I have an alarm clock / noise machine combo and I love it. I prefer a phone-free bedroom to reduce distraction opportunities. I also completely agree that phone wake-up sounds are just far too aggressive. All it takes for me to wake up is having it change from “brown noise” to “ocean waves” and I’m awake immediately.
The Smartphone Wars, when Nokia bombardments were a daily reality! Rough times…
That’s also how the alarm clocks were wiped out! It was a massacre…
I’m just thankful we were able to negotiate peace. Though, we could have done better the data plan.
We got really lucky the RAZRs were personable and took pity on us, the data plan was a reasonable compromise at the time… It was either that, or those barely functional Sony nav nubs for everyone, and that would’ve been assured extinction!
me and the rest of the ADHD gang keeping the alarm clock market on life support because a phone alarm is too easy to turn off in your sleep:
I keep my phone on the opposite side of the room so I can’t turn off the alarm without getting out of bed.
I can’t sleep with an alarm clock because my ADHD causes me to always want to look at the time if it’s in immediate view
have you tried blocking the view of the clock with a Mountain of Pillows™?
You know what I miss? Answering Machines.
I’m tired of voice mail. I want my “voice mail” to live ON the phone and be provided by an app.
This is true. Looking more broadly there’s a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones.
Here’s just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:
As were many consumer electronics, radios, walkmans, calculators, landline phones, etc.
Get your own shower thought, dude.
Jk
I will add, of all the things, alarm clocks seem like they deserved it the least. They did one thing and they were fine at it.
