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I sometimes go camping or hillwalking and although an Apple Watch and iPhone can be kept going for a few days with a battery bank, it’s not entirely ideal. So
by CraigJPerry 6y ago
I sometimes go camping or hillwalking and although an Apple Watch and iPhone can be kept going for a few days with a battery bank, it’s not entirely ideal.
So i bought a 3310 or 3330 i forget which. It even came with headphones and I put on my old gshock watch.
Signal reception is not as good as an iphone but otherwise pretty ideal for hillwalking and maybe an overnight camp.
I can’t really fault the cheap nokias for that use case. I was so impressed that I decided to try using it as a daily for a week and see how i got on - i was going through a periodic prune of notifications in my life at the time, a digital detox so to speak.
Need to quickly transfer money? Nope. Phone banking is stupidly slow.
Want to check the weather? Yeah but no.
Want to search your email for that thing. Nope.
Hey quick, snap a picture of that. Nope.
Todo list? Nope.
Calendar? Nope.
Lookup a password or pin code? Nope.
Read something. Nope.
Take a quick note.
Check the price of something.
How far away is X?
No. No. No.
I didn’t even last a full day :-) i still do think it’s pretty good as a backup or for hillwalking.
- Jaruzel 6y agoBack in the day I ran a few WAP[1] sites for 'feature phones' - I wonder if these nokias can still connect to the internet (over the cell network) and access WAP sites? I've got the archive of my stuff somewhere.... --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Application_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Application_Protocol
- progre 6y agoI don't think I have seen any WAP things for the 3310 but it does have a Opera Mini browser, so regular old (no-js) web surfing is still possible. The rendering engine is even somewhat competent, but since the screen is something like 10x10 pixels you have too zoom into the pages and move around your little zoom-box to read anything.
- Ayesh 6y agoMost sites enforce TLS 1.2 nowadays, and it's likely that the root certificates are expired, or the browser only supports up to TLS 1.0. Opera Mini is proxying stuff, so they would likely work.
- sidpatil 6y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAUuy0n4r8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAUuy0n4r8
- progre 6y agoI hear you, I still need both phones. But the 3310 is the one in my pocket, Samsung stays in the bag until it's called for.
- pjmlp 6y agoNext time take a Nokia 6220: + HSDPA-3.6M/10.2M/ WCDMA-900/2100 / DTM EGPRS-850/900 /1800/1900 Class 11A/32B + GPS navigation with Assisted GPS + Symbian OS 9.3 with the S60 interface 3rd Edition. + Secondary frontal camera for video phone calls (CIF+ resolution). + 2.5 mm headjack for supplied headset. + Micro USB connector. + Bluetooth version 2.0 with A2DP profile. + MicroSD SDHC card slot. + Stereo FM radio with support for Visual Radio and RDS. + Audio player supporting MP3, M4A, eAAC+, RealAudio 7,8,10, and WMA formats. + 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, Carl Zeiss lens and Xenon flash. + Video recording-VGA 640×480 @ 30 fps. + H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.263, RealVideo 7,8,9/10 support. + Java MIDP 2.1 -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6220_Classic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6220_Classic. Ah, and it should last up to three days without intensive use.
- panpanna 6y ago> Ah, and it should last up to three days without intensive use. That is not impressive at all. I can get more from my 2 year old Nokia running Android 10. Right now the phone says 1.5 days since last charge and 2 days remaining with my current usage.
- pjmlp 6y agoIt took Android 10 years, two major projects (Volta and Butter), alongside multiple iterations of Doze mode, adding restrictions to background execution of Android services, to finally catch up with Nokia phones from 2008. Impressive is how we ended up with something like Android taking over the world of mobile devices, thanks to mismanagement from competition side, and a free beer OS.
- sidpatil 6y agoIsn't that the point of a digital detox (or at least of buying a "dumb"phone in the smartphone era)? That you won't be able to do any of those things?
- CraigJPerry 6y agoNah these are essentials. The detox is the non-essential stuff that just accumulates over time. Ping! New podcast episode downloaded. Ping! We think you just visited XXX, leave a review! Ping! See what's been happening on instagram Ping! ...
- Funes- 6y agoWhy would you want to do any of those things while camping or hiking? You are outdoors, surrounded by nature and, perhaps, people you appreciate the company of; enjoy it! Live in the moment!
- CraigJPerry 6y agoI wouldn't, you misread :-)
- Funes- 6y agoYou are right, Craig. I'm sorry. Can we be smartphone-averse friends?