I loved this era (April 2013-August 2016), it was so colourful and bright, and it is a HUGE leap in technology. I know I will sound and act weird discussing this lol, It’s just fun and all.

With music, it sounds a little cheesy but I enjoyed it in my opinion. You had EDM artists like Chainsmokers, DJ Snake, and Zedd dominating the EDM charts, and most of their songs reminded you of the Summer!  :D “When I met you in the summer,” haha, get it?  ;D It was so dancy and happy, it serves as an escape from personal problems to some people including me, and to some people, EDM is the disco of the 70s. Trap music is very diverse, and still is. Trap EDM songs like Harlem Shake, Turn Down for What, and Don’t let me down were fun listening to, and I remember Hotline Bling being a big thing in 2015, and you had Fetty Wap, Rae Sremmurd, and Silento being big Trap artists. The whip/nae-nae movement was huge, people would rave over it back in 2014-2017, before Fortnite dances took over. Pop stars like Shawn Mendes, Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and Ed Sheeran hits the mainstream, and you had bands like Imagine Dragons and 21 Pilots. There were notorious bands like One Direction and 5th Harmony in which I disliked, but a few of their songs were good.

Now let’s move on to TV shows and Movies, Netflix series like Orange is the New Black, Daredevil, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt used to be big, and Walking Dead and Game of Thrones were big shows, and you had cartoons like Steven Universe and Rick and Morty. Movies like Frozen, Interstellar, Mad Max, Deadpool, and the Force Awakens were popular, which defines this era. There are some movies that sort of flopped like Suicide Squad, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless. Vine stars in my opinion, like Lele Pons, the Paul brothers, and Nash Grier were fun watching to, I just find it better with the Paul brothers doing vines instead of notorious videos on YouTube (It’s everyday bro, oh my gosh, that was CRINGE). Gaming YouTubers like JackSepticEye, Markiplier, and DanTDM were popular (Some of them still are), and Pewdiepie used to be about gaming instead of Meme Reviews. Vloggers like Casey Neistat, Roman Atwood, and Jenna Marbles were wonderful, and still are. Tech YouTubers like MKBHD and Linus Tech Tips were fun watching, and still are, but on the destruction side, TechRax used to upload consistently, but now he uploads every month or so, getting only around 100-200K, unlike before with 1-7 Million views.

In video games, GTA 5 was the defining game of this era, I remember getting a lot of Pegassi cars and storing it in my garage (I still play it lol), but Call of Duty declined in popularity. Games like Fallout 4, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Garry’s Mod, and Destiny 1 were popular. In the mobile world, you had fun games like Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Subway Surfers, and lots more. Oddly enough, fads like Flappy Bird, Crossy Road, and Pokemon Go just died out too soon.

Overall, this era was fun for me, what about you guys?

I was born in the 80's and I think the 80's rocked. 

I was born in the 80's and I think the 80's rocked.


Late 80s?

The mid 2010s sucked were dark

Damn, you summed up everything. The op at least sound like a proper synonym.

I miss Fetty Wap in a sense and Pokémon Go really added a unique and fun energy to the surroundings.

Damn, you summed up everything. The op at least sound like a proper synonym.

I miss Fetty Wap in a sense and Pokémon Go really added a unique and fun energy to the surroundings.


I feel like the mid 2010s failed to deliver for many reasons.
Mid 2010s were suppose to be this awesome middle part of our decade and it flopped.

Fetty Wapp sucked and couldn't even see, ISIS, sheeshty DLC video games, Movies sucked except for The Force Awakens.
Girl Meets World fudgeing sucked,  Hipster everything was Cringe as fudge.


Once late 2014 happened, things got super dark.

Late 80s?


82

I feel like the mid 2010s failed to deliver for many reasons.
Mid 2010s were suppose to be this awesome middle part of our decade and it flopped.

Fetty Wapp sucked and couldn't even see, ISIS, sheeshty DLC video games, Movies sucked except for The Force Awakens.
Girl Meets World fudgeing sucked,  Hipster everything was Cringe as fudge.


Once late 2014 happened, things got super dark.


I dislike the super hero trend of the mid 2010s but it was a solid time if your the right target demographic. 2016 was a year for personal life rather pop culture.

I dislike the super hero trend of the mid 2010s but it was a solid time if your the right target demographic. 2016 was a year for personal life rather pop culture.


eh even 2016 was crap even before Donald

even tho I was a teen in the 2000s I still liked the early 2010s to some degree

2013 and 2015 were great music-wise and solid for movies overall. 2014 was probably fantastic year if you were a kid and will undoubtly be the most fondly remembered by 2010s kids. I dunno about 2016 though, I feel like the year really appealed to no one.

Movies sucked except for The Force Awakens.

For fans of the original trilogy TFA was an insult. Just a Luke warm (pardon the pun) rehash of A New Hope with no rhyme or reason to it that completely devalued everything from the original movies....

Could have been saved though with a good follow up movie that explained everything...but we all know how well that turned out. 8-P

Any year can be fun.

Any year can be fun.
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...every year is fun!

Any year can be fun.


Yep, there are no bad decades, there are just bad events, and it mostly depends on people’s opinions whether or not one year is good or the other  ;D

mid 2010s sucked

I personally preferred 2012-2013. The hipster thing had reached its apex, Adventure Time was at its best, and the social-political clashes of the mid-2010s had not yet sparked. A good, fun time. However, I do agree that middle of the decade has been amazing for gaming.

But that’s just me.

I don't know if I would say they were colorful and bright. That era seemed gloomy than ever.  The only part I can see that was jolly was (in your grouping) May 2013 to Fall 2014. The only things that were awful during that time were most of the music ( I only liked some songs) and some of shows/movies not being diverse in terms of genre and scenery. Everything else was satisfactory.

Yeah I definitely won't call the mid-2010s colorful and bright (quite the opposite), 2015-16 especially are among the darkest years I ever lived through. Not only because of the unfortunate news, but also due to pop culture as a whole: the understated fashion, the obsession with gritty and post-apocalyptic tv and movies, the slow-paced and sad feeling music and the extremely bratty and mean-spirited state of the internet back then.

Yeah I definitely won't call the mid-2010s colorful and bright (quite the opposite), 2015-16 especially are among the darkest years I ever lived through. Not only because of the unfortunate news, but also due to pop culture as a whole: the understated fashion, the obsession with gritty and post-apocalyptic tv and movies, the slow-paced and sad feeling music and the extremely bratty and mean-spirited state of the internet back then.
I agree so much! I don't think I've ever seen an era this downbeat compared to previous ones and that vibe is still going on today especially in music. I hope by next year (if not then 2021), that we see a return to optimistic pop culture.

