In certain situations people are so used to perform certain actions on their phones that they're caught by surprise if the phone is dead.
Boarding a train or bus, for example. You can pay using your phone, if it dies on your way and you don't have cash, that's a problem.
When you put on GPS to drive somewhere, and the phone dies midway. None has city maps anymore.
Making last minute plan changes in a group. If you don't have your phone, you won't get the latest messages.
Myself for example I've stopped carrying a debit card to withdraw money from ATMs because my banking app generates a code that I can use it.
And many others. Now I know _every single one_ of these has a work around, but most of them are "just plan ahead and have an alternative if your phone dies". After years and years of just using phones, people simply don't carry around cash or quarters for a phone call anymore.
Boarding a train or bus, for example. You can pay using your phone, if it dies on your way and you don't have cash, that's a problem.
When you put on GPS to drive somewhere, and the phone dies midway. None has city maps anymore.
Making last minute plan changes in a group. If you don't have your phone, you won't get the latest messages.
Myself for example I've stopped carrying a debit card to withdraw money from ATMs because my banking app generates a code that I can use it.
And many others. Now I know _every single one_ of these has a work around, but most of them are "just plan ahead and have an alternative if your phone dies". After years and years of just using phones, people simply don't carry around cash or quarters for a phone call anymore.