ffxv bonus items?

[Enkidoh]

That's a silly argument because the world of Final Fantasy VII was built around stuff like that. The PHS system in Final Fantasy VII is literally a phone.

Exactly, the PHS in FFVII was taken wholesale from real life, it is a real-world mobile phone/cellular service that formerly was popular in Japan and is still found in some Asian countries to this day. The branded phones in the Compilation only extended from that.

And besides, before you pass judgement even the linkshells here in FFXIV are effectively mobile phones in all but physical form (they give a phone like tone when someone is calling on them in cutscenes, and Cid even explained at one point that they use electromagnetic waves to function: i.e. radio. Which is how phones transmit information at their core.).

So real world concepts definitely do fit in the FF series (lets not also forget that the very first FF game featured a mechanical robot, a submarine/scuba diving, a holographic video display and a flying castle/airship too in an otherwise Tolkien-esque fantasy world of knights, castles, elves and magic, but that's another story...).

[ZhaneX]

even the linkshells here in FFXIV are effectively mobile phones in all but physical form (they give a phone like tone when someone is calling on them in cutscenes, and Cid even explained at one point that they use electromagnetic waves to function: i.e. radio. Which is how phones transmit information at their core.).

Fun fact, I downloaded the old Fankit sound package, and actually do have the FFXIV Linkshell Alert set as my ringtone.

I'm sure I'm far from the only one.