I agree so much! I don't think I've ever seen an era this downbeat compared to previous ones and that vibe is still going on today especially in music. I hope by next year (if not then 2021), that we see a return to optimistic pop culture.
lots of late 10s problems stems from the mid 10s. Sure the late 10s was the dawn of Trump but America was already deeply dived during the last few years of Obama with Sjws and BLM protesters.

I agree so much! I don't think I've ever seen an era this downbeat compared to previous ones and that vibe is still going on today especially in music. I hope by next year (if not then 2021), that we see a return to optimistic pop culture.


Late 2010s seem more downbeat for me, with Lo-fi and punk-inspired pop/alternative themes

Any year can be fun.

Sadly, that is something that most people on these boards will never realize.

I agree so much! I don't think I've ever seen an era this downbeat compared to previous ones and that vibe is still going on today especially in music. I hope by next year (if not then 2021), that we see a return to optimistic pop culture.


The mid 1990s were pretty dark and cynical compared to the early 90s.

I think the current pessimism and downbeat culture is fitting for where society is at right now in the Trump era.

lots of late 10s problems stems from the mid 10s. Sure the late 10s was the dawn of Trump but America was already deeply dived during the last few years of Obama with Sjws and BLM protesters.


The later Obama years is exactly how and why Trump got elected. People were fed up and wanted something exactly opposite.

The later Obama years is exactly how and why Trump got elected. People were fed up and wanted something exactly opposite.


This is true, even though we are on the opposite side of the political spectrum.

I question whether or not the legalization of same-sex marriage actually did destroy the social fabric of our country, just not in the way you probably believe it did.  Regardless, I think everyone underestimated the resilience of the fundamentalist Christian Right.

This is true, even though we are on the opposite side of the political spectrum.

I question whether or not the legalization of same-sex marriage actually did destroy the social fabric of our country, just not in the way you probably believe it did.  Regardless, I think everyone underestimated the resilience of the fundamentalist Christian Right.
INot just the Christian right but even those who were moderates moved right. States like Pennslyvannia, Michigan and Minnesota turned red. Non she liberals were even tired of the far leftest polices of Obama.

Sadly, that is something that most people on these boards will never realize.


It's a sickness, I swear.

I loved the mid-2010s too!

Aside from the politics and violence. 2016 was one of my favorite years of the 2010s.

@Slowpoke

What was your favourite trend of the mid 2010s?  :)

Aside from the politics and violence. 2016 was one of my favorite years of the 2010s.


Yeah, the music was fun, the TV shows were fun, the movies were fun, Late 2016 was kinda like a mixture of both Mid and Late 2010s.

I'd take 2006 over 2016 any day and itself it was nowhere near as fun as 2003, 2004, 2008-2013. The first half of 2014 was still fun, but the second is when it all hit the fan with music getting worse and terrorism exploding in Europe. Looking back, 2010-2013 + the first half of 2013 were a more innocent time, at least in Europe. Here are some mobile phones from circa 2013 I fondly remember.

I know smartphones are just phones, but it does bring back memories of when I had an iPhone 4 back in the day (2013-15), and then my parents had Galaxy S3/S4 phones. I miss it when Android 4.4 was like a mixture of skeuomorphism and flat design with the S3-S5 devices, and you had widgets that made your screens colorful. On the Apple side, Apple was starting to decline, but was still successful with the iPhone 5, and IOS 6 was the last version that had the classic skeuomorphic design, and at first, iOS 7 seemed weird, but when you got used to it, you can't come back, it felt very new back then, but since we've had this design for years now, it no longer feels the same. The iPhone 6, despite it bends and gets touch disease, it was an awesome release, when Apple finally moved to the bigger smartphone/phablet universe. Besides just phones in general, I miss Vine, it was fun creating 6-second videos and sharing funny videos. Stars like Lele Pons, Kingbach, Thomas Sanders, and the Paul Brothers were fun watching to, but now, it doesn't feel the same.

^For a 14 year old, you're quite the nostalgic bean

I've spent all of those years in high school. I really do miss this era.

^For a 14 year old, you're quite the nostalgic bean


Haha yeah

I loved this era (April 2013-August 2016), it was so colourful and bright......


I'm OUT of this thread. This era definitely wasn't colorful and bright. 2013 and maybe 2014 the only colorful and bright part of the mid 10's but that's it, but even those years weren't as bright as earlier in the decade. The 2nd half of 2015 and 2016 were heavily dark.

I spend almost a half of those years working and a bit more than a half back at uni. Surprisingly, I miss the working years (2013 - first half of 2014) more. They were a better era than the later half in just about every way and brighter. I agree that 2010-2012 were even brighter though. :)

You can't group 2013 and 2015 in one era at all imo. There was a shift in music in 2014. Windows 10 came out in 2015 and since then is being the newest version and on many work PCs (blaaaaaah!). In 2013 you still saw Nokia Lumias and BlackBerries. Even back in 2015 I felt like 2013 and first half of 2014 were very different and distant. Since 2014 cars have become more overstyled, almost like in the late 50s or the 70s Baroque eras.

2015 has more in common with 2016 and even 2017 (save for the POTUS) than with 2013 or the first half of 2014.

The fun lingers on!

I spend almost a half of those years working and a bit more than a half back at uni. Surprisingly, I miss the working years (2013 - first half of 2014) more. They were a better era than the later half in just about every way and brighter. I agree that 2010-2012 were even brighter though. :)

You can't group 2013 and 2015 in one era at all imo. There was a shift in music in 2014. Windows 10 came out in 2015 and since then is being the newest version and on many work PCs (blaaaaaah!). In 2013 you still saw Nokia Lumias and BlackBerries. Even back in 2015 I felt like 2013 and first half of 2014 were very different and distant. Since 2014 cars have become more overstyled, almost like in the late 50s or the 70s Baroque eras.

2015 has more in common with 2016 and even 2017 (save for the POTUS) than with 2013 or the first half of 2014.


In my opinion, the era started halfway through the 2012-13 transition, when electropop was dying off the charts, and newer artists like Ariana Grande and Lorde were taking over. Vine started, and the first wave of Vine stars like Nash Grier and Logan Paul were starting their career, and Instagram and Snapchat were becoming popular, despite Facebook was still dominant until 2014/15. GTA 5 had a lot of hype upon release, and COD: Ghosts was the reason why COD was becoming stale. And then, I felt like this sub-era ended around Late 2016, with the election of Trump, although the overall themes remained the same, with some darker/chill modifications.

Haha yeah



you are actually 14 years old??

