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::: spoiler Transcript Panel 1: There are 4 phones laid out in a row showing the back of the phones, each one a different model. The first has one camera lens in the upper left corner, the second has two lens in a vertical line on a raised rounded rectangle, the third has 3 grouped together in a triangle pattern on a raised square, the fourth has 4 in a square pattern on a raised circle. (Note that these are based on real phone designs)
Panel 2: (continuing the phone evolution) there are two phones side by side showing the cameras on the back. The first has 5 cameras arranged in a pentagon pattern on a raised circle, the second has 6 cameras in a circular pattern on a raised circle.
Panel 3: There is one phone, a cellphone now with a rotary phone dial replacing the circle of camera lenses on the back of the phone along with a corded handset. A hand has lifted the handset and is dialing out a number on the rotary. :::

29 Comments
lime@feddit.nu · 49 pts · 97d
i see we've all forgotten the era of the biblically accurate camera phones
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 97d
DragonAce@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 97d
WTF is that abomination? That thing was a niche product at best. I've been around since the early days of smartphones and I can tell you that this was never on par with other models. I don't remember them even advertising it.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 97d
I would totally buy a phone with a giant zoom lens if I were on the market for a new one.
I'm in my bird-watching phase of getting old.
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 97d
Not an abomination at all, there were a few of these. I still think the Nokia N95 was the pinnacle of gizmo gadget phones. It looks downright hilarious now but my god that was a thing of beauty in its day.
Boring black slabs are practical, sure, but has that practicality improved our lives that much?
notthebees@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 97d
It's like the s3 s4 days. We also had the Lumia pure zoom thing with a 48 mp sensor.
lime@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 97d
that's just the first gen. at least five different companies made them, and i think sony only stopped their "xperia pro" line a few years ago.
MoffKalast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 97d
Samsung? More like Sam screamed.
lime@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 97d
huawei? more like hoy vey
MantisToboggon@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 97d
Should have turned into a crab.
Klear@piefed.world · 58 pts · 97d
Phones already are cancer.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 97d
This comment will not get enough upvotes.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -6 pts · 97d
It already has too many...
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 97d
The nice thing about rotary phones was, they didn't have to be plugged into an electrical outlet, so they worked during a power outage
morto@piefed.social · 11 pts · 97d
Phones with buttons too. I believe only fax machines and wireless phones needed electrical outlets
Joelk111@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 97d
That applies to cell phones too! Until they die at least.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 97d
Unless the outage was at the central, too.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 96d
That's not just rotary
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 19 pts · 97d
it came close to happening
https://skysedge.com/telecom/RUSP/index.html
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 7 pts · 97d
It's so much easier when seafoam green is in fashion.
morto@piefed.social · 11 pts · 97d
"Cellphones these days are full of eyes" - My grandmother when casually looking at someone's phone over the table
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 97d
History doesn't repeat but it rhymes
Mothra@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 97d
Laughed more than I should.
Also I want this phone
BillyClark@piefed.social · 3 pts · 97d
One of these phones looks like it can determine your glasses prescription.
mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 97d
Modern phones trigger my trypophobia.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 97d
Nah it becomes a revolver
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 97d
Only if they were made in the US.
So less than 1% of all phone brands.
SalamenceFury@piefed.social · 2 pts · 97d
Fourth one should be more centralized, then you'd have the Realme 12/13.
artwork@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 97d
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