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Last year I tried ditching my iPhone and used a feature phone for a couple of weeks. The biggest annoyance was typing SMS / text messages with the numeric keypa
by jakobegger 8y ago
Last year I tried ditching my iPhone and used a feature phone for a couple of weeks. The biggest annoyance was typing SMS / text messages with the numeric keypad. I absolutely hated it.
Also, all feature phones are hideous.
I think there's a market for a feature phone that has nice messaging and looks good. And since it's based on Android, it might be possible to write apps for it (messaging apps would absolutely make sense).
- jlebrech 8y agoI personally want a phone with a qwerty keyboard, eink and an api.
- Fnoord 8y agoThe biggest annoyance -which Light Phone 2 also has- is that I do not use SMS anymore. I use WhatsApp. Say they implement WhatsApp support. Well, someone else uses Telegram. Yet someone else WeChat. And someone else solely e-mail. There's also some features on Android which I'm too much used to (such as tethering). If your feature phone has Bluetooth you can use a Bluetooth keyboard together with it. You can even use a laptop's keyboard (I know it is possible on Linux and Maemo), perhaps even a game controller [1], and perhaps even a remote (mine has a keyboard). Finally, if you got dictation it doesn't matter. I do agree T9 is horrible though. But if you do use it regularly, you get used to it. [1] https://www.gearbest.com/air-mouse/pp_756041.html?wid=1433363 https://www.gearbest.com/air-mouse/pp_756041.html?wid=143336...