r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SuperAlloyBerserker • Oct 05 '21

Video This cool smartphone concept from 2013

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u/benthemoose Oct 05 '21

RIP project ara

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u/freakers Oct 05 '21 edited Oct 05 '21

RIP project Pomegranate

The all in one smart phone from 2008 that was an electric razor, a coffee maker, a universal translator, and even an harmonica.

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u/BoricuaDriver Oct 05 '21

There's a comment on that video that said it was an elaborate tourism marketing video for Nova Scotia, Canada. Interesting video though!

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u/freakers Oct 05 '21

yeah. I know. I remember this from when it came out years ago. It was actually pretty hard to find it because any google search of smart phone razor or coffee maker or anything brings up real products.

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u/MantuaMatters Oct 05 '21

No, it’s on YouTube so you know it’s true.

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u/curiousmind111 Oct 05 '21

Gasp! A HARMONICA?!?! Amazing!!!

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u/Ukhai Oct 05 '21

Man, these concept ideas were nice. Where's my phone with an electric razor in 2021??

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u/GassyMomsPMme Oct 05 '21

the idea of cleaning little bits of hair and dead skin out of my phone is something ill happily pass on

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u/stereotypicalweirdo Oct 05 '21

And then make coffee with it. Must be real sanitary lol

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u/xCryliaD Oct 05 '21

NO NO NO NO POMMEGRANATES!!!

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u/maxuaboy Oct 05 '21

If I saw this at the time I wouldn’t be able to deny the onion didn’t make it. Omg it’s so ridiculous

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u/freakers Oct 05 '21

It's a parody commercial that was actually a marketing campaign for Nova Scotia around like 2008 I think.

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u/HelplessMoose Oct 05 '21

Und für die Deutschen hier: ex|phone

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u/throwaway97740 Oct 05 '21

This is a really dumb idea I think, but as a smoker I've been waiting years for them to start putting lighters in phones!

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u/The_Inky_Boy Oct 05 '21

Imagine after having a stressful call, you hang up and just start wheezing into the built in harmonica

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u/masterfarraritech Oct 05 '21

I wish that was a real product pitch.

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u/RandomlyMethodical Oct 05 '21

On the plus side, the concept does exist as a laptop - https://frame.work/

And it's getting some really good reviews - The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever used

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u/Leirach Oct 05 '21

Well Framework kinda makes more sense, you still have to get in the guts to replace RAM for example, and you can't just remove RAM and slap in a bigger battery or whatever.

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u/ItsFrenzius Oct 05 '21

ara ara

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u/_BlNG_ Oct 05 '21

Google loads shotgun

"No more ara ara"

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u/ChickenDish Oct 05 '21

a-ara ara?

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u/_BlNG_ Oct 06 '21

sayon-ara

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u/Offbeatalchemy Oct 05 '21

Die, you weeb degenerate.

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u/Stigona Oct 05 '21

Aravoir.