See this? Stop bitching

see this? Stop bitching

now do 2017 with all the dongles and sheit

No. Back then technology was new and exciting.
Now its dumbed down and its shit.

so what?

>1980
>Many devices that are specialized and spectacular at their intended function
>2010
>One device that can do everything in a sort of alright way

3 Cassettte playback devices, 2 radio shits, a camera, 2 headphones? A betamax, a CD player, a calculator with physical buttons.

Didn't know you can stick a cassette or betamax tape into an iphone!

it's a lot easier to get music now, you dumb fuck

Yes, but the image implies that iPhone is all of that in one, can iPhone play Betamax or cassettes on its own? No? Hmmmmh.

ftfy

but is it a sony?

Your smart phone can literally do everything in that picture in a better way.. how is it doing it in an alright way?

>1980
>Many devices that are specialized and spectacular at their intended function

No affordable, portable consumer grade device was better at its intended function than even the most poorfag of today's smartphones.
This is especially true when multimedia are concerned.

Also you still get specialized, enthusiast and professional devices that shit on smartphones today.
The difference is that you have the smartphone to do the job of all of the 80's portable consumer electronics.

>Yes, but the image implies that iPhone is all of that in one

It doesn't, you're just autistic.

Then do tell the point of the image to me.

>Camera
Phone cameras can capture videos and images at a high resolution, but that doesn't mean it looks good. Without optimal lighting it will always look terrible. Compare this with a proper camera that can take good pictures in a variety of settings. Even in the 80's a good camera could take nice pictures in low light.
>Music in general
No physical buttons unless you have headphones that supply them. Also, the battery dies too fast compared to an MP3 player which will last days. Also very few phones (in North America at least) allow you to listen to FM or AM radio.
>Electric typewriter
Who is writing documents on their phone? At the very most you can go in and edit the content of one that's already made.
>Calculator
Probably one of the only things that a modern smartphone can do decently, but people who do actual work with a calculator almost always have an actual calculator.
>Watching movies
The other thing that smartphones can do decently but it's still an alternative to watching stuff on a TV or monitor.

>Also, the battery dies too fast compared to an MP3 player which will last days.

My Fiio X1 dies in about 6-8 hours, the battery is glued in.
The same amount of time listening to music at similar volume levels using the same 50Ω in-ears draws about 10-20% out of my LG G4 and replacing the battery takes less than a minute.

Digital formats and flash memory from the second pic replaced all of the media shown in the first pic, and for a good reason.
Whining that the comparison isn't fair because you can't stick a betamax into your phone is intellectual dishonesty.

You're talking about intellectual dishonesty when claiming that they're somehow a good replacement for those?
see

>Camera

All I see is a video recorder.

Yeah the camera in the pic is clearly not meant for shooting images, but smartphone cameras are primarily meant for images so I wanted to be fair. If we're going by video then smarphone cameras are shit on a stick.

>If we're going by video then smarphone cameras are shit on a stick.

As of late they shit all over 99.99% of CCTV footage and even consumer grade recorders from more than a couple years ago. The comparison is still valid because back then when you wanted to tape something, you had to buy an expensive dedicated device that was useless for 350+ days in a year and captured video of mediocre quality. Today you can spend half of your McDonald's paycheck on a flavor of the month model of a device that you have on you all the time anyway, one that does everything, including capturing video of mediocre quality.

Nice tracking device, you fucking blowhard

I've typed essays on my phone in high school.

Your comparing this to a metropcs promotional $30 Kyra hydro right?

Old video cameras were cool. I used to work at an electronics donation place and whenever i got one donated to me, i couldnt help but tinker with it and admire it. Even though the video quality is gay, the aesthetics and ergonomics of the devices were cool

No longer valid - iPhones don't have a headphone jack.

>ALL THIS TECHNOLOY HAS BEEN SURPASSED BY THIS iPHONE
Oh yeah? Tell me, does that iPhone happen to have a CD drive and a VHS tape drive? That's what I thought. Fuck you.

point out the VHS player in OPs picture

Why didn't you use a computer in the computer lab?

Nope, mine's missing a FM radio because of 4G merchants.

what about TV?

vinyl players have better sound quality than shitphones

Because by the time I got lunch they were guaranteed full. Break was short too.

Whoops this was for you.

>do one thing and do it well
1980 was so Unix

2017 a shit

>My Fiio X1 dies in about 6-8 hours, the battery is glued in.
sucks for you; my Fiio X3 lasts ~20 hours

have you updated the firmware?

You clearly never used an analog camera. A budget smartphone from today is way more usable and has more quality than an analog camera with 1990s film unless we're talking about a 100iso professional film, and that is tied to a specialised use.

Try shooting at night indoor with a 400 iso cheap color film (that if you don't know what you're going to shoot is the only way) with a good f/1.8 lens.
You won't see anything unless you have a tripod and a still subject.

