Evolution of Cellphones [Gudim]

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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. :::

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lime@feddit.nu · 49 pts · 97d (8 replies)

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 (4 replies)

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 (1 reply)

Samsung? More like Sam screamed.

lime@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 97d

huawei? more like hoy vey

MantisToboggon@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 97d (3 replies)

Should have turned into a crab.

Klear@piefed.world · 58 pts · 97d (2 replies)

Phones already are cancer.

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 97d (1 reply)

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 (5 replies)

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 (1 reply)

That applies to cell phones too! Until they die at least.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
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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 (1 reply)
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 (1 reply)

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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