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[Victor's face appears on the screen. At least he's figured out how to not be too close to the little camera on his phone.]

Hey! You! Yeah, I mean all of you.

I'm still processing all that shit that happened when I arrived and when the fog rolled in. This place is a god damn mess, right? We're batteries for some assholes and they can't even keep things under control. Never mind, that'll just keep pissing me off if I talk about it.

[He even takes a breath before going right back into another ramble.]

Why I'm really calling is to play with this phone. I mean look at it, it's pretty amazing. I wonder who all played a part in it. I'd love to say I'd come up with something like this but it's a bit ahead of me right now. If anyone can help explain some of the stuff I don't get about it, let me know.

Oh, yeah, and also. I'm calling out to whoever is in the Guard. That means if you can see this get back to me. Now that we have a moment to breathe I'd like to know if you're the real thing or just another problem I'm going to have to worry about. I hope you are the real thing, I have enough people to keep an eye on already and it hasn't even been a month.

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What do you mean they don't have many applications? You got to be kidding me. It is a phone you can walk around with and contact anyone at any time. I can think of hundreds of applications for it.

No. Regarding these phones, we call the programs on them 'mobile apps'. The icons you touch to make a call or post to the network, those are applications. These phones have a limited selection, but it seems possible to code more.

You've lost me there but I can get behind their name at least. Mobile apps. Applications. Got it. I won't try to comprehend what number counts as limited and I'm pretty sure I'm misunderstanding the rest. Which is terrible because I'd love to understand this more.

As for limited, it's really a matter of perspective and context. If I recognize the probable year of this model of mobile phone, somewhere within 2010-2015, then people tended to have more applications, though the only essentials were similar to what we have: calling and texting. Email, weather, calendar, scheduling, games, other networking applications, educational resources, internet access, all were common, I think.

[ It's been 10+ years since that range for him, but he's fairly sure. ]

You know, I'd have to carry a back pack back home to do all that. Mail, a farmer's almanac, a calendar, note pads, games, educational books and you've still lost me on the rest of those things.

Yes, they have made quite an impact on portability and convenience. Largely for the better, but they also breed dependence and make people somewhat helpless without them. For example, many of these phones have navigation apps, using the phone's GPS -- global positioning system -- to help them get around. Put in the address and it provides live instructions. As a result, people have gotten rather helpless at reading maps, if maps can even be found.

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