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Ask HN: Why don't smartphones fulfill their #1 purpose?
IMO, the #1 purpose of cell phones should be for safety reasons in an emergency. The phone that I would want to buy my kids doesn't exist yet (as far as I'm aware of). I want a phone that prevents a car driver from texting and driving. It should be easy for someone in danger to put it in danger mode so that it can notify local authorities and can also notify close friends and family and even record audio and stream pictures of the perpetrator without the phone being able to be turned off when in danger mode and it should be difficult to break or disassemble.
Okay, yes I am an overly paranoid millennial but I am the way that I am and I would take a phone that fulfills the purpose of keeping my wife and children safe over one with an app store featuring a billion apps.
Why hasn't this happened yet?