A smartphone is simultaneously - a rolodex, a notepad, a mailbox, a television, an internet browser, a stopwatch, an alarm clock, a pedometer, an mp3 player, a map, a camera, a VIDEO camera, the weather channel, a tide chart, a gameboy, and I'm sure there's 100 other things that I'm missing.
I bet if we totaled up all the time we spent with all those other things before smartphones became widespread, the totals wouldn't be that different.
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Datawych ago
I don't exactly see a problem with this.
A smartphone is simultaneously - a rolodex, a notepad, a mailbox, a television, an internet browser, a stopwatch, an alarm clock, a pedometer, an mp3 player, a map, a camera, a VIDEO camera, the weather channel, a tide chart, a gameboy, and I'm sure there's 100 other things that I'm missing.
I bet if we totaled up all the time we spent with all those other things before smartphones became widespread, the totals wouldn't be that different.
madmalloy ago
They're great at people tracking, causing brain tumors, and making people brainless zombies too!
Datawych ago
Actually the brain tumor myth has been debunked
Explain how a smartphone makes someone a zombie more than a television or a computer.
If you're an interesting enough person for this to actually be an issue, odds are you use burner phones anyway.