I agree whole heartedly dee... id be lying if i said i didn't get wrapped up in buying crap i don't need, on the whole though im not materialistic...
I've lost many a phone and id have to agree again, once i got over the initial annoyance of losing the phone, i quite enjoyed the peace and the automatic reflex to pull out said phone to look at something or other... smartphones do get on my nerves tbh, if it wasnt so handy for my work id get rid.. the so called social side of them, twitter, facebook etc really fuck me off, as i find them anything but social.. a group of people stood together not saying a word and just gawping at their phone.. occasionally someone will say "look at this cat playing a piano"