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I cannot tell you a way my life has genuinely gotten better since the advent of "smart" phones. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

There are a lot of good things that a smartphone provides that has made my life better.

Weather they apply to you I don't know.

Here are some great features of my smartphone that had improved my life.

  1. GPS navigation - being able to quickly and easily find your way is amazing. Though I will never have my GPS running with sound, I use it to have a map up when driving where I can glance to see the general idea of the way to my destination, this sometimes mean I miss a turn, but it's fine the system quickly calculates the route again and I don't get yelled at to follow directions when it might be impossible, reducing stress.

  2. Smart lighting, my phone can turn on my lights at home before I get home making me able to open my front door into a cozy lit up home rather than a black void.

  3. Translation on the go, being able to get translations of just about anything you need at any point is amazing, sure the translations are not perfect, but they are good enough.

  4. Entertainment is probably to biggest win for me, being able watch a movie, listen to music, read a book where ever you are on a small device you have with you is truly amazing.