xkcd Phone 4
xkcd Phone 4
[An image of a smartphone featuring wings is shown. Clockwise from the top left the labels read:] 18,000 μAh nickel-lithium-iron battery (non-rechargeable) Subwoofer "Dog whistle" Non-porous, washable WebMD partnership: Cough-activated feature reads aloud a random diagnosis for "coughing" Wings Beveled bezel Bezeled bevel Seedless Water resistant down to 30 meters and below 50 Turing-complete Gregorian/Julian calendar switch SpaceX impact protection: When dropped, phone lands on barge Parallel port 12 headphone jacks Onboard cloud New BrightGlo TM display incorporates genetically spliced jellyfish protein (should have used the glowing genes, not the stinging ones) ✓ Certified Software-defined Exposed ductwork Voice interaction: Siri, Cortana, Google Now and Alexa respond simultaneously
[Below the phone:] Introducing The xkcd Phone 4 Did you know "4" is "IV" in Roman numerals? ®© ™

This is the fourth entry in the ongoing xkcd Phone series , and once again, the comic plays with many standard tech buzzwords to create a phone that sounds impressive but would actually be very impractical. The previous comic in the series 1549: xkcd Phone 3 was released just over a year before this one and the next 1809: xkcd Phone 5 was released almost 8 months later.
From the top-left, going clockwise:
[An image of a smartphone featuring wings is shown. Clockwise from the top left the labels read:] 18,000 μAh nickel-lithium-iron battery (non-rechargeable) Subwoofer "Dog whistle" Non-porous, washable WebMD partnership: Cough-activated feature reads aloud a random diagnosis for "coughing" Wings Beveled bezel Bezeled bevel Seedless Water resistant down to 30 meters and below 50 Turing-complete Gregorian/Julian calendar switch SpaceX impact protection: When dropped, phone lands on barge Parallel port 12 headphone jacks Onboard cloud New BrightGlo TM display incorporates genetically spliced jellyfish protein (should have used the glowing genes, not the stinging ones) ✓ Certified Software-defined Exposed ductwork Voice interaction: Siri, Cortana, Google Now and Alexa respond simultaneously
[Below the phone:] Introducing The xkcd Phone 4 Did you know "4" is "IV" in Roman numerals? ®© ™
