You have 15 seconds to tell me one useful thing you can do on

Real time transportation status updates (traffic, mass transit, flights, etc.) for a very particular route

Communication, SSH into my desktop and servers, mobile Internet access, etc.

Catch 'em all

>>58735953
..make a phonecall? the fuck is this thread supposed to be?

>>58735953
>I am Tehsenatt
What did he mean by this, is it his middlename? Sheev Tehsenatt Palpatine?

>>58736012
You can't make phonecalls on a smartphone

>>58735953
>turn by turn navigation via OSMand
>end to end encrypted communication via Conversations
>take pictures in reasonable quality via OpenCamera
>read Wikipedia offline via Kiwix

phoneposting on imageboards :^)

>>58736047
1. GPS
2. Any computer can do that
3. Any digital camera is better
4. Any ebook reader is better

Porn on the go.

>>58736012
/thread

Replacing a map, a compass, a notepad, a camera, a recorder, a music player, a portable console, a sound level meter

I'd like to have gps on the go desu but I don't need it often enough that I'd use a smartphone for it. Also last time I tried google maps without internet connection (downloading route on wifi, using it outside the next day) it was horrible.

>>58736070
Ok but a smartphone has all those functions in one small device.
What now?

>>58735953
chroot into kali and have a wandering hacking masheen.

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>>58735953
All I can think of is furry porn

Transferring data over ham radio bands when used with a handheld radio (not that useful, but a cool application of an autistic hobby)
Remotely accessing your server(s) with a remote desktop and/or ssh
Tethering to a more powerful device (most likely a laptop) for Internet access anywhere with cell service (if limited by speed and data caps)
>inb4 WWAN card/adapter
Easy, reasonably high quality photos without carrying an extra device
Use as a storage medium, if for some reason you're not willing to carry a flash drive

Should I continue?

>>58736089
I'm pretty surprised you can't just download a country map and have it just werk. There is no fucking reason to need Internet access to use a GPS.

>>58736100
I gotta come clean, it took me longer than 15 seconds to type that.
Also, almost forgot
>mobile shitposting

>>58736100
Why not do all of these on a real (not toy) device? Bonus: you're not being spied on by jewgle/apple

>>58736126
>Why not do all of these on a real (not toy) device?
Can this "real" device fit in my pocket?

>>58735953
replying to and sending emails and/or texts, including potentially important communication

Jewgle Maps

>>58736012
Phonecalls are increasingly useless these days. People often don't answer calls (especially on their own mobile phones) but then also don't check messages in a timely manner. When they do answer, their attention spans are frequently garbage. Then there's no record of what was said, either for them to consult or you to reference. Plus there are myriad different laws you need to keep in mind if you want to record a call.

Text communication is asynchronous, doesn't intermittently drop content when signal strength falls, leaves a "paper trail" and can potentially be made more secure than an easily tapped phone line.

There are still some handy situations for a good old fashioned phone call, but I wouldn't list it even as a top 5 functionality of smartphones these days.

Shitposting while on the shitter

As i am demonstrating now

>>58736138
Would you use a plastic shovel to dig a trench?

ok why is it people cant be against something without dragging everyone into it?

>>58735953
I can use it to read books and follow through khan academy courses on the bus even when it's crowded (it usually is) and I have to stand while holding a hand strap. I can't do that with a laptop or even a small tablet really.

Also, I can provide an internet connection to my laptop and/or other devices as long as I have reception.

>>58736104
You can

>>58736090
Check mate this kid is fucking retarded, it's like saying what's the point of having a laptop when a desktop can perform better.

>>58735953
use google, when not at home pc.

>>58736178
I only eat uncooked food and you should too or you're a worthless human being.

>>58735953

Melting steel beams

>>58736192
What's the app?

>>58736023
nigger what.

>>58736225
Not the Anon you're asking, but:
1) Google offline maps have always worked just fine for me, and
2) HERE Maps are great for this too.

>>58735953
Robinhood

>>58736242
stocks are legalised gambling

>>58736235
>Google offline maps have always worked just fine for me
Last I checked you couldn't download a national map, just your local area. You can now?

>>58736249
And?

>>58736250
Well it's not "your local" area. It's just an area. While it's an indirect way to get a national map as a series of areas, it indeed downloads and functions offline just fine. I used those words specifically to contrast the claim that it hadn't worked for someone else.

That having been said, HERE Maps just have lists of named countries/states/etc. No user defined areas needed.

