Why does he use a flip phone? I thought it was taking place in the mid-late 2000s at first but then I realized elena is using a not-so-subtly branded Sony smart phone in the exact same scene.
>>337951254
Needs a phone with a battery that lasts over 2 hours
>>337951442
My iPhone 6 lasts at least 12 hours on a full charge. More if I put it into battery saver mode when it gets to 20%.
>>337951254
I think he's just a bit technologically old fashioned, he doesn't recognize a Playstation either.
He also has a computer with a CRT monitor while Elena has something that looks like an iMac
>>337951530
Yeah, but Nathan isn't a faggot
>>337951530
My Nokia 100 lasts almost two weeks without charging
>>337951530
>My iPhone 6 lasts at least 12 hours on a full charge
You realize that's garbage compared to a dumb phone, yes?
How underage are you?
>>337951254
He likes antiques
>>337951254
he's stuck in the past.
that's what the whole game is about.
come the fuck on anon.
Durable as fuck
>>337951545
>psone
What was the story behind this, is it some kind of nostalgia/throwback thing for Elena? I almost thought it was like, "it was taking place in the 80s all along!" or something
>>337951530
My old razor phone I had when I was fucking 15 lasted like a week. My old flip phone lasts like 2 weeks on a charge.
Jesus christ you are retarded.
>>337951659
This is the world we live in now
Aparently browsing the net and using gps comsumes power, who knew?
Durability.
Nate is constantly flinging himself off of shit and landing in unnatural ways. Compare that to Sully, who has a smart phone and mainly sits in the plane, and you can see why.
>>337951809
It exists for the purpose of being able to put in crash bandicoot
>>337951254
This: >>337951442
He also needs a durable phone with good coverage, and something he could use even with wet fingers.
This is pretty important when you are going on an adventure in the middle of nowhere.
>>337951530
So you're assuming he's going to find places to plug in and charge it every 12 hours?
>Guy gets shot at, near explosions, thrown into water, falls down long heights constantly
>Why isn't he carrying around a $400 phone instead of something cheap?
>>337951767
This, fuck.
>>337951254
He is in a foreign country and doing a lot of illegal shit. Both of those means getting a decent gimped phone so the battery lasts.
the phone has better fps than the ps4.
>>337951530
>iphone 6
>12 hours is long
how old are you again
>>337951853
And I'm not disputing that.
The point was that dumb phones get much better battery life.
>>337951254
You have any idea just how fragile mew phones are?
>>337951254
>mid 2000s
>motorola razor was released in 2004 and sold 50 million phones between then and 2008
Seems pretty accurate anon. It's okay, i know you were underage then and don't know any better
>tfw we arguing why a fictional character carries a flip phone.
I love this place.
>>337952184
Theres no argument, only one underage retard.
So much BTFO in this thread
>kids in this thread never lived in a world where "charging stations" weren't a thing
>that one fuck who posted thinking 12 hours is a long battery life
>>337951254
drake doesnt keep up with tech now that i think about it
>>337951637
>Nathan isn't a faggot
Horo Horo Horo Horo
>>337951809
Naughty Dog making a nod to their past while the curtain falls on their present. Just a nice little thing for the fans.
The end of their next multi-million dollar hit will have the main characters walking out of a theater after a showing of an Uncharted film.
>>337951254
Because he wants to play snake on his phone like a real man. Not fucking angry birds.
i only got my first phone like three years ago so i pretty much missed out on flip phones entirely. i think they're more aesthetic than smart phones, especially the swag japanese ones
>>337951659
and do you realize how much more i can get done on my smartphone? I use my phone for more than playing snake, anon. you'd know how useful it were if you had people to call or text, or emails to send.
>>337951254
Why wouldn't he? He just needs a phone that makes calls. He doesn't need to be constantly distracted like you millennial fags
When did we get THREE games in this boring series?
How did it get this far?
Guess I shouldn't be surprised, Gears is just as trash and has even more games.
>>337952335
>kids today will never play Snake on their phones
>>337951767
That's pretty deep
>>337951530
12 hours isn't very long.
I would estimate he's on an adventure for longer than half a day.
>>337951917
you'd think a gps and internet would be pretty important too
>>337952543
Millenial is anyone born after 79. So unless you're that old, stop using that word to shitpost
Surprised the story didn't shove the Xperia phone in your face
>>337952772
You realize modern flip phones can connect to the internet right?
>>337951254
The flip phone is the absolute peak of the portable telephone. Can be made very sturdy, the screen is always protected in your pocket, harder to pocket dial, and small. It will never be better for that purpose.
I do, however, have a smart phone. Because I like having what is basically a portable computer with me.
