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46 Things that smartphones replaced

The smartphone, which has become a common day-to-day electronic gadget, has surprisingly replaced 46 things. Smartphones replaced a variety of big and small electronic gadgets, card games, and other highly useful items.

Today’s smartphones have brought all these conveniences to your fingertips, enabling you to use them with just a button press, eliminating the need for physical possession of the item or gadget.

Today, your phone has a camera with sharp lenses and high storage for saving pictures. Phones also have TV features, maps, GPS services, and alarm clocks. Other gadgets embedded in the phone are the radio, calendar, flashlight, watch, and photo album, among others.

Today’s smartphones provide us with a tangible example of how technology has significantly improved our quality for example, without the internet and smartphones, you would likely need to walk to the nearest newspaper vendor and purchase a new paper to read all the breaking news, including this blog post.

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For instance, you have several apps on your phone, including Bibles, books, lecture notes, and so much music and movies, among others. Imagine all these are separated for you to have and use.

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46 Things that smartphones replaced

  1. Camera ➔
  2. TV’s ➔
  3. Yellow pages ➔
  4. Map ➔ ️
  5. GPS device ➔
  6. Calculator ➔
  7. Alarm clock ➔ ⏰
  8. Radio ➔
  9. Camcorder ➔
  10. Pay phone ➔ ☎️
  11. Answering machine ➔
  12. Newspaper ➔
  13. Calendar ➔
  14. VCR ➔
  15. Flashlight ➔
  16. Watch ➔ ⌚
  17. Timer ➔ ⏲️
  18. Compass ➔
  19. Mail ➔ ✉️
  20. Cookbooks ➔
  21. Airline tickets ➔ ✈️
  22. Photo albums ➔
  23. Magazines ➔
  24. Money ➔
  25. Voice recorder ➔ ️
  26. Scanners ➔ ️
  27. Walkie talkie ➔
  28. TV remote ➔
  29. Translator ➔
  30. Playing cards ➔
  31. Diaries ➔
  32. Travel guidebooks ➔
  33. Foreign phrasebooks ➔ ️
  34. Portable speakers ➔
  35. Takeout orders by phone ➔
  36. CDs ➔
  37. DVDs ➔
  38. Encyclopedias ➔
  39. Photocopiers ➔ ️
  40. Compact mirrors ➔
  41. Checks ➔
  42. Rulers ➔
  43. Levels ➔
  44. Address book ➔
  45. Rolodex ➔
  46. Dictionary ➔

What other items or things can you add to the 46 things that smartphones replaced?

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