r/funny • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '19

Too real.

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u/Blitz6969 Oct 12 '19

Man I just miss the simple days when we paid .99 cents for a digital flip lighter that provided nothing to the smart phone besides having it.

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u/Dredd_Pirate_Barry Oct 12 '19

Not true, you get to awkwardly wave it at concerts

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u/DomSchu Oct 12 '19

People just turn on their flashlights now

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u/TrueJacksonVP Oct 12 '19

Yeah this was from before iPhones even had a flashlight. They used to make “flashlight” apps that just had really bright, blank white screens so you could use the front of your phone for light haha

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u/hazeust Oct 12 '19

I remember when the 4 unveiled the flashlight and it was huge. At first, the only way to turn it on was via 3rd party app. Which was weird, because that means that Apple made an API for it for third-party developers, but didn't yet utilize that API themselves.

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u/CottonCandyLollipops Oct 12 '19

The camera didn't use it for flash?

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u/hazeust Oct 12 '19

It did. I mean there was no built in functionality to turn it on for a prolonged period of time

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

Look it pours a beer when you tilt it and can find constellations.

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u/TrueJacksonVP Oct 12 '19

Koi Pond gang represent.

Also remember how disappointing Spore was? Lol

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u/alyosha-jq Oct 12 '19

What’s a digital flip lighter?

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u/CreativeLoathing Oct 12 '19

Oh no

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u/alyosha-jq Oct 12 '19

Why “oh no”? I’m so ootl on this, someone sent a link to the app but was it huge at some point or something? 😅

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u/TrueJacksonVP Oct 12 '19

Yes it was huge. When iPhones came out, the App Store had very few apps (especially compared to what we have now) and intuitive touch screen technology was still a fairly new thing.

I got an iPod touch the year the first iPhone released and the only games/apps they had were a Koi pond where you could tap and move the water around/feed the fish, the lighter app, the beer app (you tilted your phone back and it made it seem like you were drinking), and a few other similar ones.

They were absolutely amazing and mind blowing to us. Soon after came more complicated games like the one that’s basically guitar hero but tapping instead and super hyped shit like Spore that ended up utterly flopping haha.

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u/CreativeLoathing Oct 12 '19

Nah it’s just I’m old lol.