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One thing that is notable about mobile phone evolution is the change in size over time - from the original bricks, down to fairly small things that were very easy to lose (I had a friend who worked for Motorola who lost about half a dozen phones in a year because they were so small*) and then a gradual increase in size as smart phones evolved into the multi-function streaming devices we have now.
One thing that is notable about mobile phone evolution is the change in size over time - from the original bricks, down to fairly small things that were very easy to lose (I had a friend who worked for Motorola who lost about half a dozen phones in a year because they were so small*) and then a gradual increase in size as smart phones evolved into the multi-function streaming devices we have now. Which are too big to fit in pockets in some cases.
It's fun in 90s shows where someone has a mobile and you can see it get smaller & smaller as 'what a phone looks like' changes.
I remember when people said it was unrealistic that communicators in Star Trek seemed to get both bigger and smaller in different series set in different time periods made out of order. The same people who think it's odd that Starfleet has a new uniform every few years, evidently not having paid attention to what real militaries are often like.One thing that is notable about mobile phone evolution is the change in size over time - from the original bricks, down to fairly small things that were very easy to lose (I had a friend who worked for Motorola who lost about half a dozen phones in a year because they were so small*) and then a gradual increase in size as smart phones evolved into the multi-function streaming devices we have now. Which are too big to fit in pockets in some cases.
It's fun in 90s shows where someone has a mobile and you can see it get smaller & smaller as 'what a phone looks like' changes.
One thing that is notable about mobile phone evolution is the change in size over time - from the original bricks, down to fairly small things that were very easy to lose (I had a friend who worked for Motorola who lost about half a dozen phones in a year because they were so small*) and then a gradual increase in size as smart phones evolved into the multi-function streaming devices we have now. Which are too big to fit in pockets in some cases.
Depictions of the "near future" from that era extrapolate on that trend and show phones of the future as tiny. The idea that we would instead turn to larger screens was mostly ignored. Then again, when contemporary SF tries to come up with a future equivalent to the smartphone, it's often an entirely transparent device, which would be a complete nonstarter, because a) that would make the display harder to see and especially b) do you really want everyone to know what you're looking at?It's fun in 90s shows where someone has a mobile and you can see it get smaller & smaller as 'what a phone looks like' changes.
A point, but on the other hand the transparent phone seems like exactly the sort of daft thing that people would embrace as a fashion fad, at least for a while.Depictions of the "near future" from that era extrapolate on that trend and show phones of the future as tiny. The idea that we would instead turn to larger screens was mostly ignored. Then again, when contemporary SF tries to come up with a future equivalent to the smartphone, it's often an entirely transparent device, which would be a complete nonstarter, because a) that would make the display harder to see and especially b) do you really want everyone to know what you're looking at?
Not bad, but this remains the best 1920s cartoon (alright, technically 1919) about predicting phone technology.I'm reminded of this 1920s cartoon:
A point, but on the other hand the transparent phone seems like exactly the sort of daft thing that people would embrace as a fashion fad, at least for a while.
Not bad, but this remains the best 1920s cartoon (alright, technically 1919) about predicting phone technology.
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