I'd highly suggest a flip over a smart for anyone that really just needs to make calls, though.
>>337951853
Even turning on the screen to check numbers consumes a lot more. Flipphones can last a week or more from normal use just because everything about them was designed to be efficient.
>>337952012
and the atari 2600 has a better framerate than your 4000 dollar computer. whats your point? FPS is meaningless past 24 other than novelty.
>>337952772
There's actually a scene in Madagascar where Sully is trying to get a signal on his phone to do GPS, but can't get anything and Nate just pulls out a map mocking Sully and Sam for their dependence on technology.
He was jumping around temples finding lost cities daily do you really think that he had any other use for a phone than calling with it?
It was durable the battery was pretty good as well so whats the problem?
>>337951530
>12 hours is a long charge
>he's never used a flip phone
>he's never used a single handset
Spotted the child.
>>337952179
what are you even trying to say? that time frame is like, specifically the mid-late 2000s
>>337952772
Flip phones have that. How young are you?
>>337951915
>>337952402
Yeah but it doesn't make sense, in fact now that I remember it's literally hooked up to a modern flatscreen TV; anachronistic much? Seriously my autism is triggered by this.
I wasn't aware there were so many middles aged men browsing /v/
If I could trigger everyone by saying I have an iPhone I'm just gonna stop shitposting in threads about AAA script snoozefests
>>337952462
and you realize hes not using his fucking phone to play snake in the middle of the fucking jungle, he needs a phone to fucking call people in emergencies and he needs that phone to stay charged for days you dumb fuck
inb4 you were only trolling
>>337952462
Flip phones can do text and emails easily, which is all Nate needs. He's not doing spreadsheets on the thing for fucks sake. Stop being underage.
>>337953301
>Get told
>LOLUMAD
You must be 18 to browse this website kiddo.
>>337952883
well elena was using it and they zoomed in on it before the call started with the big, fat, shiny SONY logo on it.
>>337953301
You shouldn't be using your phone while you're in class kid
>>337953307
Even if you're twice his age, you'll never be Nathan.
I'm sorry you're still using a flip phone in 2016, at least you found a way to feel better about it though.
Get your money up
>>337953301
>haha was only trolling you guys
>im not just a dumb 16 year old i swear
>lmao got you good :^)
>>337953275
>it's literally hooked up to a modern flatscreen TV
So what?
>>337952335
>smartphone broke
>bought a cheap nokia
>bright neon-blue colour that reminded me of the past
>battery lasts for weeks
>strong enough to pop open bottles
Man I wish I hadn't been a faggot and given it away, that phone was fucking sweet
>>337951254
He makes a jab somewhere in the game when Sully's phone GPS gets no signal, relying his map and navigational skills to continue instead. Probably dislikes modern tech (hence the PSX that he didn't even play before).
>>337953523
0/10
>>337952894
no, i didn't know they still made flip phones. i'm not poor.
>>337952923
>harder to pocket dial,
you fucking what? i used to pocket dial people all the time on my nokias and my razr with the side buttons. ive never done it since moving to smartphones.
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>>337953301
>4chan started in 2004
>got popular around 05-06
>most people who got here then was in their early 20's
>it's now 20 years later
>pic related
>"why are there so many old people here"
>>337952462
Flip phones can do all of these.
>>337953275
not to mention them shoehorning in the fucking "le gamer gurl xD" elena with her impossible score taunting you.
>>337951853
stop talking like a fucking woman
>>337953275
I don't know why. My ps2 is hooked up to my flatscreen and if I had a ps1 I'd hook it up to that too
>>337954060
She's not really a gamer grill, just plays games occasionally, which is more than Nate, who never touches them at all. Her being better than him isn't that surprising.
>>337953275
>it's literally hooked up to a modern flatscreen TV; anachronistic much?
What's wrong with that? I have my dreamcast and ps2 hooked up to a spare flat screen in the next room.
>>337954060
>her "high score"
>i beat it first try
lel right gamer gurl
>>337954320but shes better than me
>>337954060
Nate is dudebro as fuck and doesn't touch vidya. Of course his wife would have the high score.
if i had a dollar for every time I dropped my $60 flip phone on hard concrete and it didn't so much as flinch, I'd have enough money to pay for 0.01% of a contract on a smartphone that I'd drop on the ground and have shatter to a thousand pieces
>>337951254
it's the choice of stylish gentleman. you'd never know how charismatic it is.
>>337953275
Elena doesn't consistently play the thing. It's been established that Drake isn't really keen on technology, so it shouldn't be too outlandish. If anything, Cassie still playing on their, then, 30+ year old console would be peculiar. Would it have been passable if it were a PS3?