I'm OUT of this thread. This era definitely wasn't colorful and bright. 2013 and maybe 2014 the only colorful and bright part of the mid 10's but that's it, but even those years weren't as bright as earlier in the decade. The 2nd half of 2015 and 2016 were heavily dark.
The mid-10s is basically the precursor to where we are today. It was the rise of trap music, slang words like lit and on-fleek became prevalent, the intense political division, 8th gen consoles. What makes that era different from today is that we have Trump in office, Youtube new logo, the rise of Music.ly/Tiktok, Nintendo Switch, and Gen Z being the dominant force on the internet.

you are actually 14 years old??

Yes I am, I just know a lot of pop culture facts from at least 1981.

The mid-10s is basically the precursor to where we are today. It was the rise of trap music, slang words like lit and on-fleek became prevalent, the intense political division, 8th gen consoles. What makes that era different from today is that we have Trump in office, Youtube new logo, the rise of Music.ly/Tiktok, Nintendo Switch, and Gen Z being the dominant force on the internet.


Yeah, the overall themes from the 2013-16 era remained the same in the late 2016-late 2018 era, although it just had some modifications. Late 2018 is when we are out of the core 2010s, when many core 2010s artists are off the top charts, and Post Malone, Halsey, and billie Eilish were dominating the charts, and shows like Big Bang theory and Game of Thrones announced their ending. New Games like Black Ops 4 became popular as well

The only Tik Tok 10 years ago was by Kesha. :D

Not really, 2013 - May 2015 is distant from the late 2010s (Late 2016 - 2018).

- Donald Trump was irrelevant.
- Trap rap didn't top the charts and even Trap rap sounds different then.
- Pop was still the main genre.
- Phineas and Ferb was still on air.
- Minecraft was still the #1 game
- Even though political division was present in 2014, it was pretty tame compared to what we have now.
- Windows 10 didn't exist.
- Instagram had it's old logo
- Youtube was dominated by Let's Plays
- Most guys still had shaggy hair; undercuts were spreading in the summer of 2015 even though some guys had that style before.
- Hipsters were the top fashion trend.
- Pop culture is mainly Gen Y/Z Cusp focused.
- Dj Mustard style beats were the hot sound for Hip-Hop
- Most of 2013 had skeuomorphism on iPhones.

- Pop culture is mainly Gen Y/Z Cusp focused.
While I agree on most things, I think pop culture has expanded and now radio caters to more tastes and ages. At least here adults listen to pop radio all the time.

Not really, 2013 - May 2015 is distant from the late 2010s (Late 2016 - 2018).

- Donald Trump was irrelevant.
- Trap rap didn't top the charts and even Trap rap sounds different then.
- Pop was still the main genre.
- Phineas and Ferb was still on air.
- Minecraft was still the #1 game
- Even though political division was present in 2014, it was pretty tame compared to what we have now.
- Windows 10 didn't exist.
- Instagram had it's old logo
- Youtube was dominated by Let's Plays
- Most guys still had shaggy hair; undercuts were spreading in the summer of 2015 even though some guys had that style before.
- Hipsters were the top fashion trend.
- Pop culture is mainly Gen Y/Z Cusp focused.
- Dj Mustard style beats were the hot sound for Hip-Hop
- Most of 2013 had skeuomorphism on iPhones.

Ah, I see where you’re trying to get here and all, I don’t disagree with your opinion  ;) I still consider Late 2015 to August 2016 part of the Mid 2010s because of multiple reasons, as shown on the first page
-Yeah, he was first relevant around late 2015, but he wasn’t elected until late 2016
-Trap slowly grew in popularity, starting with Harlem Shake, then TDFW, Dark Horse, No Type, then Watch Me, goes on. Trap still had that polished vibe with Trap Queen, Don’t let me down, and Eyes on You until Early 2017
-Yeah, but pop will always be POP-ular anyway hehe  ;D
-It was, but it was not as popular, when Steven Universe, and Rick & Morty took over
-Minecraft was still #1 before, and despite GTA 5 taking the spot, it was still popular until around mid 2017
-Agreed with this part
-It was in beta stage in late 2014, it did exist
-Instagram’s new logo came in Mid 2016
-Agreed with this part, although it still passed in 2016 with Jacksepticeye, Markiplier, and Pewdiepie
-Despite the undercut being dominant in Mid 2015, it was already growing in late 2012, when Justin Bieber changed his look
-Hipsters were still very popular in Mid/Late 2015
-Agreed
-Agreed
-The flat design has already been present in Windows 8, but if we’re talking phones, the flat design was already somewhat implemented in Android, where it was a skeuomorphism/flat mix, transitioning to fully flat until 2016.

Ah, I see where you’re trying to get here and all, I don’t disagree with your opinion  ;) I still consider Late 2015 to August 2016 part of the Mid 2010s because of multiple reasons, as shown on the first page
-Yeah, he was first relevant around late 2015, but he wasn’t elected until late 2016
-Trap slowly grew in popularity, starting with Harlem Shake, then TDFW, Dark Horse, No Type, then Watch Me, goes on. Trap still had that polished vibe with Trap Queen, Don’t let me down, and Eyes on You until Early 2017
-Yeah, but pop will always be POP-ular anyway hehe  ;D
-It was, but it was not as popular, when Steven Universe, and Rick & Morty took over
-Minecraft was still #1 before, and despite GTA 5 taking the spot, it was still popular until around mid 2017
-Agreed with this part
-It was in beta stage in late 2014, it did exist
-Instagram’s new logo came in Mid 2016
-Agreed with this part, although it still passed in 2016 with Jacksepticeye, Markiplier, and Pewdiepie
-Despite the undercut being dominant in Mid 2015, it was already growing in late 2012, when Justin Bieber changed his look
-Hipsters were still very popular in Mid/Late 2015
-Agreed
-Agreed
-The flat design has already been present in Windows 8, but if we’re talking phones, the flat design was already somewhat implemented in Android, where it was a skeuomorphism/flat mix, transitioning to fully flat until 2016.


Actually, Zayn Malik from One Direction had an undercut in 2011.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/75/b7/b575b7780383b99b1d81512078d245f1.png

Undercuts were present in Hipster/Indie communities in 2010-2012. Justin Bieber in 2012 had a Pompadour than the stereotypical disconnected undercut that blew up in 2015 like this one. I mean seriously, this could only exist in 2015 - present.

https://www.menshairstylestoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Platinum-Blonde-Comb-Over-Undercut.jpg

We had proto-undercuts at my high school as early as 2008. The top would point upwards and the sides were tapered/shorter, but not completely buzzed just yet. I started noticing more real undercuts in 2011.

