A phone that plays music keeps you from toting around a phone and an MP3 player. A phone that can access the Internet keeps you from toting around a bulky laptop, unless of course you use your bulky laptop for things other than surfing the web. For me it keeps me from toting around a bulky laptop. Games and video clips keep you from being bored when you have to sit around someplace (Doctors office, in-laws house, DMV line, etc...). Being able to look up movies while out to dinner (or other similar situation) keeps you from having to buy a news paper or going back home just to look it up. But the number one reason to have a fancy high dollar phone is to pretend to be fooling with it to get out of talking or associating with people you dont like.
