Random rant

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 05/08/2019 at 18:28 • Filed to: None

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“smart phone” is a stupid term that needs to die.

This is such an outdated term that is still in wide circulation. M ost phones are smart, the ones that aren’t are so rare and odd that you have to preface “phone” with “dumb” or “basic”..

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 18:34

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People still say smart phone? They’re all cells to me

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/08/2019 at 18:37

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I was just watching Alex on Autos and he uses it alot.  you’ll hear it more now.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 18:48

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Been nearly 20 years since my first pda based phone, so yeah, I’d say it’s about time.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 18:54

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‘ Smart phone’ as a term is pure irony.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 19:12

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I think ‘ Phone’ days are numbered as well..

WilliamsSW > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 19:31

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Does anyone still use them as phones?

wafflesnfalafel > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 20:11

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I work with a couple older gentlemen that call them “fancy phones” - and no, neither of them have cell phones at all ...

AestheticsInMotion > WilliamsSW 05/08/2019 at 20:24

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I made a call in April

LongbowMkII > WilliamsSW 05/08/2019 at 20:38

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Pocket computer 

WilliamsSW > AestheticsInMotion 05/08/2019 at 20:58

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What year? Lol

AestheticsInMotion > WilliamsSW 05/08/2019 at 21:01

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Remember when you had to pick a set number of minutes for your plan? 

DipodomysDeserti > HammerheadFistpunch 05/08/2019 at 21:03

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I’m guessing you have little experience with the Orthodox Jewish community. Smart phone is still a useful description, and a needed one for some people.

WilliamsSW > LongbowMkII 05/08/2019 at 21:26

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Much more accurate 

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > vicali 05/08/2019 at 21:48

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I’d like a show of hands of Oppo’s readers who’ve actually used a rotary phone for daily use.  Can’t be many. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 05/09/2019 at 00:36

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Back in the early ‘70s we had a couple, including one illegal hookup with one dad found at a garage sale and wired in himself. This was in the days when you couldn't own your own phone and had to pay for every connection in the house.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > HammerheadFistpunch 05/09/2019 at 07:19

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I have a flip phone, my wife still had a slider until last year.

I generally call “smart phones” dumb boxes though.......

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 05/09/2019 at 07:21

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My grandparents still had theirs a few years ago, I’d used it many times.

It still worked perfectly when they switched to cordless house phones, they just got sick of my “techie” uncle constantly hounding them about it.

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 05/09/2019 at 07:52

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Spoiler alert: i t’s a tablet.

It’s a smaller tablet, but it’s a tablet.

BigBlock440 > LongbowMkII 05/11/2019 at 16:37

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That’s what I call them when I remember to.  My flip phone was a smart phone, my new touch screen is a pocket computer.