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ah, blast from the past! this has to be one of my top favorite HN submissions of all time, I recall 5 years ago when I first saw it posted here I was amazed. It

ah, blast from the past! this has to be one of my top favorite HN submissions of all time, I recall 5 years ago when I first saw it posted here I was amazed. It'd be interesting to see a 2018 "Gonkai" phone.

userbinator 8y ago
If you search AliExpress for "mini phone" you'll find plenty. Looks like the price hasn't changed much: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Arrival-Ultra-Thin-AIEK-AEKU-C6-1-0-Card-Phone-Bluetooth-2-0-Calender-Alarm/32702911721.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Arrival-Ultra-Thin-AIEK-... It's amusing to see some of them advertised as being "low radiation", presumably to appeal to the health quacks, but all that phrase connotes in my mind is "bad reception". Edit: a look inside reveals not much has changed from the one in the article, only the casing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h8Ca-yzKuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h8Ca-yzKuc
- da02 8y ago
  Have you used these? Any good for receiving and making phone calls?
  - sm64 8y ago
    I wouldn't trust the battery
- 0db532a0 8y ago
  According to the page, it even has a small fuselage.
bacon_waffle 8y ago
Not a Gonkai phone, but you might be interested in the iPhone aftermarket engineering behind this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY5R-7dgbEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY5R-7dgbEA