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A cheap phone without a sim would be way more capable alternative though

by villgax 6y ago

dalke 6y ago
Except likely larger and with less durability and battery life, yes?
- comprev 6y ago
  Depends on how long the mobile can last on with just bluetooth being toggled. Disable mobile and wifi, and use USB to transfer the audio?
- 0-_-0 6y ago
  A phone with all antennas turned off can last for a week in my experience. Some ROMs allow you to underclock the CPU too which can give another huge boost.
- villgax 6y ago
  You can get second hand smaller 4" android phones, which would also have swappable batteries. Battery life is never an issue with airplane mode anyway so I don't think OP would mind that, plus he can always charge up anywhere.
  - villgax 6y ago
    This app makes the click wheel UI as well https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/11/21010953/apple-iphone-ipod-app-rewound-app-store-features-music-player-apple-music https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/11/21010953/apple-iphone-ip...
jesperlang 6y ago
I did this but be vary of poor head phone connectors. My Nokia 130 started panning the sound randomly after a year or so and ultimately gave up altogether after two. Usually these oldschool phones do play music and you can manage songs quite ok with files/folders on a micro sd card. What can be annoying though is a terrible UI for playing your music, don't expect things browsing tracks by artist for example...
at-fates-hands 6y ago
I had an old Motorola Droid I used to do this with, then switched to my Windows phone without any issues. Battery lasts a few days when you turn everything off, and the music app's interface is clean and easy to use. I just dropped a 128GB card in with all my music and podcasts and I was off and runnig. You can find several older Android and Windows phone models for around $50 or less on ebay and most of those early phones had replaceable batteries as well. Grab and extra battery and you should be set for a few years.

A cheap phone without a sim would be way more capable alternative though

dalke 6y ago

Except likely larger and with less durability and battery life, yes?

comprev 6y ago
Depends on how long the mobile can last on with just bluetooth being toggled. Disable mobile and wifi, and use USB to transfer the audio?
0-_-0 6y ago
A phone with all antennas turned off can last for a week in my experience. Some ROMs allow you to underclock the CPU too which can give another huge boost.
villgax 6y ago
You can get second hand smaller 4" android phones, which would also have swappable batteries. Battery life is never an issue with airplane mode anyway so I don't think OP would mind that, plus he can always charge up anywhere.
- villgax 6y ago
  This app makes the click wheel UI as well https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/11/21010953/apple-iphone-ipod-app-rewound-app-store-features-music-player-apple-music https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/11/21010953/apple-iphone-ip...

jesperlang 6y ago

I did this but be vary of poor head phone connectors. My Nokia 130 started panning the sound randomly after a year or so and ultimately gave up altogether after two. Usually these oldschool phones do play music and you can manage songs quite ok with files/folders on a micro sd card. What can be annoying though is a terrible UI for playing your music, don't expect things browsing tracks by artist for example...

at-fates-hands 6y ago

I had an old Motorola Droid I used to do this with, then switched to my Windows phone without any issues. Battery lasts a few days when you turn everything off, and the music app's interface is clean and easy to use. I just dropped a 128GB card in with all my music and podcasts and I was off and runnig. You can find several older Android and Windows phone models for around $50 or less on ebay and most of those early phones had replaceable batteries as well. Grab and extra battery and you should be set for a few years.