And it was awesome.
Well, the headphones are still a separate thing. They are even more separate now, than they ever were (each one earphone is separate now)
Ah yes, Lightning headphones. Or USB-C, can’t tell. Either way, none of the iPods accept these. Meanwhile late keypad phones all have headphone jacks…
EDIT: yup, USB-C. Also, the phone has a clock. And a camera, not a good one but a camera. It’s a 2010s Samsung.
That’s definitely USB-C on the headphones in the pic, lightning has the little white connectors visible on the flat sides.
I still do. And it’s your choice to do. For example, I use my old LG ThinQ V40 for music, because it has audio jack, and I still buy CDs and I listen to them. I still use my 9 years old DSLR. Its your choice.
Ear plugs are now included in phones as well? Please don’t promote people to play their horrible music on speaker. Also, you forgot to include a laptop and modem. We have internet now. And we can watch television in the form of YouTube and streaming services, so maybe also include a TV.
I still would rather at least have a dedicated camera because A) They’re offline devices so you don’t have to worry about a hostile megacorp spying on your snaps, and B) they tend to either have better glass, including true optical zooms, bigger sensors, or both, or even swappable lenses in the case of things like SLRs or mirrorless ILCs.
Also, separate music players benefit from being offline too and some of them still have nice analog sections even by modern standards, such as the iPod Video and iPod Classic, plus both those DAPs can be flash-retrofitted and can have Rockbox installed on them.
guys the headphones aren’t supposed to be “headphones built into a phone”. they are more representative of speakers. cassette players, cd players, and MP3 players didn’t have built in speakers, you had to have headphones to listen to music. in no way am i advocating that anyone should listen to music or their shitty social media short videos, or have a phone call on speaker in public. im just saying you don’t need headphones anymore because phones have a built in speaker
(big boomboxes had big speakers yes but those were very cumbersome to carry around, i’m talking more Walkman’s)
but also i still have all those separate. i have a cell phone, a separate MP3/FLACC player, bluetooth headphones (which connect to both my phone and mp3 player), a smartwatch, an actual wallet, and a mirrorless camera.
Young people today are increasingly choosing to have separate dedicated-purpose devices. And that’s probably a good thing. It decreases distractions, lets you focus on what you’re actually trying to do, and makes you less addicted to your phone, and avoids the always-connected evils that come with it
Plus, a single-purpose device is often better at that purpose than a combined device … especially when compared at the same price-for-price level.
A decent standalone digital camera will take far better pictures than any phone camera ever made … while still costing less than the best phone cameras.
A standalone mp3 player is smaller, cheaper, and has longer battery life than a phone, and it still plays music just as well.
And a time where 3rd party companies had no access to any of them
I don’t miss all the different cables but fuck, do I miss being able to listen to a song without having to silence a spam call in the middle of it
Don’t you remember the joy of carrying around a dozen proprietary cables. Oh dads cable drawer was great.
Now you need to carry around a dozen USB-C cables that all look identical, but can do different things.
This one can do video, this one can do fast charging but no data at all, this one has fast data transfer…
Are you aware you can buy a 240W/40Gps cable?
Honestly, the idea of pushing 240W through a USB-C cable kind of terrifies me. That’s a lot of power for such little wires…
Huh what? Is this a thing with USB-C cables? I always used the same cable for everything and I’m fine
Yes, there are ones that are only USB 2, also some can deliver more power than others. If you want to charge a USB-C notebook for example, you need 100 W rated cables.
Same. That’s the whole point of USB C. You buy one good cable and use it for everything.
They do not all behave the same. I have many of them that are supplied as a charging cable in small electronic devices. These ubiquitous USB-C cables will not perform a data connection with your phone. At all. I have to search for that one cable that I know works for data since it moves around the house.
I know this is a shitpost, but I honestly think that was better. In the past couple years I’ve bought an mp3 player, and dslr camera, and a pocket sized e-reader, and a retro gaming handheld, and it feels so much better swapping between them when I’m doing something than just staring at the little hell rectangle for 12 hours a day.
Well, yeah, if you do one thing good, that’s gonna be better than doing a million things halfass.
It’s almost like “a cheap, right tool is better than an expensive, wrong tool”.
I don’t think we’ll see phones that are as good of a camera as an actual (read: not toy-tier) digital camera. A lot just has to do with the quality of the optics you can pack into a small lens, and how much to expect out of that lens when it’s being touched and shoved into and out of a pocket all the time.
Portable audio players…the only leg up they really have are tactile interfaces and usually expandable storage…both of which increasingly uncommon on phones. But that’s largely because the phones have nailed that job, and physical media is pretty much dead (albeit at the hands of phones).
Watch? It depends what you want out of it… As a fashion item/jewelery, point goes to legacy tech. As a utilitarian gizmo? That also kinda depends on your needs…because both camps have merit.
It’s more like a Swiss army knife, really. The phone is now just technological EDC in and of itself.
It’s more like a Swiss army knife, really.
Any multi-tool will always be inferior to the single-use tools it replaces. That’s the cost you pay for being compact and convenient.
Sure, every multi-tool has a screwdriver on it somewhere … but it will never be as good as a real screwdriver for driving screws.
Then again, it would be a pain in the ass to carry around 30 different individual tools. So it really depends what your needs are.
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I don’t even know what to think on the bottom left is, and I am the target audience of this post.
You don’t know how the edges of a dollar bill and credit cards look like?
Cards holder
Headphones are built into your phone?
My phone has a speaker, but I’ve never had an mp3 player with one.
It doesn’t work in public, but it’s fine for when I’m at home
