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Watch Young People Desperately Trying to Use Old Technology

Published July 28, 2016 by Olivia Ryan in  User Experience
Updated on April 14, 2023

Frustrated young boy dressed as a businessman with a phone receiver on his head, sitting at an old-fashioned office desk with vintage computer and rotary phone.

Kids are good at latest technology because they grow up with it, but what if you let young people use some old tech for the first time? As it seems usability testing old stuff with kids can really be fun to watch 😉.

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Kids vs. Nintendo NES

The very first cell phone

Teens using flip phones for the first time

Kids vs. an old macintosh computer

Olivia and Tori trying to figure out how to use a rotary phone

Kids vs. ’80s video games

Grandparents Teach Their Grandkids Old Technology

Bonus: Classic 90’s – The Kids Guide to the Internet

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