- Windows 10 didn't exist.

I love this reason.  ;D

Smartphones were a lot more innovative at that time. But that's slowly changing now. There was a time of unoriginal and stagnancy in smartphones from 2016 up until now. The early and mid 2010s saw huge innovation in smartphones. Now in the early '20s smartphones will get even more innovative this time in terms of form factor mainly with the new foldable smartphones coming down the pike.

Ah, I see where you’re trying to get here and all, I don’t disagree with your opinion  ;) I still consider Late 2015 to August 2016 part of the Mid 2010s because of multiple reasons, as shown on the first page

It's hard to indicate when the mid 2010s ended and late 2010s began culturally speaking because there was so much overlap but I always say around mid to late 2015 to mid 2016 was when the transition was. I will make the argument now that the late 2010s definitely started and was well established before Brexit and Pokemon Go so summer 2016 is clearly part of late 2010s culture.

Smartphones were a lot more innovative at that time. But that's slowly changing now. There was a time of unoriginal and stagnancy in smartphones from 2016 up until now. The early and mid 2010s saw huge innovation in smartphones. Now in the early '20s smartphones will get even more innovative this time in terms of form factor mainly with the new foldable smartphones coming down the pike.


Yeah, only Samsung is the one being innovative, and Apple just copies over it and makes them overpriced, which is why I’m switching to a Samsung Galaxy S10e soon lol

The transition from the mid to late 2010s started in August 2016 and we were fully in the late 2010s around Early 2017 Imo.

Yeah, only Samsung is the one being innovative, and Apple just copies over it and makes them overpriced, which is why I’m switching to a Samsung Galaxy S10e soon lol

Even Samsung phones got boring until the recent foldable phone unveil.

The transition from the mid to late 2010s started in August 2016 and we were fully in the late 2010s around Early 2017 Imo.


i disagree i would say that it started in May 2016 and that we were in the late 2010s by mid 2017

i disagree i would say that it started in May 2016 and that we were in the late 2010s by mid 2017

I think we were in the late 2010s long before 2017 even started.

I think we were in the late 2010s long before 2017 even started.



nah the transition stages is from may 2016-mid 2017 it starts off with Chance the Rappers release of "Coloring book" and ends in with the UK general election in June 2017
this mini hybrid era is often refered to as the unicorn era after the unicorn inspired icecreams of that time

2013 was very different than 2014-2016. It had almost no terrorism. The second half of 2014 brought in worse music and more terror in Europe than ever. The "birth" of Caitlyn Jenner was the event of 2015. 2016 was all about Trump vs. Hillary. 2017 was like a continuation of late 2016. I'd say 2018 was a continuation of 2017 as well. Very few things make 2017 and 2018 stand out in my mind.

2013 was very different than 2014-2016. It had almost no terrorism. The second half of 2014 brought in worse music and more terror in Europe than ever. The "birth" of Caitlyn Jenner was the event of 2015. 2016 was all about Trump vs. Hillary. 2017 was like a continuation of late 2016. I'd say 2018 was a continuation of 2017 as well. Very few things make 2017 and 2018 stand out in my mind.
What do you think changed musically in 2014?

What do you think changed musically in 2014?


Trap was growing in popularity, artists like Shawn Mendes, Meghan Trainor, and Ed Sheeran became popular, A capella was dying, and female rappers like Iggy Azalea and Nicki Minaj were very dominant.

^what he said. Although I think Ed Sheeran was already big here in 2013. I'd put it as the year it all hit the fan.

^what he said. Although I think Ed Sheeran was already big here in 2013. I'd put it as the year it all hit the fan.

Wasn't Ed Sheeran popular in 2011 with his song The A Team?

Summer 2015

Wasn't Ed Sheeran popular in 2011 with his song The A Team?


I think he was, but he’s far more popular in 2014-18.

I think we were in the late 2010s long before 2017 even started.


We were in the late core 2010s by September 2016 when Trump got elected, and music and TV went to a darker direction, you can hear The Weeknd’s Starboy being dark, and Halsey was becoming more and more mainstream. I know this is more Summer 2016, but it continued on, when DJ Snake & Justin Bieber released Cold Water, it sounded bipolar, and it had sad lyrics. Just like Cold Water, the song I hate u I love u was at the peak of its popularity, giving a very depressing vibe. Heathens from 21 pilots sounds a bit darker than songs like Ride and Stressed out. Shows like Stranger Things becomes popular, along with the super-overrated Arrival, which was a very boring movie, and the theme was soo dark.

2017 even continued with this with XXXTentacion, but music was more diverse, which was why it felt somewhat happier, although it was bipolar. Sad songs like XO Tour Life, Passionfruit, Issues, and Look at me! Pretty much says it all. But there were also happy motivational songs like Nothing holding me back, Believer, Despacito (The lyrics translated are weird tho), and Shape of you.

The Late Core 2010s are basically the Mid 2010s but darker or more bipolar, but Late 2018 is even darker.

Mid-2010’s was better than the early 2010’s.

Change my mind.

Mid-2010’s was better than the early 2010’s.

Change my mind.

Better? How?

its too early for mid 10s nostalgia, give it another 15 years or so

its too early for mid 10s nostalgia, give it another 15 years or so
It's too early for early 10s nostagla but with the internet getting much younger it's making nostalgia less timely.

If you look at archived posts from this site in 2014-Mid 2016 folks like Infinity and Eazy-EMan were saying "Oh god the mid 2010s are terrible and depressing" (this was even before Trump got elected). Now people are saying they were fun/light? Lol. But I guess the Late 2016 Shift onward has been even darker, so it makes the mid 2010s look lighter.

If you look at archived posts from this site in 2014-Mid 2016 folks like Infinity and Eazy-EMan were saying "Oh god the mid 2010s are terrible and depressing" (this was even before Trump got elected). Now people are saying they were fun/light? Lol. But I guess the Late 2016 Shift onward has been even darker, so it makes the mid 2010s look lighter.


Not me lol. I always felt the mid-2010s were upbeat until I joined this forum ;D

Mid-2010’s was better than the early 2010’s.

Change my mind.


As much as I loved the mid-2010s, the electropop era (2008-2012) will always be the best part of the 2010s. I liked mid 2010s music, but early 2010s sounded more upbeat, where it was about partying and having fun, it’s an escape from political and economic problems like the great recession, electropop was super neon and upbeat, it brought a lot of 2000s/2010s artists like Rihanna and Katy Perry to the mainstream, and the first wave of 2010s EDM was aggressive, with LMFAO and Avicii, and there was Dubstep. TV was also better, shows like Big Bang Theory, The Office, and Breaking Bad were at their prime, and the 2010s has almost no terrorism compared to 2014-2017, no ISIS, no nothing, just peace.

