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I would LOVE to go back to a dumb phone like this, but three use cases really prevent me from doing so at the moment: 1) GPS / Maps for navigation: I agree wit
by s3r3nity 8y ago
I would LOVE to go back to a dumb phone like this, but three use cases really prevent me from doing so at the moment:
1) GPS / Maps for navigation: I agree with your sentiment, but I find that I"m _more_ likely to travel or take adventures when I know I can fall back to Google / Apple Maps as a safeguard for getting me from A-to-B, or finding new places around me.
2) Uber / Lyft / Ride Sharing: I can already use Siri on Apple Watch to say "Hey Siri, get me an Uber," so why can't I text a service like that? Or maybe a dumb phone with Google Assistant installed that could aid with those types of tasks? [Disclaimer: a service or phone like that _might_ exist, but in my limited time searching I haven't found one I like nor trust just yet.]
3) Photography: I'm no pro, but I do enjoy taking very good quality pictures at the fraction of the cost of a bulky thousand dollar camera, alongside the auto-backups and location-data stored alongside.
- JohnJamesRambo 8y agoI had similar worries but I want to use a paper map again and I want to use my excellent Pentax ME Super 35mm camera again to take quality photos. The 3310 has a 2 mp camera for emergency photos. It can hold 7 (!) pics in the internal memory unless you add an SD card, haha. I don't use Uber, so I don't have that issue. I can see where that may be troublesome and I agree a text service would be nice for that.