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pretty sure the major selling point of mobile phones was to have a phone, that was mobile. They existed in various forms before the 90s, but were far too bulky
by shabble 14y ago
pretty sure the major selling point of mobile phones was to have a phone, that was mobile. They existed in various forms before the 90s, but were far too bulky and expensive for popular use; it was the reduction in those factors which resulted in the original uptake wave.
Not to mention that they were backwards compatible (and useful) even if not everyone had one - they were still able to call/be called from landline phones, albeit expensive.
- iamwil 14y agoI should have been more precise. I should have said smartphones with location-based services, as that was really what I was making the comparison to how people thought its use case was going to be one thing, but it was actually another.