The Vertu Ti raises aprovocativequestion relevant to the estimated one billion smartphone users in the world: Should our smartphones be less of a disposable consumable something that will soon become obsolete and thoughtlessly replaced and more of a durable good, an investment that transcends minor gadget trends?
On slower news weeks, the satisfaction was in posing a pressing or provocativequestion about the economy, or race relations, or gay rights, or the fight to improve our health or save our schools.