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So…without looking at your mobile phone…what is your moms phone number? I remember knowing at least 10 phone numbers pre mobile era.
I never use phone contacts because I remember all the phone numbers I could possibly need (partly because almost nobody uses phone nowadays so I don't have to remember a lot of them). I never accept calls unless I know the number or expect a call either, but I don't need contacts for that.
The article clearly explains that using an external memory device allows users to offload low importance information and focus on remembering high importance information: