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It's frustrating how very, very large dumbphones are. Dimensions on this device are 131mm x 53mm @ 13.7mm thick ... and that 13.7mm thick is almost comically t
by rsync 5y ago
It's frustrating how very, very large dumbphones are.
Dimensions on this device are 131mm x 53mm @ 13.7mm thick ... and that 13.7mm thick is almost comically thick. This is for a device that does a very small subset of what a smartphone does and does not benefit from screen real estate.
The tradeoff we should be making is smarts vs. size ... but in this case, you get the lack of a smartphone but also weirdly large and ... comically large in one dimension.
If you're wondering what should be possible in this product space, look at the MOTO F3 (FONE)[1] which is 16 years old and had dimensions of 114mm / 47mm / 9mm.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Fone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Fone
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- miniwark 5y agoThere are smaller dumbphones than the Nokia 6300. For example the Nokia 2720 Flip is smaller wile closed. The Punkt MP02 phone is also a bit smaller. There are also credit card sized dumb phones like the LightPhone (pricey), the Kyocera KY-01L (Japan exclusive) and the Talkase (defunct). But you are right this phones like the Nokias and the Punkts are a bit thicker by around 5-7 millimeter than the MOTO F3. Looking at the phones it seems to me than it's because of design choice. The Nokias have photo capabilities (not the MOTO) and the Punkt have a reinforced plastic body.
- catherd 5y agoThat QVGA camera probably needs a lot of room. Joke, but also not a joke due to different market pressures on components like that vs. the high end ones.