Which classic piece of retro tech do you wish had never been replaced?

Before streaming fragmented into a dozen subscriptions, buying a DVD meant the film was yours forever — no algorithm could pull it from your shelf at midnight. There was also something deeply satisfying about browsing the shelves at Blockbuster or Woolworths on a Friday evening.

Before Google Maps ate mobile data and your phone battery simultaneously, a dedicated TomTom or Garmin sat on your windscreen and simply did one job brilliantly. No notifications, no rerouting through a WhatsApp message, just a calm synthetic voice and a suction cup.

The Minidisc was sleek, futuristic, and allowed you to record and edit your own mixes long before Spotify playlists existed. It was quietly killed off by the MP3 revolution, but those who had one still speak of it with a reverence bordering on grief.

Laugh all you like, but the fax machine gave documents a sense of gravity and occasion that an email simply cannot replicate. Remarkably, many British solicitors and NHS departments were still using one well into the 2020s, which says something — though we're not entirely sure what.

It fit in your pocket, the battery lasted a week, and Snake was an entirely sufficient form of entertainment. In a world of cracked screens, facial recognition anxiety, and phones that bend under moderate pressure, the 3310 feels less like nostalgia and more like a sensible life choice.