>>58736263
you should not be involved in them

>>58736149
Darling, the fact you don't have friends and can't talk to people doesn't mean all others are the same.

>>58736149
> All that bullshit about voice call usage.

You really, really need better friends anon

>>58736290
Wait, why do you call your friends instead of talking to them in person? Are all your "friends" hundreds of miles away, or do they just not like being seen in public with you?

This is a fun game but let's call it even, sweetheart.

>>58736279
>Well it's not "your local" area. It's just an area
You get the point, you can't just download your country.
>HERE Maps just have lists of named countries/states/etc
That's what I'm looking for., thanks anon

>>58736309
Oh dear now you're pretending to be multiple people. I feel bad every time I trigger some mentally ill shitposter.

>>58736334
not him but he calls his friends so they can plan to meet up or maybe when they just dont feel like going out do you even understand how people work?

Fap tool in the bathroom.

>>58735953
Smart fap

>>58736355
I >>58736309 am >>58736012.

What in the name of dicks are you talking about son? Are you so socially isolated that you struggle to follow conversation?

>>58736242
Thank you for making me aware of this, anon. This is exactly the convenient trading I wanted to get started with.

>>58736616
gambling addict

>>58736089
download maps.me

>>58735953
google maps if I can't find something or if I need to plan a route somewhere via public transport
public transport timetable widgets so I can quickly check when the next local train departs every morning
ssh into my server when for some reason I have to
talking to my mates over messenger and not text messages that would cost a fuckton

>>58736165
If it was some good plastic that could handle it, fuckyeah bro

>>58736070
1. Yeah I'll carry a dedicated gps with myself like an autist instead of having a gps in my phone that I already have with me anyway
2. Not when you're on the go (inb4 laptop)
3. No, there are many shitty cameras, and I won't carry a bulky camera with me every day in case I see something interesting I'd like to take a picture of.
4. Again, I'd have to carry an additional device, not to mention that the cost of a dedicated gps + camera + ebook reader is more than the cost of a smarphone, and justifying their cost is hard when you're not a heavy reader or photo taker, and dedicated gps devices are not better than a phone.

>>58735953
I edit fmaily videos on powerdirector

>>58736126
Please name the "real" device he should use to share his 4G with his laptop.

>>58735953
ssh

>>58736047
>OsMand

Enjoy your google services

It's really funny when supposedly tech literate people hate on a computer that has a camera, a high res touch screen, wireless internet access, gps, and you can even write your own programs for it, simply because normies use the device for dumb shit and because they themselves are too fucking stupid to figure out a good use for it. And when someone posts a valid use, they immediately reply by pointing out that <device> does it better, even though it's 10 times bigger and also often more fragile.

itube for music

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>>58735953
>emergency remote into computer, rdp/vnc/ssh.
>maps+gps with OSMand
>quick document editor/viewer
>take the ocassional picture
ALL IN ONE FUCKING RELATIVELY SMALL DEVICE THAT HAS MORE THAN 3 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE YOU FUCKING ASSPIE CUNT

>>58735953
Take photos

I have an off-line map of my city,
a copy of it with bus/trolly/tram stops and the numbers that stop there,
the camera to take shots of papers and documents and info shit,
basic note for when i'm buying shit.

>>58735953

Listen to music at the gym.
Text my buddies configure meetup for lunch
Call OP's dad and fuck him rawdog again

>>58735953

Tinder

Be mobile and portable.

>>58735953
Communicate with embedded systems through Bluetooth

>>58735953
>Email
>Texting
>Phone calls
>Wi-Fi analysis
>Pron
>GPS/real time traffic monitoring
>Tracking shipping orders
>Alarm clock/sleep cycle analysis
>Music player
That's just my last 24 hours

>>58735953
A projectionist can control the Dolby CP850 audio processor using a smartphone, so setting the right volume for movies is not running back and forth between the theater and the projection room.

>>58737372
>Email
Computer does it better. Keyboard > touchscreen
>Texting
Any phone made after '95 can do this. Ones with buttons do it better.
>Phone calls
Every phone can do this.
>Wi-Fi analysis
Probably better software on a laptop for this.
>Pron
Pointless on such a tiny screen.
>GPS/real time traffic monitoring
Dedicated GPS units are superior, and you only pay for them once instead of monthly. Traffic monitoring is a good reason.
>Tracking shipping orders
Doesn't need to be done from everywhere several times per day - once before leaving home, once after getting home. Use a computer.
>Alarm clock/sleep cycle analysis
Any phone made after '95 has an alarm clock, most have several.
>Music player
Dedicated players are vastly superior. A specialized device will always perform it's job better than a jack-of-all-trades.

