12 Things Your Smartphone Has Replaced

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Published 19 Aug 2016

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New technology always replaces older tech; that’s the point of New technology. But there’s nothing as versatile when it comes to making things obsolete as the smartphone. Or, should I say, a phone, internet browser, camera, music player, alarm clock, reading material, calculator, photo album, gaming device. And flashlight all in one. Here are 12 standalone devices you will never use anymore, thanks to that handy Android phone in your pocket.

Phones

The smartphone is, first and foremost, a phone. So it makes sense that it would replace other phones, such as Call Lines and Pay Phones.

Cameras

Smartphone cameras can’t compete with digital cameras, it’s better than no camera. What would you have if you didn’t have your smartphone with you? Who will lug a DSLR around to cool outings, hikes, and parties? Not you or anybody who owns a smartphone!

Music Players

Guardians of the Galaxy nailed it. The only reason anyone would have a separate portable music player these days. If they had been abducted from Earth in 1988.

Portable Gaming Consoles

Why would you spend $200 on a Nintendo 3DS XL. You can play Nintendo-esque games, in the form of Pokemon Go on your smartphone?

Alarm Clocks

Your smartphone can set 16 alarms, too fragile to throw across the room. It’s the best alarm clock ever.

Books

You might think electronic reading devices like Kindles and Nooks have replaced books. You’re mistaken. Your smartphone can display the same e-books, play games. Text friends if bored of reading.

Remote Controls

Your smartphone isn’t just a remote for Android TV and a myriad of set-top boxes. It’s a remote for everything, like your lights, car, and even your thermostat.

Let’s hope you never lose it.

Watches

You no longer need to look at someone’s wrist to know if they have the time. They have a smartphone, don’t they?

Photo Albums

Boring people with five or six pictures of the kids. We can now show them hundreds or thousands of images saved on our smartphones!

Calculators

Did smartphones replace calculators, or did calculators on smartphones replace our brains? I feel like we used to be able to calculate tips in our heads. Post smartphones.

Wallets

Now stores support Android Pay, no need to carry a credit card! And with apps like Venmo, there’s no need to have cash, either! If only highway patrol would accept a photo of your driver’s license.

Flashlights

Hey, the LED flash on the back of your phone isn’t just there to make your night-time pictures look horrific.