I'm grateful for smartphones!
Smartphones, and how they are used today, are definitely a reversed expectation. The telephone was invented based on an idea that Alexander Graham Bell had about transmitting speech electrically. Smartphones of today are, more often than not, used for anything but transmitting speech. Instead they're used to transmit text and pictures, to connect to forms of social media, to receive reminders and maintain a schedule, to take pictures, to play video games, to use a myriad of apps, and to access the boundless information available on the internet. In fact, I know some people that have never used their current cell phone for an actual phone call.
I can't imagine how perplexed Mr. Bell would be if he saw how the latest version of his invention is used today.
That being said, I'm very grateful for these other functionalities that phones have. It may be a reversed expectation from what a phone was invented to be, but it definitely helps make life easier and provides additional ways to communicate over long distances.
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