>>58735953
You can browse full websites with one hand.

>>58736070
Okay, but OP asked what useful things you can do with a smartphone, not "what things can you do on a smartphone that no other device can"

>>58735953
Everything every specialized device can do in one small package.
>but X does it better
That's not what you asked.

>>58737504
> A specialized device will always perform it's job better than a jack-of-all-trades.
Hope you carry a DSLR with you for snapshots gtard.

>>58736149
iktf
fuck the childish attention span of every dumb fucker

>>58737609
And a desktop to check emails. Obviously it has better keyboard than laptops.

>>58737638
KEK
Exactly!

Exhentai

>>58735969
This, all the time.

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>>58735953
Found your photo, OP.

>>58737504
But it's not significantly better; it's a tool to use that's actually faster. If I'm on my feet on the job, or eating lunch out of the office, it's easier to open my phone and type out a paragraph long email rather than boot up a laptop, open an email interface, then type the email

Yeah keyboard typing is faster than touchscreen typing, but that doesn't mean emailing on a laptop is faster

Pron in the toilet is far better on a phone than computer

>Dedicated GPS units are superior
Wrong
>Doesn't need to be done multiple times a day and immediately
Wrong they do
>Any phone can do sleep cycle analysis
Wrong
>Vastly superior
Minorly superior, and the only time I use my phone for music is at the gym with wireless headphones, so the quality of the DAC and the specs for headphone output don't matter at all

>>58735953

Literally anything I can do with a desktop besides AAA games.

Is there a way to connect smartphone to a monitor?

>>58736023
You can make a smartcall

>>58737898
Yes.

>>58735953
>spoof wifi
>free credit card info
>sell online

Doesn't get more useful then this

>>58735953
Using Waze so I don't get pulled over.

>>58737609
If I wanted to take good pictures, I would. I almost never take pictures, and when I do I don't need quality.

>>58737638
Nope. No need to check e-mail more than once or twice per day.

>>58737504
Let's play along with your retarded argument for a minute. Okay. Now every time I want to use the internet, I have to bring my laptop with me, and if I don't have it, I have no internet access, not to mention that I have get a wireless internet plan and a dongle if I want to use the internet without Wi-Fi. Truly the future we dreamed about.

>>58737898
Chromecast or MHL over USB http://www.howtogeek.com/201822/how-to-connect-your-android-phone-to-your-tv/

>>58737996
>No need to check e-mail more than once or twice per day.
>actual post on /g/
You know what happens if I don't get live notifications for e-mail, and check the company mail every hour? I get fired for responding too late.

>>58737609

>tfw actually do

Nikon D5300 with 25-75mm kit lens, a zoom lens up to 200mm I never seem to use, and a 35mm 1.8 lens

>>58735953
The only people who ask that kind of questions sit at home 24/7.
>>58738037
He doesn't have a job, what did you expect.

Shitpost on the go

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>>58737996
And if you wanted to take good videos you'd carry this, right? And for good GPS you'd set up your D-GPS tower, right?

>>58737694
>>Dedicated GPS units are superior
>Wrong
Not at all wrong. They are far more reliable, and won't change the display when something else pops up because there is nothing else to pop up.

>>Doesn't need to be done multiple times a day and immediately
>Wrong they do
How so? If you're an hour away from home and the delivery is attempted, what difference does it make if you know or not before you get home? You still need to go home and get the missed delivery sticker off of your door to pick it up. If you ARE home, you can check from a computer, and sign for it when it arrives.

>>Any phone can do sleep cycle analysis
>Wrong
I never said that. I said every phone after '95 has 1 or more alarms.

>>Vastly superior
>Minorly superior, and the only time I use my phone for music is at the gym with wireless headphones, so the quality of the DAC and the specs for headphone output don't matter at all
If you care about audio quality, it is vastly superior. The dedicated buttons instead of touchscreen also allow for use of common functions without taking it out of your pocket.

>>58738037
>being fired for not working while not at work
Sue them.

