When “666–55–2–999” Means You’re Okay!

We have advanced so much as a society, and we sometimes take our modern Internet/smart phone-driven world for granted. Just 23 years ago, we were typically using this type of device to send our messages:

And, so in 2020, the Nokia 3310 was released with the slogan, “Don’t be bored. Be totally board.” It was a classic, and you could use it for weeks without ever having to charge it up. You could also pop off the back and replace the battery when you liked. For styling, you could also remove the cover and snap on a new one. And, if it fell from a great high, you just snapped it all back into place. In fact, if looking in some of the drawers of your house, you might just find one, and it’s still likely to work!

But you can see there’s a distinct lack of buttons to press and no keyboard. So, our next generation will probably wonder how we managed to run Whats App on these phones. And, so, we will tell them, that we didn’t use the Internet to send messages from our devices. At this, they will show a blank face.

You will say, “Our messages were sent by SMS, and we pressed the buttons many times to get the letters.”