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It's technologically possible to combine $600 smartphone and dumb phone and make smartphone that has has 1 month battery and all day speaking if you don't activ
by Nokinside 10y ago
It's technologically possible to combine $600 smartphone and dumb phone and make smartphone that has has 1 month battery and all day speaking if you don't activate smartphone features (you might want to add low power dummy display on the backside).
Consumers might like it but everybody else would hate it. It cuts into profits and teaches wrong habits to consumers.
- oblio 10y agoThe truth is, nobody wants that. I got a Sony Xperia Z5 Compact. I turned on "stamina mode", where almost everything is disabled. In that case the battery lasts more than 1 week. However friends want to messsage me on Whatsapp (ergo wifi or mobile data), I want to use the GPS from time to time, I want to google things from time to time (ergo more wifi or mobile data), etc., etc.
- Nokinside 10y ago>nobody wants that. >I want to I agree. It's important to direct wants of the consumer into frequent use. The real value in marketing is creating cultures where people must consume to participate. Consumer needs are path dependent, so it's important to not allow avenues for countercultures or ways to avoid traps.
- oblio 10y agoI'm not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying they're guiding/tricking me into wanting/using the GPS?
- digi_owl 10y agoMy take on that is to carry a 3G (UMTS) featurephone that i tether a Android "phone" to via Bluetooth. Said featurephone is getting long in the tooth though and pretty banged up (and is on its second battery)...