to anyone watching , please never ever put toothpaste on someone passed out . <| sep |> How are these stats relevant if they don ' t include web purchases ? <| sep |> I got my iPhone specifically because I was unemployed , and was using a cheap 20 basic phone from the supermarket on payasyougo . It had no internet , but I found that , even using it very rarely , just the odd text to my mum and a few phone calls to potential employers , credit was costing me about 20 a month . I then looked up smartphones and realised I could get an iPhone not the latest model on a 24 month contract paying 17 a month with all calls and texts included and 250 MB data . This was a few years ago now so the info isn ' t up to date , but it just goes to show that sometimes smartphones really are the more economical option . Yes , I ' ve paid for it now , but I paid exactly the same as I would have been paying for a much crappier phone with way less data , texts and minutes . EDIT different countries have WAY different pay schemes , so I can only talk for Britain .