Portable multimedia – 1980s style

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Eighties smartphone equivalent

Once upon a time, in a decade far, far away, if you wanted to listen to music, read a book, watch a movie, record a video, listen to the radio, use a calculator, or make a phone call — and be prepared to do it all at once, you’d look like this guy:

He totally blinded me with science

Now, of course, you just carry it all in your pocket:

Zombie Steve Jobs *clap* is watching you *clapclap*

As totally rad as that guy in the first photo looks, and as much as I have a fondness for the 1980s — I’ll take the modern option, thanks.

What a difference 30 years makes.



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