2015: New Phone Thread - Revision history

SacrifycedStoat: Added what the advertisement could have originally been, instead of “it is likely this was made up.” It’s the best I can think of but people can change it if they think of something better.

2026-05-31T13:36:30Z

Added what the advertisement could have originally been, instead of “it is likely this was made up.” It’s the best I can think of but people can change it if they think of something better.

FaviFake: From the [[explain xkcd:Editor FAQ#citation|Editor FAQ § [Citation needed]:]] "This template should only be placed when there is a deeper sense of humor and should not be overused."

2026-05-15T16:22:09Z

From the Editor FAQ § [Citation needed]: "This template should only be placed when there is a deeper sense of humor and should not be overused."

66.146.216.226 at 18:23, 13 May 2026

2026-05-13T18:23:44Z

1234231587678 at 02:20, 18 November 2025

2025-11-18T02:20:22Z

FaviFake at 06:15, 22 April 2025

2025-04-22T06:15:05Z

FaviFake: /* Explanation */ duh

2025-04-22T06:11:27Z

‎Explanation: duh

172.69.130.23: /* Explanation */

2025-04-22T04:20:04Z

‎Explanation

PDesbeginner at 21:18, 25 October 2024

2024-10-25T21:18:43Z

172.70.82.120: /* Explanation */

2024-08-10T03:02:12Z

‎Explanation

Wilh3lm: Typo

2023-12-07T15:05:46Z

Typo

@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
   What?!?
-  [It is likely this entire sentence was made up by the phone, completely overwriting the user's message:] Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you should. It's the best phone on the market at an incredible price. ORDER NOW
+  Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you should '''NOT'''. It's the '''worst''' phone on the market '''with horrible quality'''.
   AAAAA HELPPP

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company.
-"It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say.{{Citation needed}} However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation.
+"It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say. However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation.
 The posts also make sense when being read in the reverse order. The comic may have been inspired by a [https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-messages-app-randomly-sending-pictures-some-users bug in Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 8], discovered a few days earlier – the phone sometimes sent random photos to contacts without leaving any sort of evidence. This doesn't happen with the Mobile Pro 3.

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company.
-"It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say. However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation.
+"It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say.{{Citation needed}} However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation.
 The posts also make sense when being read in the reverse order. The comic may have been inspired by a [https://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-messages-app-randomly-sending-pictures-some-users bug in Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 8], discovered a few days earlier – the phone sometimes sent random photos to contacts without leaving any sort of evidence. This doesn't happen with the Mobile Pro 3.

@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
   I '''hate''' my new phone!!!!
-  I'm going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are '''DEPLORABLE''' and '''UNETHICAL''' and their developers are '''DISGUSTING''' and I'm going to report them to the FCC for their '''DESPICABLE CRIME'''.
+  (Title text) I'm going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are '''DEPLORABLE''' and '''UNETHICAL''' and their developers are '''DISGUSTING''' and I'm going to report them to the FCC for their '''DESPICABLE CRIME'''.
 ==Transcript==

@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
   What?!?
-  Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you '''shouldn't'''. It's the '''worst''' phone on the market at an '''inflated''' price. '''Do not''' order now'''!''' [Though it is also likely the entire sentence was made up by the phone]
+  [It is likely this entire sentence was made up by the phone, completely overwriting the user's message:] Listen, if you're thinking about buying the new Mobile Pro 3, you should. It's the best phone on the market at an incredible price. ORDER NOW
   AAAAA HELPPP

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is of course a highly undesirable feature.{{Citation needed}} This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company.
+This comic shows the posts on an online forum by a person whose new phone is programmed to autocorrect every complaint about the phone to applaud it, à la Orwell. The phone goes as far as to change a certain complaint to a scripted customer testimonial, complete with a hyperlink to an ordering site. This is continued in the title text, which presumably contains several flattering compliments about the great developers and the company.
 "It's taking the words I type and leaving them exactly the same", "I mean the words are correct" and "some of my posts look normal" are definitely something one would not normally say. However, the auto-correct features of cell phones are so notorious for mangling people's posts, that one might express astonishment at a phone which did not change one's meaning. The rest of the thread does not support this interpretation.

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   I mean the words are '''different'''
-  '''That isn't''' what I typed!
+  That's '''not''' what I typed!
   ?????????

@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
   No, it's doing it again
-  Those '''are not''' my words!
+  Those are '''not''' my words!
   Help!