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Our teenage son carries a flip phone. Always has, always will, until he can pay for something else.
by Diederich 9y ago
Our teenage son carries a flip phone. Always has, always will, until he can pay for something else.
- Mankhool 9y agoIf I didn't work for a telco, I would still carry a basic phone.
- Diederich 9y agoThe thing I really, really love about having a Google Pixel phone is the camera, and its with me all the time. I was riding my bicycle to work on Friday and saw the sunrise...it was quite beautiful: https://www.realms.org/pics/IMG_20180105_072614_1.jpg https://www.realms.org/pics/IMG_20180105_072614_1.jpg Besides that, I have very few apps installed on my phone. I basically use it as a mobile web browser from time to time.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThat's a pretty picture. I wonder though, the beautiful Voronoi-like patterns between the leaves are an intentional effect, or camera quality issues rendering as something nice by accident?
- Diederich 9y agoThere's very little deeply 'intentional' about any picture I take. I tend to take virtually no time for composition, and shoot some large number of pics when something catches my eye. I'm told by people who do have some actual talent that a small fraction of the pics I take are good. For this picture, I was actually riding my bicycle, and snapped two dozen shots over 30 seconds.
- rangibaby 9y agoPhones jam a lot of pixels into tiny sensors so need to apply agressive noise reduction. I think that’s what you are seeing.
- tkoski-hs 9y agoI switched back to a "good old plain, non distracting phone" 2013 (http://www.atterobay.com/public/upload_images/model_images/o... http://www.atterobay.com/public/upload_images/model_images/o...) and have been pretty happy. That said, I have to admin that the "features" I'm missing are a camera and a map.
- justinclift 9y agoURL seems truncated?
- hockeybias 9y agoI'm with you! I'd love a smartphone that has a great camera, access to map & weather info and nothing more!
- Nition 9y agoI used to have a Nokia 6700 Slide that was pretty much that, but sadly it died. No GPS though, just maps.
- collinmanderson 9y agoHah. I carried a point and shoot in my pocket from 2004-2010, until I got an iPhone. I used it for telling time, taking photos of maps and other useful notes, etc. Super useful.
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- excalibur 9y agoI tried to buy my son the most basic phone available. $5-$10, no camera. I wanted it to do phone calls, texts, and that's it. Turns out it still had a rudimentary browser. And because the phone was only capable of 3G, his basic line had unlimited data. He spent a ridiculous number of hours watching YouTube on that tiny 1.5" screen.
- djsumdog 9y agoMaybe Motorola needs to bring back their old Razor phones?
- unicornporn 9y agoNokia is already at the retro game: https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/nokia-3310 https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/nokia-3310
- imglorp 9y agoSame for mine. I figure if he displays the maturity and initiative to get a job, then he's qualified.
- Diederich 9y agoFor us, that's part of it. The main reason is how worried we are about the impact unfettered, always on, modern Internet/technology will have on the developing brains of teenagers, and beyond.
- steve_adams_86 9y agoI don't think the impact was great for me, honestly. And that was 15 years ago. The internet is a different place now - maybe not for the better.