Oh lol I just remembered the first smartphone was invented in like 2007 (as in, actual mass market product, not just prototypes), I had my first in 2015, so probably warped worldview lol. Like my parent were still using flip phones in early 2010s and this was also around the time when I first had internet access (didn’t have internet in my neighborhood in my previous country).
I always forget and thought smartphones were invented in like 2013 or something, since that’s the first time I see one, my aunt had one that I just played with during family gatherings. Pretty sure I remember Google Translate to be an app already.
But I mean like smartphones paved the way for these tools to exist ubiquitiously, not as in these tools immediately existed upon the invention of smartphones, know what I sayin’?
Believe it or not the first production smart phone was released by IBM in 1989, it was the bastard lovechild of a DOS PC and a car phone; it could do fax and modem over the phone. Blackberry put out a device you’d call a smart phone (runs an extensible OS with an app ecosystem, multimedia capable, mobile data as we know it today) in 2002. But yes the iPhone arrived in 2007 much to the unhealth of society.
I got in trouble once because there was a small earthquake in Brooklyn that made everyone call each other so it clogged up the lines, this was before 5g so the congestion problems were way worse.
Mom at first thought I broke her phone lol.
Your comment reminded me of that incident lol
So every time after that, I’d bring up that incident when ever my parents falsely accuse of doing something wrong
I’m Gen Z lol
Oh lol I just remembered the first smartphone was invented in like 2007 (as in, actual mass market product, not just prototypes), I had my first in 2015, so probably warped worldview lol. Like my parent were still using flip phones in early 2010s and this was also around the time when I first had internet access (didn’t have internet in my neighborhood in my previous country).
I always forget and thought smartphones were invented in like 2013 or something, since that’s the first time I see one, my aunt had one that I just played with during family gatherings. Pretty sure I remember Google Translate to be an app already.
But I mean like smartphones paved the way for these tools to exist ubiquitiously, not as in these tools immediately existed upon the invention of smartphones, know what I sayin’?
If you’re going to end your sentences with “lol” you don’t also need to say that you’re Gen Z. One or the other will do. 😏
I agree your original point stands, regardless of the timescales involved.
The invention of the smart phone did make international travel less intimidating, even if some of the functions took a while to appear.
I am pretty sure we lol-ed a lot already before the majority of Gen-Z was even born…
I do that too. genx here… lol
Believe it or not the first production smart phone was released by IBM in 1989, it was the bastard lovechild of a DOS PC and a car phone; it could do fax and modem over the phone. Blackberry put out a device you’d call a smart phone (runs an extensible OS with an app ecosystem, multimedia capable, mobile data as we know it today) in 2002. But yes the iPhone arrived in 2007 much to the unhealth of society.
The original iPhone did not have an app store.
I once missed a call from my mother on my cell phone because it was getting late…
I got in trouble due to the fact I didn’t call her back.
The phone didn’t have caller ID on it… so I had no idea who had called. All it said one 1 missed call.
Cell phone tech has definitely been a process.
I got in trouble once because there was a small earthquake in Brooklyn that made everyone call each other so it clogged up the lines, this was before 5g so the congestion problems were way worse.
Mom at first thought I broke her phone lol.
Your comment reminded me of that incident lol
So every time after that, I’d bring up that incident when ever my parents falsely accuse of doing something wrong
Haha that’s a great excuse…
That’s so in line with the dog ate my homework, plausible but not probable.
Love it. Haha