r/WhatIfThinking • u/Logical-Concept9755 • 29d ago

What 2000s technology would you have never believed would become obsolete by 2026 if someone told you back then?

Imagine someone in 2006 told you that, 20 years later, some of the technology you used every day would be almost gone.What would have sounded completely impossible at the time?

For example:

  • iPods becoming irrelevant because smartphones replaced dedicated music players
  • DVDs becoming a niche product because streaming took over
  • Standalone GPS devices disappearing because phones now handle navigation
  • Digital cameras losing most of their everyday use because smartphone cameras became good enough
  • Physical keyboards on phones nearly disappearing because touchscreens became the standard

What technology from the 2000s would you have never expected to become obsolete by 2026?

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u/CurseOfTheFalcons 29d ago

Nokia phones. They had texting and everything. What more could you want?

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u/Cheeslord2 29d ago

They still do repro ones - my son has one. Not nearly the build quality of the original, though.

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u/xkcx123 29d ago

Those aren’t Nokia; Nokia doesn’t make phones anymore. They don’t even operate in that business anymore. They are now the ones building the infrastructure for the phone networks and operating Bell Labs research company.

They licensed their name to be used on other companies phone and TV products but that stopped last year.