I think 2012 was the darkest year of the entire decade.

I think 2012 was the darkest year of the entire decade.

How?

How?

The school shooting and terrible music and fads.

The school shooting and terrible music and fads.

Ahh I see, yeah, the school shooting incident was very depressing to hear, even Obama cried  :\'(

2015 was the best year of the mid 2010s.

2015 was the best year of the mid 2010s.

Yeah if you exclude 2013 then you're right. But 2013 is the best year of the decade.

The school shooting
Which happened in mid-December of that year but ok

Otherwise 2012 was a little bacon of hope, the light at the end of the tunnel that was the recession :D It's easily the most positive year of this decade

Yeah the summer hits that year were upbeat and now sound so nostalgic to me. 2013 was miles better in my personal life, but it was more down-to-earth and serious and songs, while nice were less catchy.

Which happened in mid-December of that year but ok

Otherwise 2012 was a little bacon of hope, the light at the end of the tunnel that was the recession :D It's easily the most positive year of this decade


Yeah I don't get how you can say January-November 2012 was dark when the school shooting didn't happen until the end.

Other than that, Gangnam Style was the song of the summer. Need I say more? That song was so much fun! This decade's Macarena. It will 100% be nostalgic.

Mid-2010’s had:
-Vine (at its peak)
-Skype (was still relevant)
-Kik (was still relevant)
-Snapchat (was at its peak)
-Instagram (when it was at its best quality)
-One Dance
-Pokemon GO
-hipsters
-Whip Nae Nae
-Obama


Mid-2010’s has a good mixture of early 2010’s and mid-2010’s culture (especially 2014 and 2015) that’s what makes it so good. Mid-2010’s was more upbeat than most people give credit for. I’d easily take 2015 over 2010 any day of the week tbh.

Yeah the summer hits that year were upbeat and now sound so nostalgic to me. 2013 was miles better in my personal life, but it was more down-to-earth and serious and songs, while nice were less catchy.


2012 had the best summer hits in my opinion, starships by Nicki Minaj, Die Young by Kesha, Gangnam Style, Payphone by Maroon Five, and We are Young by Fun

Mid-2010’s had:
-Vine (at its peak)
-Skype (was still relevant)
-Kik (was still relevant)
-Snapchat (was at its peak)
-Instagram (when it was at its best quality)
-One Dance
-Pokemon GO
-hipsters
-Whip Nae Nae
-Obama


Mid-2010’s has a good mixture of early 2010’s and mid-2010’s culture (especially 2014 and 2015) that’s what makes it so good. Mid-2010’s was more upbeat than most people give credit for. I’d easily take 2015 over 2010 any day of the week tbh.

I'd say Pokemon Go was late 2010s. It started in summer 2016 and it's not dead. People still play it...

2012 had the best summer hits in my opinion, starships by Nicki Minaj, Die Young by Kesha, Gangnam Style, Payphone by Maroon Five, and We are Young by Fun

In my opinion, 2012 had the worst music of the decade.

In my opinion, 2012 had the worst music of the decade.

How dare you?! Lol, seriously, though let's agree to disagree.
I share the same love for the music of 2012 as Early2010sGuy. It was just a so-so year personally (bad winter 2011/12, bad spring, great summer and fall, terrible winter 2012/13). But the music oh my. Even the much hated Call Me Maybe had so many cool stuff. Violins for God's sake, real instruments! And the middle 8 sampling "so bad, bad, bad, bad..." when Carly is passed out in the video is just so nostalgic to me. I still love the 60s and 80s songs I discovered back then as well as they remind me of those great summer days.

Lucy Hale's sexy Cosmopolitan photoshoot that fall I saw on news stands everywhere made my day. Such a hottie and kinda it looked like from the 70s:

http://img5.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/p/z/pzuv1ttmfq2vttfu.jpg

But back on topic, except for 2013 and the first (better imho) half of 2014, I don't care much for the mid 2010s. 2013-early 2014 were my best days so far, the happiest I've ever been! :) But late 2014-2016 was a dark age, which is continuing today. I hope that at least my health and personal life will improve soon! :)

Yeah I don't get how you can say January-November 2012 was dark when the school shooting didn't happen until the end.

Other than that, Gangnam Style was the song of the summer. Need I say more? That song was so much fun! This decade's Macarena. It will 100% be nostalgic.
Therr were two that happen that summer. The Auora and the Miluwake one.

Many happen in the US every year. Or all around the world. If you go by that you can't really call any year "good".

The mood of 2013-2016:

Music:
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This seems too long, so I'll add more another time.  ;D

Many happen in the US every year. Or all around the world. If you go by that you can't really call any year "good".


I wanted to say that but thought it might across as insensitive.  :-X  Massacres happen every 2-4 months in the US, it's just normal now.  :-X :-X :-X I still had fun in 2012 despite it.

Every era has their dark times. Yes, 2013-16 had the terrorism problem because of ISIS, but the electropop era had problems too. The great recession, the 2011 Japanese tsunami, the suicide of Amanda Todd, and bullying rates were higher, at least in my country...

I wanted to say that but thought it might across as insensitive.  :-X  Massacres happen every 2-4 months in the US, it's just normal now.  :-X :-X :-X I still had fun in 2012 despite it.


It's crazy that most Americans lose their sheesh over a Gilette commercial the criticizes bullying and patriarchy but could care less about children being massacred.

Every era has their dark times. Yes, 2013-16 had the terrorism problem because of ISIS, but the electropop era had problems too. The great recession, the 2011 Japanese tsunami, the suicide of Amanda Todd, and bullying rates were higher, at least in my country...

Exactly. That's what made 2012 awful too. The suicide of Amanda Todd and people talking bad about her even after the fact. That made me so angry. Things like that don't happen today. We haven't had a school shooting as bad as the 2012 one either. That's why 2012 is the worst year. Plus there were terrible slang words like yolo (and swag was still popular as a slang word too), bad corny music, not the best economy, a corny and terrible dark year overall. Plus there were terrible memes like the Kony sharing fixing Africa meme. I hate 2012 so much.

In 2013, things got better and pop culture was less "saturated" and in your face and it was not as dark. Early 2013 was a breath of fresh air. We were coming out of the terrible early 2010s culture, especially the dark and bad culture of the year 2012.

