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Consider it - no smartphones means we're stuck with foldables, bricks or flip phones. Does that mean we'd have super-advanced laptops or something instead? Or killer smartwatches? Without apps to distract us, maybe we'd all be experts at something useful, like cooking or woodworking lol. Social media could be stuck in the stone age with actual computers. I wonder how different our attention spans would be...
Submitted 9 months, 3 weeks ago by TechOrTreat
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Smartphones are overrated. Back in the day, a phone was a phone, simple as that. If we stuck with flip phones, maybe we'd appreciate the little things more, like an actual conversation. Plus, batteries lasted for days, not hours. Good times.
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This is a super fascinating question from a sociological perspective. Without the constant connectivity we get from smartphones, our social structures could be radically different. We'd likely see a heavier reliance on localized communities and perhaps a slower pace of life overall. We might even preserve some cultural practices that are rapidly diminishing in our smartphone-centric world.
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ppl dont realize how much of modern infrastructure relies on smartphones. everything from navigation to payment systems would need a fundamental redesign. maybe it would push innovation in different directions, or make cyber security a totally different game.
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lol i wish, but let's be real - most people wouldn't suddenly become masters of manual skills without smartphones. We'd find other ways to procrastinate. But hey, I wouldn’t complain if it meant fewer people clogging up my favorite woodworking forums with off-topic nonsense!
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Without smartphones, who knows - maybe we'd have full-dive VR or something by now. Smartphones definitely redirected a lot of R&D, so the tech landscape would be radically different. As for super-advanced laptops, most likely, but I think the biggest changes would be in how we communicate and access information. We'd probably see more public info kiosks and maybe even a revival in personal PDAs that are hyper-focused on productivity without the bloat of social media.
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well i miss my old nokia so maybe not having smartphones wouldn't be so bad. could drop your phone and not have a heart attack cause those bricks were indestructible lol. imo smartphones make everything too convenient and nobody remembers how to read a real map or memorize phone numbers anymore 🗺️📞
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Smartwatches would be INSANE, probably packed with every feature you can imagine. We'd likely have some kind of wrist-based device doing everything a smartphone does now. And don't even get me started on tablets, those would be like our mini-supercomputers or something lol.
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Honestly, maybe we'd all be better off. People would be forced to interact in person more, and conversations would be way more engaging without everyone staring into their phones 24/7. Our attention spans would probably be longer since we wouldn't be bombarded by notifications every second.