'Smart' telephones

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

I hate these ubiquitous devices. They instill an irrational rage in me.
Nearly everyone seems to have one, including elderly folk.

It could all have been so different.

brummytom

I like them.

LightsStillOn

100% agree OP!

Sent from my iPhone

The_Valeyard

Its how im posting this message.

cantdecide

They'll never catch on. Mark my words.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Finally gave in this week after four years of people laughing at the state of my phone.





My life is still sh1t.

OldMrBrennan83

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cantdecide

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Finally gave in this week after four years of people laughing at the state of my phone.

My life is still sh1t.

Yes, but now you have something fancy and shiny to distract you from your utter misery... same as the rest of us

sabat

I held off getting one for a long time because I knew what a distraction it would be walking around with the internet in my pocket but I'm now on my third one. The range of functions is just incredible - from portable hi-fi sound with the addition of a dac to the ability to play any favourite childhood video game through an emulator. Even today I discovered an app that turns the camera into a scanner and creates a pdf text file- I just wish this was around when I was in college.
The trick is to remember that the phone is a tool to help you and don't let it control your life.

Atlantic Dawn

They are as needed as the wireless was in the 60's, I couldn't function in a day without it.

endacl

You lost me at 'hi fi sound'. I don't think hi fi means what you appear to think it means...

sabat

endacl wrote: »

You lost me at 'hi fi sound'. I don't think hi fi means what you appear to think it means...

I have an external dac attached via usb and play hi-res audio files through my awesome headphones.

endacl

sabat wrote: »

I have an external dac attached via usb and play hi-res audio files through my awesome headphones.

So, not hifi...

OldMrBrennan83

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Your Face

A lack of understanding can often lead to feelings of frustration.

Ruu

Have to disconnect to use telephone, brb.

mass_debater

Get off the phone I'm trying to open a page

Harry Palmr

mass_debater wrote: »

Get off the phone I'm trying to open a page

and I think she has big tits

Pinch Flat

I miss the personal touch of having to ring the operator to book a line to call my cousins in New Zealand. A call that probably cost €20 in today's money

Now I can just pick up my phone and Skype free. Damn you smart phones.

poa

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

I hate these ubiquitous devices. They instill an irrational rage in me.
Nearly everyone seems to have one, including elderly folk.

It could all have been so different.

Agreed.
Best thing I ever did was to throw mine in the bin when the screen went; and bought a base model Nokia dumbphone. I charge it once a week v every day, and rather than pay 35 Euro per month on a contract, now I just top it up 15 Euro for unlimited calls and texts. Smartphones are like a social cancer, everyone taking selfies and videoing gigs living life through the lens rather than enjoying the moment.
One sees so many zombies walking around with their head down living in a virtual world of social media, with no social skills to chat to real people around them.

OldMrBrennan83

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poa

Patww79 wrote: »

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I will say this. Personally I prefer sniffing a line of coke off my girlfriends real pert breasts than off a smartphone screen. Nothing comes close to real women. Overrated? Never. Underrated? Sometimes.

Mister Vain

I have a smart phone but I have never used the internet on it.

Akrasia

We should just stop calling them phones. They're Personal computers.

But we called big beige workstations Personal Computers back in the 80s so now that name's been taken

Right now I'm typing this on a Laptop while watching the soccer on my TV and the Galway vs Mayo Match on my phone (for free, screw you Sky!)

My 'phone' is
a Flashlight,
an alarm clock,
a camera,
a GPS device,
a Map,
a magnifying glass,
a compass,
a scanner,
a protractor,
a dictionary,
an interactive 3d map of the human body,
a music library,
an audiobook library,
an emailer,
a games console,
an address book,
a memo pad,
a calendar,
a clock,
a television,
a radio,
the entire internet,
a calculator,
a filing cabinet,
a photo album,
a tourist information office,
a personal concierge service,
a weather station,
A travel agent,
a bank machine,
a heart rate monitor,
A star chart,
a tides chart (for finding out when the tide is out at the beach)
A newspaper (actually, every newspaper)
A comic book
unlimited free porn......
A phone
and much much more

All of that when i want it, where i want it at the touch of a button.

What's not to like??

OldMrBrennan83

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Pac1Man

I just wish mine was bigger. It's just over 4 inches. It does mean I can hold it and use it with one hand though which is a plus and it doesn't stick out much under my clothes.

Still, I find myself looking longingly at those who an extra inch-and-a-half.

chillin117

Pac1Man wrote: »

I just wish mine was bigger. It's just over 4 inches. It does mean I can hold it and use it with one hand though which is a plus and it doesn't stick out much under my clothes.

Still, I find myself looking longingly at those who an extra inch-and-a-half.

I can hang a wet duffel coat on mine....