Slim95, you had not a good year in 2012. We get it now at this point ::)


If you look at archived posts from this site in 2014-Mid 2016 folks like Infinity and Eazy-EMan were saying "Oh god the mid 2010s are terrible and depressing" (this was even before Trump got elected). Now people are saying they were fun/light? Lol. But I guess the Late 2016 Shift onward has been even darker, so it makes the mid 2010s look lighter.
I remember thinking at the time that the decade shifted towards a darker and grittier style in 2015 pop culture-wise in contrast to the bright and bubbly first half, which I didn't mind it and actually liked it because it felt refreshinh and groundbreaking for my little 18 year old mind. I think 2016 and up went a little too far with that style, but hey I guess it will seem very unique as an era later on retrospectively.

The twenty tens does not have no identity , neither does the 2000's , the 21st century is a never ending cycle of perennial trends, smartphones don't count they were already sorta popular in the mid 00's and will be just as or even more popular in the 20's no doubt about that, Trap? Nope again was already sorta popular in the mid 00's,

The twenty tens does not have no identity , neither does the 2000's , the 21st century is a never ending cycle of perennial trends, smartphones don't count they were already sorta popular in the mid 00's and will be just as or even more popular in the 20's no doubt about that, Trap? Nope again was already sorta popular in the mid 00's,

Smartphones didn't exist in the mid 2000s.... And we don't know what the future will bring.

I wanted to say that but thought it might across as insensitive.  :-X  Massacres happen every 2-4 months in the US, it's just normal now.  :-X :-X :-X I still had fun in 2012 despite it.

I agree. Heck, I lost my second grandma in 2012 yet the pop culture was better imo. It helped me in the rough times.

I agree. Heck, I lost my second grandma in 2012 yet the pop culture was better imo. It helped me in the rough times.

How come you thought it was better? I'm just curious. You're not the only one but I'm finding it hard to see the appeal.

It was bubbly and bright for the most part. "We are young.... set the world on fire" and many more. One of the best summers musically. 2013 was perfect in my personal life but the music was more down-to-earth.

It was bubbly and bright for the most part. "We are young.... set the world on fire" and many more. One of the best summers musically. 2013 was perfect in my personal life but the music was more down-to-earth.

Oh I didn't like it I preferred 2013's pop culture personally. I hated the early 2010s culture a lot, I never found it appealing. However the early 2000s was fairly colourful, and I did like that era.

I hate the campy teen pop from that era save for some gems like Upside Down by the A teens. I don't remember seeing the video or hearing the song when it was new but omg it takes you back right to 2000. Happy middle school days for me. I hated pop culture in the second half of 2001 and 2002 however. 2003 was a vast improvement.

Smartphones didn't exist in the mid 2000s.... And we don't know what the future will bring.


LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA, yes they absolutely did, but then again you were what nine, ten? in 2005 you are Gen Z. Although yes there were millennials my age who were SLOW to adapt to 00's tech progress who only adapted in the 10's, however you don't fit that criteria you were simply too young.  "The Nokia 6680 is a high-end 3G smartphone running Symbian operating system"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6680

You do release that a phone doesn't have to be touchscreen to be a "smartphone" right?, that Nokia 6680 smartphone was really the first true definition of a smartphone that had success and was well received in the mid-00's, so the iphone didn't revolutionize jack, it just had a futuristic looking touchscreen display but it didn't innovate at all from 0'5, and was a actually a massive step backwards from the 6680 since it  was not a smartphone by any stretch it did not allow you to download third party apps which is actually the be all and end all of what a smartphone is. And it did not even have 3G and it came out in 0'7 for the love of god!, it was still very backwards for the time to put things into perspective a little, a entry level 3G phone in 0'6 with video calling and good quality video streaming could set you back as little as £45-£80 in superdrug or woolworths to own outright, with such as the motorola C975 for example, let's also remember the truly important step forward was from 2G to 3G which was much bigger progress  then from 3G to 4G in the twenty tens, & I would definitely say 3G wasn't too uncommon by 0'5 or 0'6, easily 1 in 8 13-25 year olds had a 3G phone by the dawn of 0'6, this is simply the honest to goodness truth, although yes in all fairness 3G=/=Smartphone I know, but seriously smartphones are just exclusive to the '10s?, c'mon you should just know that doesn't sound right as you were typing that, how could one SERIOUSLY think the '20s won't have smartphones?, why do you think people won't carry phones in the 20's?,  unless some type of holographic projection technology or smart glasses make people stop wanting to carry phones, but that isn't going to happen for sure in 2020-2026, or even in the next 10-15 years,  but anyways I need to get off as i'm getting very busy over the next 2-4 weeks so respect peace and love to all. I was just busting your chops Slim so don't get worked up about my "ageism" towards you it's more to do with the fact you are simply grossly misinformed, (which doesn't strictly have to do with your age) it seems a lot of people of all ages think apple created the first smartphone on 29 June 2007 for some ridiculous reason, NO THEY DIDN'T YOU WERE JUST VERY SLOW TO ADAPT UNLIKE US COOL PEOPLE IN 0'4-0'6 SORRY.

you are Gen Z.

I am not Gen Z I am a part of Gen Y. And no smartphones were not popular in the mid 2000s. Flip phones were. Yes I was 10, and I remember what phones were popular and what wasn't despite not having a cell phone myself.

The original iPhone was revolutionary in ways other smartphones were not. It changed everything. Even if the Nokia 6680 is technically a smartphone, it hardly matters at all. Compared to the first iPhone, it’s an ancient relic. The functionality and appearance is one of a standard feature phone. There’s a reason Nokia (and Blackberry) faded into irrelevancy.

Less than 10% of the American population had a smartphone in 2008. It didn’t exceed 15% until late 2009. Smartphones were very uncommon in the late 2000s, let alone the mid 2000s.

iPhones themselves are fading. They no longer offer anything much over Samsung to pay the high price tag.

iPhones themselves are fading. They no longer offer anything much over Samsung to pay the high price tag.

Samsung's smartphones are just as expensive as IPhones, and some models even more higher priced. I think IPhones still offer value to those in the Apple ecosystem or those who want to look cool having an IPhone for the brand name.

Samsung's smartphones are just as expensive as IPhones, and some models even more higher priced. I think IPhones still offer value to those in the Apple ecosystem or those who want to look cool having an IPhone for the brand name.


And are tech illiterate lol ;D

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA, yes they absolutely did, but then again you were what nine, ten? in 2005 you are Gen Z. Although yes there were millennials my age who were SLOW to adapt to 00's tech progress who only adapted in the 10's, however you don't fit that criteria you were simply too young.