>>337951254
Because Nate doesn't trust modern technology. And he was right not to as Rafe tracked them with Sully's smart phone.
>>337954885
have you never had a smartphone anon? i've dropped my 6 thousands of times on floor tiles, hardwood flooring, concrete, pavement, cement, asphault, office floors, etc and never had so much as a scratch on the screen. some scuffs on the metal edges and corners, but the screen is fine.
>>337955058
spoilers? dick
>>337951254
He probably wants something that lasts longer than three hours and won't break if it slips out of your hand.
how the fuck do i get up the muddy hill in madagascar guys ive been stuck here for like 40 fucking hours
>>337952462
Are you some kind of special retard
>>337955148
I've never had a smart phone, but about 90% of the people I meet in my city with a smart phone have a massive crack across their screen
regardless I just don't see the point. If I wanted to get on the internet or watch a video outside I'd just use a tablet for a fourth of the price and not have to pay what seems like extraordinary data fees because we live in a world where its now harder to avoid wifi than it is to find it
>>337951254
Nathan seems to hate technology, Doesn't know what a vidyer is, is like "Neh the map does not require signal" and other shit like that
>>337954903
Thats one sexy phone
>>337955148
Same my Samsung S4 is surprisingly durable. Literally not a single scratch on the screen after dropping it nearly everyday on tile or vinyl. Only thing that happened to it was my speaker becoming dislodged but that was easy to fix.
I miss my old nokia 3310.
>>337951254
>I thought it was taking place in the mid-late 2000s
It takes place the year the game is released (except the vita game), Shambhala was referred to happening a few years ago.
>>337952991
>24 frames being the same as 60
Okay faggotI actually agree with you, I'm just busting your balls
hes a hipster. he will smoke a pipe and wear a bow tie in the next installment
>>337956235
they're not the same, obviously, but functionally they're no different. like i said, it's a novelty.
>>337956314
Hipsters use iphones, not flip phones get your memes straight.
>>337956392
>functionally they're no different.
Literally wrong but it's cute that you think that.
>>337955869
Yeah some smartphones are oddly strong, even when not utterly dominating the performance part
My samsung galaxy S2 I9100G has dropped on concrete from several meters high many times and the most noticeable thing it has is a little scuffing on one corner
>>337954470
It isnt even possible to beat her on your first try you lying piece of shit
>>337951530
>shit, i better make sure i only stay 12 hours in the middle of the sahara.
>>337955257
Rafe dies in the end
Probably because it's a burner phone. In the line of work he was involved in, I don't imagine carrying a $200 phone with you everywhere is a particularly good idea.
>>337951254
i didnt get a smart phone until this year, either
well i had a blackberry like four years ago but it was stolen.. though that's like a shitty early smartphone
i have one now. i understand what all the fuss is about, shit's awesome
it's very common for people who travel a lot to carry a prepaid "burner". Doesn't matter too much if it gets lost or damaged, a little less fragile and with a good battery life.
>>337960495
I'm pretty sure he's just supposed to be old fashioned. dumbass. sure an older phone is more practical in terms of battery life but the main point is that the devs made him an old fashioned dude.
>>337951254
Because flip phones are stylish as fuck
>>337951530
The last flip phone I had lasted a week on full charge. 12 hours is a fucking joke.
When you're an adventurer spending extended periods of time in the most remote, uninhabited parts of the world, I highly doubt that a 12-hour charge is satisfactory.
>>337960980
no that's fucking stupid. it just doesn't make sense for him to have a smart phone because it would break immediately.
>>337953791
>most people who got here then was in their early 20's
You fucking wish
>>337954903
>phones today
>shitty OS that's always updating
>no choice not to update
>new versions aren't even tested to work on older phones
>as you keep updating, your phone gets progressively slower and unstable
>it also kills battery life
>adds and viruses everywhere
>phones then
>a full charge can last days or even weeks
>no shitty updates that fuck up your phone
>no shitty adds and viruses
>no worthless apps that are better off on a PC
>buttons
>it can play music just like a modern phone, except you can listen for an hour without having half the battery charge draining
>>337961553
I was 13 when I made my first post.
>>337961618
Phones today
>touchscreens
Phones then
>tactile buttons
That's all that needs to be said.
I don't know who decided the future is a constantly smudgy screen.
>>337951254
flip phones are more durable, hold a charge longer, and are more difficult to hack.
>>337961894
Modern phones smash super easily where as flips were a lot more rugged. It would make sense for a guy who gets thrown around as much as Nathan Drake to carry something a little more robust.
