Posted on 11/14/2018 4:10:12 PM PST by Rummyfan
We’re living in an age of unprecedented technology. It’s not the future that our elders promised to us when we were kids – I mean, where are the flying cars? – but technology has made our lives exponentially easier.
Take the smartphone for example. What used to take a computer, a Walkman, an atlas, and more now fits in the palm of your hand. In fact, the advent of the smartphone has rendered obsolete some things that we used for years.
Here’s a list of ten things that our smartphones have replaced. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means, but I think you’ll get an idea of what revolutionary technology our phones have become. Enjoy!
10. Landlines and payphones
9. Flashlights
8. Calculators
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Another downside is that it’s a single point of failure.
Borders
Language
culture
Citizenship
Not printed books.
I have multiple dedicated ebook readers, and I would never trade a real book for them.
I’ve made a lot of money selling vintage ones.
My dad was a programmer in the 70s and 80s... His TRS 80 still in basement of moms house... I’m sure all 64k still work!
Camera? Maybe all the times when I've said "I wish I had a camera now", but even a $100 camera with a 10x zoom lens beats any phone. And that's not getting into good cameras.
When the grid goes down and it will, these people will be F’ed. Can’t read a compass, can’t generate clean water, have no survival skills, can’t cope without their electronic pacifier. They will truly be lost.
True.
Ping.
Yes my old Canon still takes better pictures than my iPhone 8.
I bought my 11C and 12C calculators in 1980 or thereabouts. Those were the pinnacle of perfection in my book. They are still going strong, but I've switched to using the RLM calculator on the iPhone because it is always in my pocket. There's an old saying about cameras that also applies to calculators: "The best camera is the one you have with you."
I have a handsize tac light in most rooms, two have the cool jagged edge. And my Swiss Army has an LED.
When I take a picture I may use my phone, a Galaxy 8, but if I want to take a photograph it’s my Nikon d3300, or if I have ektachrome available it’s my Canon A1.
I still have my landline and it’s better as suited for 911 calls.
I still use AAA and Hagstom maps.
I print important pics.
I still use my wife’s address book.
Call me old fashioned, old school. Or just Old.
“But I still keep a flashlight in the house.”
I just bought two. Now I have 5. One for the car, four for the house. I almost always have my phone with me but I keep flashlights mostly for emergencies. When I lose power, I don’t want to waste smartphone battery power by using it as a flashlight. Don’t really like running my car just to charge my phone.
Smartphones suck as flashlights.
Better known as Trash 80 ? that’s scary.
Here’s something scarier..not Radio Shack, but....Somebody had to be THAT guy, which was me, who bought the PC Jr. with expanded memory.
As long as I remember to download maps to my GaiaGPS app before I go, I’ve got all the nav I need in the boonies. GPS radios and satellites work everywhere (at least while I have battery juice and the EMP and geostorms stay away).
You might think so but I found out otherwise. A couple years back, I lost my iPhone - in a really unique way, I'll have to tell the story someday. When I got my replacement phone, it downloaded all my information, including address book, apps, music and all the settings. It was like I had my phone back.
Turns out all your data is actually replicated "up in the cloud".
So losing your device is not the catastrophe it used to be.
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That looks like the re-issued 12c.
Excellent unit.
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