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You know how the iPod is now this tiny little clip on chip with earphones? I want a phone like that. No app, no "smart this or that" - just a phone, with an con

You know how the iPod is now this tiny little clip on chip with earphones? I want a phone like that. No app, no "smart this or that" - just a phone, with an contact list. The thing can to voice calls and SMS ONLY. It's a real cellular phone, but without all the crap, and a monthly use cost of under $20. Make that, and you'll see a revolution.

skatenerd 10y ago
like a burner t-mobile flip phone from Walgreens?
- this-dang-guy 10y ago
  That's what I was thinking. Maybe they're looking for smaller, like that awesome 'gag' flip-phone in Zoolander.
andars 10y ago
What kind of revolution are you expecting? Loads of people already have smartphones and I don't see them switching, and you can already get a flip phone for < $10.
- bsenftner 10y ago
  This point is a Trump/Brexit type phone - none of the built up cruft and corruption of a "smart phone". If is just a phone. The "revolution" will be the massive loss of revenue the popularity of such a device would bring, which consumers could use as a purchase weapon to say "no more spy hardware!"
Grishnakh 10y ago
Why would anyone want this? If you just want cheap service, you can already get that with a full-fledged smartphone with data. I pay less than $20/month with Ting, and I'm sure you can get similar deals with other MVNOs. You can't constantly stream YouTube videos all month long for that price though; you get that kind of bill by not using your phone that much, and doing a lot of your talking over WiFi using VoIP apps. And you can get "burner" flip-phones for next to nothing anyway which will do exactly what you want here. If people really wanted stripped-down phones that much, those flip-phones would be extremely popular, but they're just not. There's no "revolution" to be had here.
jotux 10y ago
Build your own: https://www.seeedstudio.com/RePhone-Kit-Create-p-2552.html# https://www.seeedstudio.com/RePhone-Kit-Create-p-2552.html#
- bsenftner 10y ago
  And that "kit" is a smart-ish type phone, which cost over 2x what I said the price should be for the final product. The point is a non-smart device as a form of protest against the ever-present spy hardware everything is becoming.

skatenerd 10y ago

like a burner t-mobile flip phone from Walgreens?

this-dang-guy 10y ago
That's what I was thinking. Maybe they're looking for smaller, like that awesome 'gag' flip-phone in Zoolander.

andars 10y ago

What kind of revolution are you expecting? Loads of people already have smartphones and I don't see them switching, and you can already get a flip phone for < $10.

bsenftner 10y ago
This point is a Trump/Brexit type phone - none of the built up cruft and corruption of a "smart phone". If is just a phone. The "revolution" will be the massive loss of revenue the popularity of such a device would bring, which consumers could use as a purchase weapon to say "no more spy hardware!"

Grishnakh 10y ago

Why would anyone want this? If you just want cheap service, you can already get that with a full-fledged smartphone with data. I pay less than $20/month with Ting, and I'm sure you can get similar deals with other MVNOs. You can't constantly stream YouTube videos all month long for that price though; you get that kind of bill by not using your phone that much, and doing a lot of your talking over WiFi using VoIP apps. And you can get "burner" flip-phones for next to nothing anyway which will do exactly what you want here. If people really wanted stripped-down phones that much, those flip-phones would be extremely popular, but they're just not. There's no "revolution" to be had here.

jotux 10y ago

Build your own: https://www.seeedstudio.com/RePhone-Kit-Create-p-2552.html# https://www.seeedstudio.com/RePhone-Kit-Create-p-2552.html#

bsenftner 10y ago
And that "kit" is a smart-ish type phone, which cost over 2x what I said the price should be for the final product. The point is a non-smart device as a form of protest against the ever-present spy hardware everything is becoming.