A very basic smartphone can do that better cause it can handle 1600 iso or more on a f2 lens, and when the night has passed voila, 100 iso on a 24mm equivalent for a really good panorama. Turn on the HDR for a picture you'd probably want to print.

Only reason we use DSLRs and pro videocameras today is cause they're overall better (for 10 times the price) and most important more flexible, but a smartphone can definitively do the job if you're in a hurry and the whole news world knows that for example, ENG crews are almost a thing from the past.

And don't forget that a cheap smartphone DAC can almost match the quality of a thousands of dollars 1990s tape player or turntable. Cause today we're always watching at the best things that were done in the days forgetting that HI-FI was a term born to distinguish the real shit from something barely listenable. Digital killed that term.

Also, more and more people are using tablets office stuff and work, or even for watching movies if you want mobility.
The limit is the screen size.

Digital world is great.

Specialized devices do have there place. Yeah having a single device that does many things is cool (smartphone) but if it does those things poorly then what's the use? Also I don't see phones/tablets doing any kind of real intensive editing work anytime soon (aka video/photo editing) cause they just don't got the power/video screen size/ or controls suited for that type work. Also why watch vids on a small ass screen when you can watch the same vid on a much larger screen (pc display/tv). Your eyes will thank you in the long run cause your ain't straining them.

You made it worse

notice anything about the top image?

the guy at the top would have been cool during the 80s and the ultimate memelord on 2010. the one at the bottom is just some faggot

Nope

iPhones are missing FM radio since gen 1 (2G - EDGE) because Apple wanted consumers installing iTunes and buying each song.

Nexus did the same so you used Google cloud

Other brands like Nokia, Samsung or even no-name have devices with FM radio. Heck, I have a Vodafone branded handset with radio (manufactured by ZTE)

If you still listen to the radio you are an absolutely hopeless twat.

I wonder how much the wages of IT workers will grow in the future because normalfags are getting dumber than old folks thanks to smart devices.

Budget DLSRs still produce much better photos than a smartphone. Not only that, but smartphones are fucking useless in both low light, and printed photos.
Again, phones do a lot of stuff okay(-ish).

Congratulations, you have autism.

wtf I hate physical media now

eat shit and die

1980's were happier.

How am I supposed to be a consumerist pig when there's only one important item in my entire life?

I can't just buy the same phone over and over again. I want to have a pile of shit that's my shit, and all my shit does stuff.

Budget DSLRs have great sensors, just shitty build quality, and you can't compare a 18*24mm sensor to one large like a tiny screw's head.
but what I'm trying to say is that a phone can still take excellent shots and yes, you can print them, even on medium prints without noticeable problems.

From what I can tell you my current phone (motoG3) has a comparable noise to my first DSLR (canon 20D) but with 13MP vs 8MP, and an f2.4 lens or so. The only downside is no manual controls and theyre mostly used handheld, thus the okish quality.

Of course I'm not going to say that a Sony alpha 7r is the same as a low budget galaxy but trust me, phones have great cameras nowadays, it's just that most people don't use them properly but they're supposed to be used like that.

I've now discovered an old pic on my SD card that I'm not going to post where my ex girlfriend is lighting a cigarette in a blue environment at night and fuck, even if a bit blurry that's definitively not something you could see in the 90s, not with that colours and definition. Great pic if you ask me

>All separate devices
>When one of them breaks you can easily replace that one device
>When your phone breaks you are out everything
Also phones still have yet to catch up to the quality of many dedicated devices. Cameras for example.

>not using the automatic backup stuff that literally every smartphone has nowadays
>not having carrier insurance so that you can pick up a new phone in minutes

>muh camera
Yeah, no. If you're pro you had a dedicated camera, if you're a normie you had a point&shoot or polaroid, which takes okay pics.

We're not comparing pro vs pro here - pros have always their own devices and still do. We're comparing normie vs normie - and a normie on their smartphone, with auto ISO, white balance, blur reduction, and so on will take better pics than a 80s normie with their Kodachrome or their Polaroid.

>Automatic backup
And opinion entirely discarded. Didn't read the rest of your post because you're completely ignoring the point that if my phone dies, I'm not out a Camera, out a music player, out a video player, out a phone, etc.

I agree, but no one is forcing you to use a smartphone for everything.

Want a dedicated video player? Get a Bluray player

Want a dedicated music player? Get a good mp3/ipod/whatever

Want a good camera? Do it, phone cameras are mostly shit anyway

Want a mechanical calculator? Get some Texas Instruments or something, sure there are some around, I have cheap Casio because using the calculator on a phone is a joke, besides most schools won't let you use phones in exams.

Want a radio/stereo? As far as I am concerned they still sell them, even though most newer models are awful, but get an older one in ebay idk

Are you obsessed with old technology? Buy stuff, some are not so overpriced