JackSepton is that you? It's funny how a member called "Kid of the 2000s" yells at someone for having been a kid in the 2000s 🤔🤔

And yes smartphones were a thing in the mid-2000s. Did they matter or were they that much advanced? Not really. It's like synthetised music in the mid-70s: technically it existed but it hardly mattered culturally. And that until we reach the very end of the decade and especially the next one.

iPhones themselves are fading. They no longer offer anything much over Samsung to pay the high price tag.


I agree. The iPhone XS is literally the most disappointing release this year, because the other generations had medium or big upgrades, the iPhone 4 bringing the Retina HD display, the 4s with Siri, the 5 with a taller screen, 5s with touch ID, the 6 with bigger displays, 6s with 3D touch, the 7 with stereo speakers and water resistance, and the X with the bezel-less display. This year, nothing much. I'm glad I switched to Samsung with the S10E (Not trying to flex/brag btw)

I hate the campy teen pop from that era save for some gems like Upside Down by the A teens. I don't remember seeing the video or hearing the song when it was new but omg it takes you back right to 2000. Happy middle school days for me. I hated pop culture in the second half of 2001 and 2002 however. 2003 was a vast improvement.


What?! Teen Pop was awesome! It literally introduced a lot of 90s/2000s artists like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to the mainstream. And plus, the mid-90s were dark with Grunge-inspired music, and thugs, you'll know when you watch the movie Mid90s, and then the Y2K era came to save the day.

Like I said, Teen Pop is what New Wave was in the 80s, and Disco in the 70s, Disco served as an escape from personal problems and economic problems, New Wave was a very unique genre, as it is like Rock with synths, and Teen Pop helped make culture brighter and colorful.

The original iPhone was revolutionary in ways other smartphones were not. It changed everything. Even if the Nokia 6680 is technically a smartphone, it hardly matters at all. Compared to the first iPhone, it’s an ancient relic. The functionality and appearance is one of a standard feature phone. There’s a reason Nokia (and Blackberry) faded into irrelevancy.

Less than 10% of the American population had a smartphone in 2008. It didn’t exceed 15% until late 2009. Smartphones were very uncommon in the late 2000s, let alone the mid 2000s.


"The functionality and appearance is one of a standard feature phone" How so? as i've shown the first smartphones didn't have touch screens so if any thing the 00's smartphones are the true form factor for a smartphone as they were the smartphones that came along first so they have the original form factor not the 10's ones, but there all essentially still smartphones and there is no "technically" about that, because that 0'5 Nokia N70 has everything that a 2010-2012 mid range touchscreen  "smartphone" has (even a almost comparable camera at 2mpx,) with identical processing power, so how in the hell is the 0'5 smartphone any different from a '11 smartphone apart from the futuristic looking missing touchscreen?, so with this in mind it makes sense to talk 00's smartphones VS 10's smartphones because we can't just sit here and pretend that smartphones weren't in 0'5-09, because the technology was already there in department stores  in 0'5-0'9 WHICH IS A MASSIVE CHUNK OF THE 2000'S WERE TALKING HALF THE DECADE RIGHT THERE!!!, the 2000's were a very advanced decade compared to the 90's the 10's are obviously extremely disappointing, it's just if you base when things existed on when the slow trendies catch on then LOL your naturally going to think virtually damn near all of us had dumb phones with 0.3mpx vga cameras with 2G or something similar in 0'5,  and that is that is not the case my man far from it, you may be too young to notice the subtleties of the 2010's smartphone revolution taking shape which started with 3G phones becoming semi-populer in 0'4-0'6, I mean a lot of them high end flip phones STILL had 3G at the time and I clowned people for getting that dumbase v3 razer because the video streaming and video capabilities were a joke and not acceptable for what else was on offer at the time, (it wasn't 3G), but people still didn't care because they remembered  carrying about there brick phones 3-5 years prior, so the slim form factor sold them on it which it shouldn't, they could of got a 3G handset instead that was similarly priced or even cheaper that was just slightly on the chunky side

The mid 2010's were a big pile of suck too much teeny bopper crap how could any hetrosexual male possibly enjoy that? and I know it's been said too ad nauseum but everything is just far too homogenized in this decade I like Freya Ridings though but she's not a mid 10's artist chronologically speaking, (although stylistically I guess so since the raw striped back production is kinda timeless at least to this decade)  I like Halsey unique voice and she did find success in the mid 10's, it's just that vocally she isn't especially gifted and her vocal style and the backing tracks are so formulaic and souond like everything else she has little of her own identity artistically beyond just  forced formulaic  melodrama and lack of the lyrical authenticity like everyone else, you see people model themselves as being edgy nowadays but they make sure to conform their own style (musically artistically/fashion way of talking) with all the other edgyies thereby making you the opposite of edgyness and making you a lame, I don't mind female acts as a hetrosexual  male if you have good taste check out this she's much more mature and real sounding than alot whether that be in the early mid or late 10's  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDPpex1wvOc

The first smartphone was technically invented in the '90s, but they were not around until the late 2000s.

The mid 2010's were a big pile of suck too much teeny bopper crap how could any hetrosexual male possibly enjoy that? and I know it's been said too ad nauseum but everything is just far too homogenized in this decade I like Freya Ridings though but she's not a mid 10's artist chronologically speaking, (although stylistically I guess so since the raw striped back production is kinda timeless at least to this decade)  I like Halsey unique voice and she did find success in the mid 10's, it's just that vocally she isn't especially gifted and her vocal style and the backing tracks are so formulaic and souond like everything else she has little of her own identity artistically beyond just  forced formulaic  melodrama and lack of the lyrical authenticity like everyone else, you see people model themselves as being edgy nowadays but they make sure to conform their own style (musically artistically/fashion way of talking) with all the other edgyies thereby making you the opposite of edgyness and making you a lame, I don't mind female acts as a hetrosexual  male if you have good taste check out this she's much more mature and real sounding than alot whether that be in the early mid or late 10's  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDPpex1wvOc


I agree that there was too much teen pop in the mid 2010s.  That was one of the big things I didn't like about it.  In 2016 I kind of backed away from Top 40 for a bit before coming back to it in 2017.  At least the Y2K era, the previous teenybooper era, had a lot more diversity on the charts and wasn't ONLY teen pop.

I agree that there was too much teen pop in the mid 2010s.  That was one of the big things I didn't like about it.  In 2016 I kind of backed away from Top 40 for a bit before coming back to it in 2017.  At least the Y2K era, the previous teenybooper era, had a lot more diversity on the charts and wasn't ONLY teen pop.


