Smartphones - smart?

[Allan Irving]

Not really sure what you're achieving by calling it either a smartphone, or
mobile device in all honesty. Yes, it's a marketing ploy in many ways but
so are many things we take for granted. I also think for the average
consumer, the term smartphone helps them differentiate. I know many people
who don't want a smartphone, they want a basic phone so avoid anything
called a smartphone. It's simply a label to describe the handset, albeit
slightly misleading. In fairness, to the end user they are smarter than
they were twenty years ago. Siri is AI to some extent, people regard this
as smarter. Automation = smarter to some people.

I cannot see what is achieved, objectively, by calling it something else in
this scenario. Nobody owns a monopoly on the term smartphone as opposed to
some terms such as all vacuum cleaners being called 'Hoovers'.


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On 4 July 2014 14:48, Stephane Ascoet <Stephane.Ascoet at ac-orleans-tours.fr>
wrote:

> Le 04/07/2014 15:42, Hugo Roy a écrit :
>
>  I think you’re missing the point of the discussion. I know what a
>> smartphone refers to the object you describes, but that’s not what
>> the term smartphone means in itself. Smartphone is a combination
>> of “smart” and “phone” and there’s no denying that this
>> combination is pure marketing.
>>
>
>
> Bonjour, that's why I call them "idiotphone". I could say "cretinphone".
> I've heard another idea, but not remembering it. Another accurate word
> would be "pollutingphone".
>
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> Bien cordialement, Stephane Ascoet
>
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