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| titletext = This is even better than my previous smartphone casemod: an old Western Electric Model 2500 desk phone handset complete with a frayed, torn-off cord dangling from it. | | titletext = This is even better than my previous smartphone casemod: an old Western Electric Model 2500 desk phone handset complete with a frayed, torn-off cord dangling from it. | ||
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+ | ==Important Safety Warning== | ||
+ | Prior to sawing a smartphone, remove the battery. Sawing through a phone that contains a battery can cause an electric shock or an explosion or a fire. | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | [[wikipedia:Smartwatch|Smartwatches]] are fairly recent innovations which function something like smartphones which are attached to one's wrist, although the screens are often shorter than those of typical smartphones, and they typically need to be attached via bluetooth to a smartphone. This comic shows someone "{{w|Case modding}}" some smartwatches and a broken smartphone; that is, taking the electronic innards of two smartwatches and putting them into the sawn-in-half case of a smartphone before attaching the two halves with a hinge, allowing it to open and close like flip phones, a type that was popular before the rise of smartphones. | |
− | The {{w|Model_500_telephone#Model_2500|Western Electric Model 2500}} is the last standard desk-style domestic telephone set issued by the {{w|Bell System}} in North America. It contains the # key and the * key, so it can be said it has same application features as the first cellphones, but it's obviously much bigger, and of course not wireless. Smartphones usually have much more functionality. {{w|Case modding}} is the art of building machines (usually computers) into nicely shaped non-standard cases. The opinion about "niceness" of the result vary, as usual in art. The point is that changing the case doesn't change the functionality, so the niceness (or, usually, "coolness") is | + | The {{w|Model_500_telephone#Model_2500|Western Electric Model 2500}} is the last standard desk-style domestic telephone set issued by the {{w|Bell System}} in North America. It contains the # key and the * key, so it can be said it has same application features as the first cellphones, but it's obviously much bigger, and of course not wireless. Smartphones usually have much more functionality. {{w|Case modding}} is the art of building machines (usually computers) into nicely shaped non-standard cases. The opinion about "niceness" of the result vary, as usual in art. The point is that changing the case doesn't change the functionality, so the niceness (or, usually, "coolness") is only relevant feature (although, badly done modding can affect cooling). |
It appears that [[Randall]] has a rather low opinion of smartwatches, as he suggests that it would be better to take out their screens and mount them onto a dead iPhone than to use them the way smartwatches are normally used. | It appears that [[Randall]] has a rather low opinion of smartwatches, as he suggests that it would be better to take out their screens and mount them onto a dead iPhone than to use them the way smartwatches are normally used. | ||
However, Randall's suggestion to cut open the dead phone with a hacksaw is unsound for several reasons: | However, Randall's suggestion to cut open the dead phone with a hacksaw is unsound for several reasons: | ||
− | 1. Any attempt to saw through glass will cause it to shatter. To cut glass, one needs to grind it, not saw it. | + | 1. Any attempt to saw through glass will cause it to shatter. To cut glass, one needs to grind it, not saw it. |
− | 2. Even if the phone is dead, the battery may be charged | + | 2. Even if the phone is dead, the battery may be charged. Saw blades conduct electricity, so the person might get shocked. |
3. Some batteries contain chemicals that are toxic or explosive. Even if the battery is discharged, sawing through it is very dangerous. | 3. Some batteries contain chemicals that are toxic or explosive. Even if the battery is discharged, sawing through it is very dangerous. | ||
− | To add which, the hinge depicted in the cartoon is an ordinary household hinge. It is overly large for using in electronics compared to hinges on old clamshell-style cell phones, and drilling holes in the watch cases to attach one would potentially damage the internal electronic circuits | + | To add which, the hinge depicted in the cartoon is an ordinary household hinge. It is overly large for using in electronics compared to hinges on old clamshell-style cell phones, and drilling holes in the watch cases to attach one would potentially damage the internal electronic circuits, rendering the watch useless. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:A USE FOR SMARTWATCHES: | :A USE FOR SMARTWATCHES: | ||
− | :[Depicted are two smartwatches, both labelled as "Working" and showing generic | + | :[Depicted are two smartwatches, both labelled as "Working" and showing generic colour displays, and one smartphone labelled as "Dead" with a blank screen.] |
:[A hacksaw cutting through the smartphone, throughout the middle of the long edge of the case.] | :[A hacksaw cutting through the smartphone, throughout the middle of the long edge of the case.] |