from two sides.  

According to a 2010 study done by OkCupid.com, iPhone users have the most sex by the age of 30 out of any smartphone user.

In fact, the study shows that by the age of 30, men have had, on average, six sexual partners if they own an Android phone, about eight if they own a BlackBerry and 10 if they own an iPhone.

Validity of the study aside, the problem for me is I have never owned any of those phones.

It’s possible that this study only reflects the types of people that buy certain smartphones, because the study definitely does not give enough information to conclude that buying an iPhone will help them have more sex. The reason that I use a flip phone is because I’m not the type of person who needs a smartphone. I’m not even sure if I want one.

Smartphones mostly provide ease of access to something people would normally do on a computer or a laptop. That means by paying for a smartphone, the extra cost of going from a flip-phone to a smartphone is going toward mobile connectivity — connectivity that only lasts for a certain period of time until the phone is out of data.

The positives of having a smartphone have to do with ease of access for email and other useful apps. Thinking pragmatically, apps such as Trivia Crack and 2048 would only serve to distract me and are simply time-wasting apps that appear to be useful for learning or “brain-jogging.”

I’ve played Trivia Crack before, on friends’ phones. The game isn’t even fun. I only felt good when I beat someone or answered a lot of questions in a row. Honestly, if someone offered to let me use their phone to play Trivia Crack again, I would do it in a heartbeat. Yes, I lied — the game is actually really fun.

Still, I’ve never played 2048 and have only watched others fiddle around on the game. From my perspective, if 2048 was a prescription drug, I’m sure one of the side effects would be: “chances of feeling like a genius.”

I can already access email on my computer, but having access to my email 24/7 no matter where I am sounds like a dream come true. Admittedly, smartphones are awesome, but I can’t help but feel I have turned to the dark side by writing that.

The main barrier between a smartphone and me is the $30 a month I would have to shell out in order to pay for data. As a broke college student, that is quite the barrier.

While I definitely do not need a smartphone, I’m being honest with myself when I say that I absolutely want one.