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USA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickups (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not like the phones we had before 2007 weren't "smart" though, they just generally weren't touchscreen. People were still just as distracted by them!

[โ€“] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 points 19 hours ago

While that's true, it was possible to use t9 without looking at the device and "touch type". Smart phones, text communication, and big screens is the real distinguishing factor on thebsmsrt phone axis.