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Since buying a larger-screen e-ink device, I have been wanting to go back to a dumb phone. But just a few features preclude this. 1. Dialing in the dumb phone.
by dotancohen 3y ago
Since buying a larger-screen e-ink device, I have been wanting to go back to a dumb phone. But just a few features preclude this.
1. Dialing in the dumb phone. No dumb phones support CardDav syncing.
2. Very few dumb phones can function as wifi hotspots for the e-ink device.
3. Few dumb phones can record calls.
4. I forget what eight was for... seriously I had one or two other issues but I don't remember what they were.
- bloopernova 3y agoAlways up for a good Femmes reference!
- iancmceachern 3y agoAndroid phones can't record calls either.
- dotancohen 3y agoMy current Samsung Note does.
- seanw444 3y agoMy Pixel 7 Pro does. But I have GrapheneOS, so maybe that's not a vanilla feature.
- minorannoyance2 3y agoRecording calls was possible on pretty much any Android phone until google killed the accessibility API in May 2022, since then at least Google and Samsung phones can still record calls, it's just disabled in some countries for legal reasons, but people then buy phones from other regions on ebay/other similar platforms. It's been a "thing" for years.