Must be the smartphones

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 02/08/2014 at 15:52 • Filed to: None

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Oh well...

Hoccy > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2014 at 16:02

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Train rides are never the problem. It's when you're with friends and suddenly everyone is staring at their phones. Unless you're showing something to someone or there's no reason to use a smartphone in social events.

I must say though, I don't have a smartphone.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hoccy 02/08/2014 at 16:04

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Well, if the event is a dead end, getting your nose in the phone is a better option then leaving. Also, wasn't the smartphone adoption in the first world, 90% or higher?

jariten1781 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2014 at 16:06

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Hoccy > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2014 at 16:21

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Sometimes the event goes into a dead end because someone takes up their smartphone.. It's not a lot of people without a smartphone these days. I don't have a smartphone because my old phone works perfectly, so I don't see a reason to change.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hoccy 02/08/2014 at 16:34

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Hehe, if I had to wait for my old phone to die, to get a new one, I would have still rocked my old Bosch, Ericsson or Mitsubishi phones, as those were my early phones. The damn things were made out of concrete or something.

Hoccy > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2014 at 16:41

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True, true, at least if battery capacity didn't go bad. I've killed off some phones, so my phone is of the last Sony Ericsson generation before they turned into smartphones. I have a reserve phone that's a bit older as well. And a Nokia 3310, in case of the apocalypse.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hoccy 02/08/2014 at 17:17

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Mobile phones are becoming something of a disposable device, and not a long use item. You use it for a year or two and, depending on how long you subscribed for, you get a new one,

I just wished they'd make a good wristband smartphone, as it isn't only cool, but also easier to look after.

I do think that with future miniaturization and advancements in screen technology, they will become a possibility, sooner rather than latter.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > jariten1781 02/08/2014 at 20:27

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I don't think there's a situation imaginable without an appropriate XKCD.

Hoccy > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/09/2014 at 03:18

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And that's a sad thing really, because mobile phones are made with a lot of rare earth elements. Who knows how much of that is recycled, and for how long we can continue before we run out of resources.

That said, those wristphones looks kind of cool but I'm not sure if they're very practical. Easier to look after but harder to use?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Hoccy 02/09/2014 at 07:22

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Well, it depends how you dispose of your old phone, if you take it to an electronics recycling center, or back at the store, as many carriers will take back your old phone to recycle it, many components will get recycled. If you stash it into the box of the pizza you just finished, and throw it away, chances of phone parts being recycled are slim to none.

And I guess that wearable phones will take two directions, in the future, with the first being total portability, but with reduced usability and practicability, like the ones I posted earlier. And the second would be phones that can transform from watch to phone and back to watch again, with relative ease.

The Old Man from Scene 24 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/09/2014 at 17:54

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I was inspired to make this after passing by a group of people standing in line at an ATM, all staring into their devices, while Sound of Silence was playing on my car radio.