Isn’t this all the truth! I have my same Perkins Brailer from when I was a child. 😉 and we are talking a while back now.
It is sometimes an internal tug-of-war for me between wanting the new technology and keeping what I have that works perfectly well. LOL! Works perfectly well and I still like it. Amused, Traci Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2018, at 8:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > You are correct, in terms of an old style telephone or, for that matter, a > quality analogue watch with a wind-up mechanism, the iPhone and Apple Watch > have very short life spans. However, an iPhone is as much like one of these > old telephones as a computer is like an electronic calculator. I still have > my Sharp talking calculator and watch bought around 1985, shortly after I > became blind. Both still work just fine and they essentially do what a basic > calculator and talking watch do today. However, that doesn’t mean my iPhone > or computer do a lot more and as it is the nature of technology, it continues > to be developed and people continue to want whatever new designs, features, > larger storage capacities, better cameras etc. are part of said technology. > I guess one could say it’s comparing Apples to Oranges, pun intended. > > > From: 'Bill Gallik' via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 8:02 AM > To: viPhone E-Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: A Matter of Perspective - Was: iPhone XR vs iPhone 8: What's the > Difference > > I suppose what ‘m about to write here can be attributed to my “Long in the > Tooth” age, but I find it so very amusing when it’s suggested that the smart > phones (any brand) will last a long time - meaning maybe 5 or 6 years. I > readily recall when a telephone was designed and manufactured to survive all > but a nuclear blast. > > In fact, one of the first quite interesting bits of information I learned > when I first began working at AT&T Bell Labs was that the company had a > concrete platform at the base of a 10 story building in New Jersey; that > concrete platform was used as a proofing ground for new AT&T telephone > designs. A prototype telephone would be repeatedly dropped from the 10th > story onto the concrete platform until it continued to function properly > after that 10-story fall. > > Times, and customer expectations, certainly have changed over the past 60 or > so years. > > And, yes, I understand that these smart phones do so much more than the old > POTS telephones. But ultimately, I believe that the principle purpose of > having a phone of any kind is to make telephone calls. I certainly > appreciate the “pocket computer” aspect of the modern smart phone, but I do > get a chuckle when I hear about how they are designed to last a long time; > again, meaning maybe 5 or 6 years! ;-) > **************** > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - “When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same.” > - Contributor Unknown > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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