2000: xkcd Phone 2000

2018-05-30T16:57:44Z

Sawe871:

{{comic
| number = 2000
| date = May 30, 2018
| title = xkcd Phone 2000
| image = xkcd_phone_2000.png
| titletext = Our retina display features hundreds of pixels per inch in the central fovea region.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by an XKCD PHONE 2000 USER - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

*'''Dockless:'''
*'''Silent: Implying perhaps that the phone is unable to produce sound entirely.'''
*'''Quad Camera Takes Four Copies of Every Picture:'''
*'''Front-Facing Camera Obscura:'''
*'''3D Facial Contour Analysis Shows You a Realistic Preview of Your Death Mask:'''
*'''Sponsored Pixels:'''
*'''Front and Rear Pop-Out Grips:'''
*'''Humidity-Controlled Crisper:''' A crisper is a drawer in a refrigerator meant to control the humidity to keep vegetables from drying out and getting limp.
*'''Antikythera Mechanism:''' The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism Antikythera Mechanism] is an ancient Greek clockwork device for predicting astronomical positions. It is one of the earliest known analogue computers.
*'''New York Times Partnership: All Photos Taken with Camera App are Captioned in Real Time by Reporter Maggie Haberman:'''
*'''Spit Valve:''' A spit valve is used for emptying saliva out of wind instruments, particularly large brass instruments. It is to be hoped that less saliva accumulates in a smart phone (best not to think about it{{Citation needed}})
*'''Standard USB Connector:''' a USB 3.0 A port is displayed. Unfortunately, a "standard" USB connector, according to the USB standard, would be a USB B port as a phone typically acts as the "slave" device, rather than the "host" as a USB A port would imply.
*'''Coin Purse-Style Squeeze Access:'''
*'''Hollow-Ground:'''
*'''Absorbent:'''
*'''Keyboard Supports Dynamic Typing:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Dynamic_type_checking_and_runtime_type_information dynamic typing] is a computer programming concept, and has nothing to do with typing on a keyboard.
*'''Backflow Preventer:'''
*'''Swiss Army Partnership: Folding Knife (Unlocks Only if Switzerland is Invaded):'''
*'''100% BPA-Free PCB Construction:'''
*'''AMOLCD Display (7-Segment):'''
*'''Runs on Battery for the First 6 Hours, then Uses Gasoline:'''
*'''Sharpie® Dual Stylus (Dry-Erase + Permenant)''' "Permenant" is curiously spelled incorrectly, perhaps comically highlighting that the permanent portion of the dual stylus would be unable to correct any typos that a dry-erase marker would allow.
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==Transcript==
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