At this point in time it is hard to imagine daily life without the luxury of a smartphone. At the tip of your fingertips are the Internet, movies, music, television shows, your contact list, games and even flashlights.

Oh yeah, it also makes phone calls.

But on the CBS television show How I Met Your Mother, which you may have noticed on one of the 16 channels playing it on syndication this fall season, nailed this bit about life as the group before and after the smartphones.

Before



After