Picking up the phone out of a drawer to shake it doesn't seem to provide any significant advantages to me, but it does seem to be an interesting nagging mechanism if you are already in motion, as suggested by the part of the video where they're walking up the stairs. I think they've overestimated the usefulness, but it's kinda fascinating... kinda like After Dark was about 15 years ago. Wow... flying toasters! Wow... your messages sound like jangling keys!
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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So I can shake my phone to check for unread messages? Why would I want to do that?
Picking up the phone out of a drawer to shake it doesn't seem to provide any significant advantages to me, but it does seem to be an interesting nagging mechanism if you are already in motion, as suggested by the part of the video where they're walking up the stairs. I think they've overestimated the usefulness, but it's kinda fascinating... kinda like After Dark was about 15 years ago. Wow... flying toasters! Wow... your messages sound like jangling keys!