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Justagamer on 04 October 2015
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spemanig said:
zorg1000 said:

Wait, u had a touchscreen phone with Internet connectivity and allowed for apps that released post-2007 and u don't consider it a Smartphone? Why exactly? I'm pretty sure if u asked the general consumer if it was a smart or not, they would identify it as a smartphone.


I don't know how to explain it, but if I showed you a picture, you'd understand lol. Trust me. Remember that their was no Android back then. (or if there was, this phone sure as hell wasn't one) It was funtionally like old flip phones with a few apps, a DS quality touch screen, and a really low end internet browser. Only it wasn't a flip phone.

EDIT: This wasn't it, and it actually looks a bit more modern than what I had, but you should get the gist.

I would not consider this a smart phone, and I don't think most people would.

I think that, while having internet and a market place are imperitive to being considered a smart device, that is absolutely not what defines them as being smart devices. I'd take it a step further and say that being digital only is and being able to connect to some kind of data plan if the device is mobile are imperitive to being considered a smart device, but again, that's not at all what defines it. If a device exists with all that, it can still very obviously not be a smart device. It's the UI, OS, firmware, and very importantly the absolute segregation from the hardware. With a smart device, the hardware is merely a vessel for the firmware you buy it for.

I agree, that's not a smart device in any sense of the word. That's a flip phone that replaced the buttons with a touch screen. A touch screen does not make a smart device.