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Up until I got my first ever smartphone in 2012 I only used my cellphones to play snake or to call/send texts to my mum and a few other people. I can understand why nowadays people are addicted to their phones since you can do so much on them, but I dunno why teenagers were so addicted to them back in 2006-2008 already. I think that's when the "free text messages to anyone who has the same operator as you" thing started, so maybe that's why. However, I did know a decent amount of people who did not have internet at home up until like 2008-2009. Nowadays that'd be UNTHINKABLE. |
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03-31-2019, 07:15 AM | #42 |
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Holy sh*t, I don't know what kind of phone I have NOW. A Motorola something-or-other, I think? I honestly have no idea, my wife bought it.
I don't remember what my first cell phone was, either. I just know it was one of those ones you bought at 7-11.
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I do miss the days where you didn't have to recharge your phone every damn day. And also when the phones wer a lot sturdier. My current phone is my longest lasting smartphone and I've only had it for like 2 years. Meanwhile, the last non-smart phone I had was a gift from my mother to me back in mid-2007 or so and only died in mid-2012. |
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I've only known a couple of people who did. Around the time it came out, Game Boy had also come out, and I remember when there almost wasn't a day where I didn't see anyone without one. I think Game Gear might have put an end to all of that, even though the Game Boy still won out in the end.
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03-31-2019, 05:13 PM | #47 |
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I play Pokemon GO. It's a phone app, so not exactly what I believe is the intention of this question, but when we've got a large group of people together in a public spot for a raid or other reason, we can get a lot of weird looks and people asking us if we're some sort of "phone convention."
Otherwise, I have no problem bringing my 3DS or Switch out in public, if I have reason to. I will bring the Switch out when I'm playing Pokemon GO to help other players acquire a Mystery Box from Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. And I also brought it on a plane with me for a recent trip. I've honestly only ever used it in handheld mode anyways (plugging in the dock means trying to organize a bunch of cables, which I haven't dedicated myself to doing yet).
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03-31-2019, 05:25 PM | #48 |
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I don't know about using handheld devices in public is a good idea. Especially if its in places where you'll potentially get mugged and your 3DS stolen.
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I just find it a bit unpractical to play the 3DS in public tbh. Especially in a more crowded area. I did bring my 3DS to university and play it after having lunch and waiting like 30 minutes for my class next to the door, but that's a much more familiar place and there wasn't really any fear someone would snatch it from my hands. I also did play a few Smash matches on my 3DS during class without the professors noticing. I sat in the back, put the backpack on my desk, opened the backpack, pretended I was going through its inside looking for something when I was actually playing a quick Smash match . None of the professors seems to have noticed it ever. And tbh, I don't think they'd care as long as you didn't pull it out and played it right in their faces. |
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04-01-2019, 06:03 AM | #51 |
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I certainly have, but you don't need to whip it out and walk around with it in your hands for the feature to work. I just kept it on in rest mode inside my backpack as I rode public transit, walked outside and went to uni. That was 2016 in a nutshell to me. I didn't get a 3DS until way late in game. Got it around April 3 years ago.
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