return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down128
arrow-up1450arrow-down1external-linkPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square269fedilink
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up59arrow-down1·6 months agoUh, they DO still make dumb phones. And people still buy them.
minus-squareVaggumon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·6 months agoYep, 79 year old father in law has a brand new dumb phone with a t-9 keypad, made by TCL. Works perfectly fine.
minus-squareapplepie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·6 months agoYeah but this type of story doesn’t generate click bait headline.
minus-squarehagelslager@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoYeah, for around 20-30 euros you can get a cheap Nokia branded phone as far as I’m aware (105 and 106 series for example).
minus-squarerefalolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoproprietary Chinese processor (Unisoc) AND operating system (Mocor), nothx
Uh, they DO still make dumb phones. And people still buy them.
Yep, 79 year old father in law has a brand new dumb phone with a t-9 keypad, made by TCL. Works perfectly fine.
Yeah but this type of story doesn’t generate click bait headline.
not even once
Yeah, for around 20-30 euros you can get a cheap Nokia branded phone as far as I’m aware (105 and 106 series for example).
Yep. They even made a new 3310.
proprietary Chinese processor (Unisoc) AND operating system (Mocor), nothx