Net find: When the selfie-stick gets stuck in your smartphone

When people used to go sightseeing, you’d often find yourself having a stranger’s camera shoved into your hand so that you could take a photo of its owner. This is a thing of the past: these days, many hobby photographers own a selfie-stick and don’t have to let their beloved smartphone out of their sight. We don’t want to comment on whether this is sensible or utter nonsense here. But the fact is, that selfie-sticks can often be a strange sight, for instance, when the smartphone to suddenly rings.

Selfie-Stick phone call. #CES2015 pic.twitter.com/sb9PoVWDFW

— Roberto Baldwin (@strngwys) 7. Januar 2015 «

What is your optinion of this new trend in smartphone photography? A nice gimmick or a tool for teenagers?