War where the old phones fought the new phones before the internet era. The old phones wanted the internet to be localized in big plants and the energy to be used in a highly controlled way.
The new phones wanted the internet to be a part of them at all times. Implementing it in every new phone as a basic feature.
After a long war, the new phones won. Because they were easier to be mass produced. Sometimes making them without consciousness with only one purpose - to kill.