>>58735953
Shitposting in /pol/ comfy in my bed

>>58735953
Communication
Easy selective live distro booting
And these:
>>58735969
>>58736047 >>58736919
>>58737201
>>58737269

>>58737504
>computer does it better
It doesn't, plus it's impossible to carry it. Since smartphones waste less energy for this task, even laptops are interior to them for email.
>dedicated devices are superior
And jack of all trades is still better, making dedicated devices useless unless you really need them for some reason.
>muh dumbphones do this too
But they don't do everything else.

>>58738118
>>being fired for not working while not at work
>Sue them.

So people can only work when they are sitting in an office? You are a genuine retard.

>>58738155
If you're off the clock, the company has no right to dictate what you do. They legally cannot fire you for not working while off the clock. You can work while off the clock, but you won't get paid and would be stupid to do so.

>>58738134
>>computer does it better
>It doesn't, plus it's impossible to carry it. Since smartphones waste less energy for this task, even laptops are interior to them for email.
It does. Again, keyboard > touchscreen. The only advantage a smartphone has for e-mail is convenience.

>>muh dumbphones do this too
>But they don't do everything else.
Personally, I don't need it to. A phone needs to make calls and write texts. I have other hardware for other tasks that works better.

>>58738247
>it's more convenient but it's not better!

>>58738259
Yes. That is correct. It is more convenient to access, but is less user-friendly and less convenient to actually use. A keyboard is far easier and more reliable to type on.

Convenience is not the only factor that matters.

>>58738321
Attach a keyboard to a smartphone if you're not aware of modern predictive touch keyboards or simply that much of an autist. A smartphone is literally a PC nowadays.

I only use the desktop at my office to do work. For non-work tasks I literally have no need for a desktop. 90% of my personal tasks are done on my phone and the other 10% from my laptop. I'm posting from a phone right now, don't give af

>>58736149
>Phonecalls are increasingly useless these days.
The primary use of a phone is to connect people.
You use a phone over a computer because it allows you to use it while moving towards a meeting or to arrange a meeting.
In person conversations is the best way to communicate.
You can interpret mood, context and social cues better than any other form of communication and the majority of people gains pleasure from socializing.
Phone calls are very close to this, personal, yet time efficient.
When you are having a phone call, you cannot talk to someone else at the same time or ignore the person you are talking to.
>People often don't answer calls
I agree that smartphones have made it harder to answer calls, I personally never failed to answer the phone before I got a smartphone, now I miss ~33% of calls and I have to call them back immediately.
But people generally call back or you meet them in person. At least the people I know.
>in a timely manner
People don't owe you anything.
If they are busy, it may take time for them to reach you. It doesn't matter how.
A text message is good for responding a phone call, so you can let people know you are in a meeting or let them know you cannot talk, but that doesn't mean you cannot have both.
>Then there's no record of what was said
There are two people in a conversation.
If it is important, you write stuff down, if it is not, simply remembering what you talked about is not a hard task for most people.

>Text doesn't intermittently drop content when signal strength falls
Signal strength for phone calls have not been an issue for the past 15 years.
Unless you live underground in a concrete bunker, you can make a phone call virtually anywhere.
>leaves a "paper trail"
Sure.
>can potentially be made more secure
Voice uses more bandwidth and requires real time transfer, but you could make a handshake, you could increase the bandwidth etc just as you do with text.

There is no reason to not use both.

>>58738321
Plug in a keyboard then. That's why OTG exists. I do it sometimes when my hands hurt as I tend to type a lot.
So again, your arguments are shit.
If they made a slightly bulkier, but more powerful smartphone with amaizing specs (as in $300 budget PC power) and the ability to run a decent linux distro as good as a desktop computer would I'd probably abandon PCs and use the smartphone exclusively.

>>58737504
>>Email
>Computer does it better
Does it, though? If you only need to read an email and write a couple short replies, would you bring a laptop or a smartphone? Is the 2 minutes saved on typing worth carrying your laptop around?

>>58737940
what is the difference between a smartcall and any other kind of call?

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>Photographs of any paperwork i need for the future
>I can check my bank account, pay bills etc
>GPS keeps my dumbass from getting lost
>Music makes urban life bearable
>Streaming niptoons when i travel
>Get a lot of use out of the flashlight
>Math & Geometry app helps me not fuck shit up
>Using the calculator app all the time because math is hard durr
>Have actually read 20+ books on my phone, it's not as bad as it sounds
>Kinda shit for reading mangos, but if i can't wait to read a new issue it's not too painful
>Google calender keeps all my appointments
>Take notes of everything because i have the memory of a goldfish
>Basic internet functionality is always handy
I love my auxiliary pocket brain, oh and it can call people and send them messages too.

