I just use my watch
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This is true. Looking more broadly there's a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones.
Here's just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:
Strictly speaking the replacement for the gameboy is not iPhone / Android.
It’s the Switch / PSP / other similar handheld consoles.
I would love to have that red phone with the number dial though, for decorative purposes :)
Phones are powerful enough to emulate those devices via software
Hard to get a game of bones going with just a smart phone.
I'm sure there's a dice app that adds the "clickity clack" effects. After that it's practically the same lol.
I wish I would have kept my Garfield alarm clock. "Nahhhhh, don't get up, sleep longer". Hated getting up, but loved that thing.
I have never trusted my cell phone as an alarm due to my anxiety of if I set the volume correctly or not. I'm rocking my Sony Dream Machine that's got to be over 20 years old now. Works perfectly, would recommend.
Nice =)
The one alarm clock I'll never forget was my brother's promo Surge alarm clock. It would just scream "SURGE" when it went off.
The ideal Surge alarm clock would be an IV that at the right time injects caffeine and sugar directly into your veins.
Lol
I understand your concern, but every app should now have volume override. My native Android alarm and Alarm Clock Extreme has worked flawlessly for years despite my phone always on vibrate. Extreme makes me do math or a captcha before dismissing
While I never use the alarm function, I love having my bedside alarm clock because it has a projector that puts the time on the ceiling. It's convenient when your bedside table is lower than your mattress
As were many consumer electronics, radios, walkmans, calculators, landline phones, etc.
Get your own shower thought, dude.
Jk
I will add, of all the things, alarm clocks seem like they deserved it the least. They did one thing and they were fine at it.
Fine is the right term for this. The alarm clocks were not great, not terrible. They were just fine.
You couldn't adjust the sound volume or the sound they make. In the later years of alarm clocks, you did have some fancy lamp-radio-alarm-hybrid devices that did have some settings. However, they were woefully inadequate for my needs, so I was stuck with a solution that was nothing more than fine.
Enter mobile phones and their ability to play any mp3 file. My life changed! I made a custom sound that starts gently instead of jumping straight to the RUN OR DIE -stage we've sadly grown accustomed to in the past decades. IMO a mobile phone alarm is orders of magnitude superior to any alarm clock I've ever seen.
I fucking love alarm clocks. Why? My phone used to be the very first and the very last thing I touch every day. As soon as I unlock my phone, it becomes hard to not get distracted and do other stuff on it. Now, I can have phoneless mornings and evenings.
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They did one thing and they were fine at it.
so were radios, calculators, landline phones etc
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About a year ago I got one of those alarm clocks that slowly light up to simulate the sun rise, and that's been a game changer. I wake up so much easier and feel less groggy when I do.
Highly recommend
Also highly recommend gradual nature sound alarm sounds like birds and stuff. Wake up way less grumpy.
I just got a new alarm clock and haven't used my phone since. It's a bit unreliable, doesnt have a snooze function, and the sound is a shrill cry, but I love her anyway.
My dad is still using his same one from the ~~70s~~ 80s as far as i know. Yeah you know the one.
MREET! MREET! MREET! MREET!
The analog one with 2 bells that never keeps accurate time? Or the horizontal one with the radio and the flappy, rolodex-shaped parts that display the time?
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All I want is a reliable alarm clock that isnt a fucking app or sony’s bizarre “dream machine” that can’t fucking keep time.
me and the rest of the ADHD gang keeping the alarm clock market on life support because a phone alarm is too easy to turn off in your sleep:
Plus keeping the phone far from bed is always a good idea.
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I have that clock that projects the time onto the ceiling. It's the best!
Me too. Just got it recently. I thought it would be a gimmick and maybe it is. But I love it.
It's so nice to wake up in the night, barely open one eye, and know what time it is. Once you get used to it, you'll miss it when you travel. My FIL had a small folding travel one.
I have a Sony Dream Machine CD clock radio. I can wake up to CD's. It's pretty cool. I hope it lasts forever.
I am also rocking a dream machine, mine however does not play CDs just Am/FM, which is perfectly acceptable for alarm duty.
The Smartphone Wars, when Nokia bombardments were a daily reality! Rough times...
That's also how the alarm clocks were wiped out! It was a massacre...
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You know what I miss? Answering Machines.
I'm tired of voice mail. I want my "voice mail" to live ON the phone and be provided by an app.
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I have an alarm clock / noise machine combo and I love it. I prefer a phone-free bedroom to reduce distraction opportunities. I also completely agree that phone wake-up sounds are just far too aggressive. All it takes for me to wake up is having it change from “brown noise” to “ocean waves” and I’m awake immediately.
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