Akrasia

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ninja edit ftw

Discodog

I am trying to teach two geriatrics to use smartphones :eek:

Discodog

poa wrote: »

Agreed.
Best thing I ever did was to throw mine in the bin when the screen went; and bought a base model Nokia dumbphone. I charge it once a week v every day, and rather than pay 35 Euro per month on a contract, now I just top it up 15 Euro for unlimited calls and texts. Smartphones are like a social cancer, everyone taking selfies and videoing gigs living life through the lens rather than enjoying the moment.
One sees so many zombies walking around with their head down living in a virtual world of social media, with no social skills to chat to real people around them.

If you are with Tesco you can add a gb of data within that €15

Spanish Eyes

They are nearly as big as the humungous yokes back in the 90s, and how we laugh at them today!

I see Apple are bringing back the smaller version like the 4 or 5 size. Fits in yer pocket much better!

Anyway, they are great for the bus timetables (sad innit), the news, kindle if synced and that kind of thing. I doubt I use it to its max capacity, but jayxis I'd be glued to it if I did.

My OH refused to get a smartphone, he is stuck to an oul yoke that only does texts calls and the radio. He manages fine. And still manages to talk to me occasionally face to face...

RobertKK

Love my smartphone, so much better than the times of dial up internet and a Nokia 3210...great phone but it was not smart.

jimmynokia

They have made us socially degenerate Look in a coffee shop, On a bus,on a train to give a few examples,We all have our heads buried and not minding whats going on around us,we dont communicate with people sat beside us.

I test a lot of phones and own many and I actually am sick of it but love them,I have however had many family and friends say it to me too I spend to much time on them im going on a digital detox soon to spend some actual quality time with my family..

Pac1Man

jimmynokia wrote: »

we dont communicate with people sat beside us.

Did people ever just chat to strangers on every bus journey though?

jimmynokia

Pac1Man wrote: »

Did people ever just chat to strangers on every bus journey though?

Typically we get on a bus with someone we know or perhaps know someone on it. A tad irrelevant your comment but as it stands we are like strangers on a bus with our friends now due to the mobile phone.

Pac1Man

jimmynokia wrote: »

A tad irrelevant your comment

*Gasp*

I am outraged. OUTRAGED. I supported you heavily in the early noughties. :mad:

jimmynokia

Lol.

B.A._Baracus

I do chuckle that older type of mobile phones are now known as 'dumb phone's'... Sounds silly.

foggy_lad

Does anyone still use mobile WAP?

posted from my Nokia 3510i

darkpagandeath

My pc does not have a flashlight...

Riesen_Meal

Just booting up a game on my NGage here.....

4068ac1elhodqr

jimmynokia wrote: »

They have made us socially degenerate...

Indeed, await the latter end of 2017 when the immersive VR 4k, stereoscopic with 360 dolby - will begin to occur as a mainstream activity.

By 2020 people actually pay substantial premium to holiday in locations void of any 2.4ghz, skynet spy drones, 6G or those naff self driving cars.

Charlie19

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Nearly everyone seems to have one, including elderly folk.

That's true but I'd say most of them are still ringing the likes of 11811 when looking for a phone number.

12Phase

The old P&T Mk 2 rotary dial phone was great. If you dropped it there was no risk of breaking the screen, just your toe.

And you could call America for slightly less than the price of actually flying there. Amazing stuff!

Voice recognition text messaging was very advanced. You simply dialled a number, gave the operator your message, picked your card design from the phone book and for a meer £10 or so, they would post it to the person who would get it within a few days, weather permitting.

Picture messaging: plug in your fax machine, take a photo, bring film to chemist, wait 3 to 5 days, run photo through fax machine and amazingly enough, a blurred image in black and white came out the far end. All for as little as £2 grand for each 80s fax terminal.

If you wanted to go mobile, they could install a very long cable on your phone for as little as £299.95

gctest50

12Phase wrote: »

..............
If you wanted to go mobile, they could install a very long cable on your phone for as little as £299.95

these 2 had it sorted in 1922

LunarSea

You don't have to be a social media tosser to use one.

Oddly enough, having one with a data connection facilitates lengthy conversations with one of my best mates who is currently living in England (effectively for free, the data used is negligible).

Recently on a bus trip, I had a book stored on it and read it, whilst listening to music (because I don't like talking to random weirdos, me not having a phone makes it more uncomfortable for me). Checked best places to eat at my destination on the way, got off bus, pulled out a map and GPS and it told me where the good food was at.

I used to begrudge and berate smartphone users too, then I realised that you can use as much or as little as you want (and err, Tesco had a smashing deal on )

OldMrBrennan83

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Osmosis Jones

I don't understand all the hate towards modern tech. We've literally got the most complete collection of all the world's information right in our pockets.

Akrasia

jimmynokia wrote: »

Typically we get on a bus with someone we know or perhaps know someone on it. A tad irrelevant your comment but as it stands we are like strangers on a bus with our friends now due to the mobile phone.

So before smart phones people never read books or newspapers on public transport?

jimmy180sx

I'm posting this comment on my smart phone whilst i sit on the toilet

OldMrBrennan83

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