content: To many of them a smartphone is pretty much the only way to keep in touch with their family and friends. Many of them sold everything what they had before running away from their country, and that's why they have cash (sometimes tousands of dollars in cash)... but that's pretty much all they have left in this world. Also, a smartphone helps them know where they are at any given time, it helps them get alerts and hints about where to find food or where to cross a border... A flip-phone would just not be as useful to them... if i were them and i had to chose... the smartphone would be the very last thing i would want to sell.