not a cult

I recently bought a smart phone. I'd like to think that I am not prone to brash impulsiveness but the fact that I bought one would sort of indicate that my notion is pure fantasy. I don't know why I really got one, other than some vague feeling that it was cool, possibly not the best reason to make a major purchase but it will have to suffice I suppose.
I like my smart phone for the most part; I have found that I have taken to texting like a bird to flight. It's something that I had always had turned off on prior phones but it turns out I was wrong about texting, true it destroys the English language but it’s a very fun act to participate in.
What I don't like is that I spent all this money and no owner’s manual appeared. Some one can argue that apple products are so easy to use that they don't need instructions, I argue when you have a fold out pamphlet that tells the user you can do all these great things but don't tell them how to actually do them that instructions are infact needed. If I have to figure out functionality by talking to coworkers and scouring the web that is a design flaw.
The other thing that bugs me is how damn fragile these things are, it seems if you look at it the wrong way the damn thing is going to fall apart. My old phone I have dropped it continued to work. My Nintendo DSi, I dropped on the second day of its life, minus some scratches it still worked. A smart phone gets dropped you are out of luck. I don’t understand why people think that fragility is design strength. I don’t think it’s the coolest phone in the world, don’t get me started about the battery life, but it’s sort of cool that it is like the Swiss army knife for electronic goods. I would never buy any other Apple products but the I phone is sort of cool.