I know funny thing was I was only 22-23/yo at the time and no one else my age who I knew liked that crap so you have to ask who is putting this crap in the charts? 7-13/yo girls?,

I know funny thing was I was only 22-23/yo at the time and no one else my age who I knew liked that crap so you have to ask who is putting this crap in the charts? 7-13/yo girls?,


You must be friends with some downers because me and my friends enjoyed plenty of mid-2010s music. Shiet, I still remember our Taylor Swift vs Katy Perry arguments (albeit a lot of it was ironic) ;D

And it was obviously not only teeny bopper music on the charts, c'mon. How are Sam Smith, Beyoncé and Adele teenybopper? Generalizations r bad mmkay.

Mid 2010s music is very diverse and it's not defined by one particular genre. I remember mid 2010s having Synthpop, Retro Throwbacks, Deep/Tropical House, EDM Trap, Vine rap, Indie music, Dancehall, Soul Pop and "Post-Royals" Pop.

"The functionality and appearance is one of a standard feature phone" How so? as i've shown the first smartphones didn't have touch screens so if any thing the 00's smartphones are the true form factor for a smartphone as they were the smartphones that came along first so they have the original form factor not the 10's ones, but there all essentially still smartphones and there is no "technically" about that, because that 0'5 Nokia N70 has everything that a 2010-2012 mid range touchscreen  "smartphone" has (even a almost comparable camera at 2mpx,) with identical processing power, so how in the hell is the 0'5 smartphone any different from a '11 smartphone apart from the futuristic looking missing touchscreen?, so with this in mind it makes sense to talk 00's smartphones VS 10's smartphones because we can't just sit here and pretend that smartphones weren't in 0'5-09, because the technology was already there in department stores  in 0'5-0'9 WHICH IS A MASSIVE CHUNK OF THE 2000'S WERE TALKING HALF THE DECADE RIGHT THERE!!!, the 2000's were a very advanced decade compared to the 90's the 10's are obviously extremely disappointing, it's just if you base when things existed on when the slow trendies catch on then LOL your naturally going to think virtually damn near all of us had dumb phones with 0.3mpx vga cameras with 2G or something similar in 0'5,  and that is that is not the case my man far from it, you may be too young to notice the subtleties of the 2010's smartphone revolution taking shape which started with 3G phones becoming semi-populer in 0'4-0'6, I mean a lot of them high end flip phones STILL had 3G at the time and I clowned people for getting that dumbase v3 razer because the video streaming and video capabilities were a joke and not acceptable for what else was on offer at the time, (it wasn't 3G), but people still didn't care because they remembered  carrying about there brick phones 3-5 years prior, so the slim form factor sold them on it which it shouldn't, they could of got a 3G handset instead that was similarly priced or even cheaper that was just slightly on the chunky side
True, the classic blackberry,  sidekick 3, Lg prada, etc. That were more advanced than the Razar.

Blackberries of that time weren't smartphones. Even in the late 2000s smartphones weren't that popular yet, let alone the mid 2000s. I don't care if the technical definition of a smartphone is simply having internet capabilities. That is definitely not my definition when I think of what a smartphone is.

The world didn't end at the end of 2012 but 2013 was the Second coming of sorts. Or rather the 21st century version of the summer of love. That's when the New Age/positive thinking revolution was peaking. People were so positive back then. We all got on well for a while. Too bad the matrix got bugged in mid 2014 and people went back to division and negativity. The results are Trump, Brexit etc. I miss the 2013 version of reality!

Blackberries of that time weren't smartphones. Even in the late 2000s smartphones weren't that popular yet, let alone the mid 2000s. I don't care if the technical definition of a smartphone is simply having internet capabilities. That is definitely not my definition when I think of what a smartphone is.


Same. No one is talking about a PDA from 1991 when discussing smartphones. For most intents and purposes, the first smartphone as we know it today was the iPhone in 2007.

Blackberries of that time weren't smartphones. Even in the late 2000s smartphones weren't that popular yet, let alone the mid 2000s. I don't care if the technical definition of a smartphone is simply having internet capabilities. That is definitely not my definition when I think of what a smartphone is.
Blackberry were considered smartphones in the late 00s. It's just wasn't touch screen. I know the Disney channel movie stuck in suburbs referred to to cycroteca phone (A Blackberry like phone) a smartphone and the movie came out in 2004. Blackberry was making touch screen phones in the late 00s but were all commercial failures (minus the Tourch) so the Blackberry can be classified as a smartphone since it was more advanced than any slide or flipone at the time and had a decent internet broswer to where you can watch YouTube videos or go on myspace/facebook.

Blackberries of that time weren't smartphones. Even in the late 2000s smartphones weren't that popular yet, let alone the mid 2000s. I don't care if the technical definition of a smartphone is simply having internet capabilities. That is definitely not my definition when I think of what a smartphone is.


Ok so no one used the term "smartphone" until like twenty ten point being?, as I said been most people were slow like hell to catch on to the 3G services offered in the mid 00's, (including yourself because you were WAY too young, back in 0'5), most people only catched on to 3G somewhere from like 0'9 onwards when the touch screen "smartphone" revolution was took place, "I don't care if the technical definition of a smartphone is simply having internet capabilities. That is definitely not my definition when I think of what a smartphone is" . So again SLIM can you tell us and YOU PLEASE STAND UP and say what is your definition of a smartphone that might make things easier?, since when is a phone with its own operating system that allows third party apps downloads not a smartphone? that Nokia N70 had all that in 0'5 even with a not too bad 2 megapixel camera, with much higher video calling, video downloading, and video streaming, thanks to 3G, it had MUCH better video capabilities  than that crappy  backwards iphones in 0'7, but then again what would you know GEN Z  person?,  :P

Ok so no one used the term "smartphone" until like twenty ten point being?, as I said been most people were slow like hell to catch on to the 3G services offered in the mid 00's, (including yourself because you were WAY too young, back in 0'5),

Well smartphones were not popular back then regardless whether I had one or how old I was. I remember flip phones were the norm.


and say what is your definition of a smartphone that might make things easier?

A smartphone is a device with a touch screen, and can connect online through 3G or higher, the first thing that really resembled it was the IPhone in 2007.


but then again what would you know GEN Z  person?,  :P

Again, I'm not Gen Z I am a late Gen Y. I was born in 1995.

Same. No one is talking about a PDA from 1991 when discussing smartphones. For most intents and purposes, the first smartphone as we know it today was the iPhone in 2007.

I agree.

Well smartphones were not popular back then regardless whether I had one or how old I was. I remember flip phones were the norm.
A smartphone is a device with a touch screen, and can connect online through 3G or higher, the first thing that really resembled it was the IPhone in 2007.
Again, I'm not Gen Z I am a late Gen Y. I was born in 1995.


Damn, right at the edge for the millennial generation   :)