>>49437938You wouldn't need to throw the device because the Pokemon aren't being physically stored in it anymore. According to your theory, the process that Pokeballs were created to perform no longer happens when a Pokemon is captured, so why do Pokeballs still exist? All you need is something that can shoot a laser and store data.
>It's just a technological improvement, like how phones became wireless.Modern phones are also completely unrecognizable compared to what phones used to be like.