>>58739862
>distractions

ok but that's just pathetic

>>58735953
Porn on the toilet when out and about. I never know when my urge to see some loli ass will hit.

>>58739988
Care to elaborate?

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>he doesn't SSH from his smartphone

>>58735953
Shitpost when I'm sans-computer and contacting friends via SMS.

Guitar tuner
Connect to Synology
Remote Transmission
Function Generator

Off the top of my head

Why should I carry a seperate device for gps, camera, calling and pron when I can simply use a device that offers all of that in a small package.

>wake up from long night
>wanna meet up with friends
>maybe take some nice pictures
>stuff 4K DSLR into bag just in case
>recently moved here, maybe get lost
>stuff 5 inch navigator thingy into bag just in case
>maybe wanna make a phone call to tell mommy everything is alright
>unplug brand new flipphone from charger and put into bag
>ready to go
>leave house, on my way to meeting pals.
>fuck, forgot my sd card, can't use gps or take photos
>fuck, no money on prepaid sim card, can't make a single call
>fuck, back starts hurting because bag heavy
>fuck because fuck

>wake up from long night
>wanna meet up with friends
>take brand new samsung galaxy s7 and get going

:^)

>>58736017
Is there a certain way that Sith pick their names, or do they just pick something that they think sounds cool?

Pay my bills

>>58736334
> friend lives an hour away
> drive to his house
> haha hey man how are you going wonder if you're doing anything later?
> why didn't you just call?
> well i'd prefer to speak in person

>>58736650
more like money making addict lmao

>>58737022
Just buy a laptop with a 4G slot embedded?

>>58736165
Terrible analogy. A plastic shovel is far from good enough, a phone is though.

>>58737996
> Nope. No need to check e-mail more than once or twice per day.
What's it like to not have a job?

>>58738118
> They are far more reliable, and won't change the display when something else pops up because there is nothing else to pop up.
What shitty GPS app are you using? Google Maps automatically pushes all other notifications to the background while the GPS is active.

> Sue them.
> what is being on call

>>58738321
You can get cases for most common smartphones that have slide-out tactile keyboards.

>>58738642
There isn't any, he was trying to be funny.

>>58741561
Oh, yes, you should be limited by the availability of a sim card slot, or get a fucking dongle like a fucking jackass.

>>58735953
scientific calculator
gps
use as a boarding pass in case i lose my paper one
access email on the fly (very useful if i'm on my way to a meeting or something and want to double check the time or location)

the point isn't that a smart phone does anything especially novel, but that it does a lot of thing you can do with a computer/digital camera/ereader and puts it all on one, ultra portable pocket-sized device

>>58741730
> Oh, yes, you should be limited by the availability of a sim card slot
I'm just saying that it's easy to find a laptop with a SIM slot built it

Respond to emails on the go.

Htop monitor via SSH to my desktop.

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>>58735953
>>58735969

You can check the weather, which is still relevant since getting unexpectedly wet from the rain isnt fun and can be dangerous (as getting that phone wet can kill it).

Communicate over apps which for some reason only provide interfaces through smartphones rather than (superior) computer browsers (which makes these apps and their networks inferior, but they still get a high degree of visibility).

And also as previous post said, connecting to Transit status updates.


>>58736012
Using the phone to talk to people is not useful, this is an arcane technology which is now obsolete.

You can more concisely share your information by composing an email, and it gives you time to thoroughly compose your thoughts in a succinct manner.

Its almost like you completely missed the 90s.

It is also far superior to text messaging because it has virtually no limit to the amount of text that can be sent.

>>58741804
they literally sell USB card readers at Big Lots for like $5-10, not just the bulky ones but also the kind that look like a usb flash drive

> mfw I stick the microSD card reader in my USB card reader and then stick it in my usb slot
> using a 32gb microSD as data storage for a laptop, which I got cheap on a black friday sale
> im diamonds

>>58743044
We're not talking about storage, we're talking about a SIM. I mean, they make adapters for that too but why not just get one of the many laptops that have WWAN? Hell most of mine have it and it's not even a feature I look for when buying a computer.

>>58742995
>getting wet can kill it
Many newer phones are water proof, or atl least mine surely is.

>>58743089
Too bad no good ones are

>>58735953
TOTP 2FA

>>58735953
Soundhound