Here’s What Watching Movies Would’ve Looked Like on Cellphones 20 Years Ago

We take for granted the ability to pull out our smartphones and watch almost any video conceivable in hi - def solving . But back in 1998 , the Nokia 5110 represent the cutting - edge of cell technology , and this is what it would ’ve been like towatch YouTube and other videoson its terrible screen door .

The folks at YouTube’sScience Nurdfirst had to relate the 5110 ’s awful 84×48 - pixel black and white LCD screen to an Arduino to get a right inning charge per unit , because as basic as that tiny hackable electronic computer is , its processor is lightyears beyond what you ’d find power the Nokia 5110 . Twenty years ago seeing full - motion video on a cellphone would ’ve blow our minds , but today it expect like barely a stride beyond cave painting . Now please excuse me while I go hug my iPhone .

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