Rotom Phone (rPhone)

The Rotom Phone (*スマホロトム* *Smartphone Rotom*), more commonly known as the "rPhone" by the general Soras public, is a Rotom device invented by Professor Eli Wolftree as a substitute to regular cell phones used in the Pokémon World.

## Origin

Before Eli was turned into a Zeratoed and was still working at Aether Paradise, she was inspired by the Rotom Pokedex's technology over in Alola and decided to make a mobile phone version of it. When Eli asked Faba for funding of this project, he said no because it is too childish for a scientist like Eli to make an invention that would not only be possibly abusive towards Rotom, but one that would make people who'd use it act cringy and "hip." Lusamine, however, disagreed with Faba's statement, and decided to give Eli funding for this wonderful invention, since touch phones don't exist yet in the Pokemon World and knew Eli would make the device safe for the Rotom to be in due to her kind, gentle attitude towards other Pokemon. Eli began to work on this new invention, and after a few months of testing, research, and development, the rPhone was born! Since then, the entire of Aether Paradise had used rPhones, but the general public couldn't use it yet due to it being in it's last testing stages. After getting turned into a Zeratoed and moving to Soras, Eli decided to make a few of these for the general public to use, but it was much more difficult for her to remake a bunch of them again due to her Zeratoed instincts and abilities constantly getting in the way like her spontaneous squeaking noises. After finally making a few hundred rPhones for the general public, Eli sold these to people with a bag on her head, and eventually, everyone in the Soras region started to use them constantly instead of their old cell phones.

## Functions and Features

* Unlike the iPhones and Android phones of the real world, the rPhone is able to run ***both*** iOS and Android applications.
* The rPhone has some features carried over from the modern computer like a downloads dropbox, a desktop mode, and Minchinosoft (the Pokémon World equivalent to Microsoft) Office.
* The rPhone's camera is able to take pictures and shoot videos at studio quality with a ton of filters.
* Instead of an Emoji keyboard, the rPhone has a Japanese emoticon keyboard as one of it's default keyboards.
* Not only does the rPhone have the App Market (the Pokémon World equivalent to the App Store), but it also has a legal version of Necrozia (the Pokémon World equivalent to Cydia), making jailbreaking completely useless.
* The rPhone has all the jailbroken features of an iPhone and Android, except they are legal and non-jailbroken.
* Since the rPhone is powered by a Rotom, it never dies out unless the Rotom's HP is at 0.
* There *is* a function where trainers can take out the Rotom from the rPhone, but it is not advised because the hyper lithium battery will take over and they *will* need to charge the rPhone with a special charger. Thankfully, due to the popularity of the Rotom Pokédex, Rotoms are easier to obtain and cheaper to buy.
* The rPhone also has the Rotom Pokédex feature as a default un-deletable app, making it the first ever Pokédex to be built into a cellular device. Trainers can even turn notifications off for the Pokédex if they don't aim to catch them all.
* Some people say the rPhone is inhumane for the Rotom, but in reality, Eli confirms to the nay-sayers that the electricity which runs through the rPhone can feed Rotom with digital food and water, which is about as good, if not better than regular food and water.
* Like the real-world equivalent to Siri, trainers can choose to talk to Rotom and ask questions for it to answer. If Rotom doesn't know the answer, it can search the web for a more accurate one.
* Unlike Siri, trainers can change Rotom's voice to something more fitting. The defaults are Male Rotom, Female Rotom, Abridged PowerMadOtaku Whisper, Normal Whisper, and Normal Rotom. More voices can be downloaded from the Internet or Necrozia if it's trainer chooses to do so.
* Despite all these neat features, the Rotom's voice can be extremely annoying when doing simple tasks like calling someone, identifying Pokémon, and selecting options. Thankfully, trainers can turn this feature off in the settings section, and can be extremely helpful if they decide to bring an rPhone to a generally quiet place like the library or school.

## Trivia

* The rPhone is heavily inspired by Apple's iPhone, and functions almost exactly like it as well with a few differences.
* This was the professor's second successful invention, with the first being the Roboruff, and the third being the Pokérus Pill.
* Coincidentally, another variant of the Rotom Phone exists in Pokemon Sword and Shield, but is invented by Professor Magnolia and functions much differently then Eli's model.

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