Should I buy a smart phone for audio books only?

Just get a tablet and save some money on both the phone and the service. You can get the iPad Mini for $399 ($299 for non-retina screen) or you could just get a Nexus 7 for $229-$269. If that's all you are using it for, you will like it much better, trust me

A smartphone typically costs from $400 to $600. You can get a 7-inch tablet (Google Nexus, Kindle, etc.) for around $200.

dumbdumber - I can't download anything to my simple cell phone it's about 6 years old you see, that's my problem.

i know wat u wanna do,

i undertsna du wanna listen to intellectual stuff,

simply download you alan watts or watever from whereve youtube or bay watevr,

then convert it watever to your simple phone,

then listen to them with headfones or watever,u dont need a smart phone do u,

no,

just download em on ur pc then move the hours of audio to any phone,

my nokia 5800 would do that fine!