| ▲ | pfexec 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> All weather personal stereo > AM/FM clock radio > In-Ear Stereo Phones > Microthin calculator > Mobile CB > Deluxe Portable CD Player Maybe I missed the rollout for the iPhone that performs all these functions, but no iPhone has ever: • Picked up AM/FM radio (even though throwaway Nokia mobiles could do so) • Allowed you to talk to truckers on the CB band. • Played CDs you already own. iPhones no longer come with earbuds (so they can sell you overpriced wireless ones), and a wayward update to the Calculator app kept it from functioning like a traditional 4-function calculator ever again. (Delete button? Really?) Considering this article is nearly 12 years old and there have been no improvements on the above I declare this list dubious at best. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | parsimo2010 4 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Well if you want to be completely literal, then you’re right. It also isn’t literally a Tandy 1000. But if you actually comprehended the article, the author said that you use your phone to perform all those functions. The iPhone can replace all of those functions you listed. It is water resistant and has a speaker. It does not have an AM/FM station but most broadcast radio stations also have a live stream that you can get in your phone. The iPhone came with earbuds when this article was written. It had a calculator app on day one, and it’s just fine. You don’t have literal CB but you can use a variety of apps to communicate with voice in real time. You can’t play the literal CDs but you can’t play the literal .wav files on the CDs. | |||||||||||||||||
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