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The specific device is irrelevant and so is your question. The headline “Smartphone Films Final Discovery Launch From 30,000 Feet Up” would be just as good but
by ugh 16y ago
The specific device is irrelevant and so is your question.
The headline “Smartphone Films Final Discovery Launch From 30,000 Feet Up” would be just as good but complaining about the additional (albeit irrelevant) information in the real headline seems just strange.
The information in the headline that this was taken by a smartphone is certainly valuable – you immediately know that this is not about professional video footage for example from a NASA plane but amateur footage taken from a commercial airliner which is a lot cooler.
Does it really annoy you and all the people who upvoted you so much that the writer of the headline (not even the guy who took and published the video) went that small extra step and mentioned the specific model of the device used to capture the video and not just the general category? Why exactly?
- mberning 16y agoYou don't seem to understand people that suffer from gadget inadequacy. They look at their own and other people's choices in purchasing consumer electronics as a reflection of self worth.
- lotics2 16y agoThe other day I was driving down the road and saw a plane coming in from a landing right in front of me. That was no big deal. But seeing a rocket blast off into space from one of those at 30,000 feet? That's interesting, but which phone was used to film it is not.
- waterlesscloud 16y agoWhat indicates it was an iPhone anyway? The video doesn't say that. Is there a clue in the format?