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I'm 24, but I used a Nokia 'dumbphone' for the whole 2010s

14 points by hackerbeat 3y ago

hackerbeat 3y ago
I wish there was a cool flip phone with proper WhatsApp access.
- hackerbeat 3y ago
  Maybe Meta should build that instead of the useless Metaverse.
- remyt 3y ago
  There are some KaiOS flip phones with WhatsApp like the Nokia 2720 Flip or Alcatel Go Flip V for instance.
  - freetanga 3y ago
    I looked at those but felt support for WhatsApp is somewhat limited. I am also considering a two-device approach: a candy bar dumb phone from the company that bought Nokias line, and a something like Onyx Palma (android, eink, no sim slot) tethered to dumb phone. This should give me a comfortable reading experience, a camera, all basic apps (Uber, authenticator, WhatsApp,…) with lower “addiction” (no shiny colors) but also the chance to leave the Palma behind and just take the dumb phone with me (for instance riding by MTB)
- clouddrover 3y ago
  Here's one: https://www.theverge.com/23820202/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-5-review-screen-battery-camera-hinge https://www.theverge.com/23820202/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-5-re...
- dangus 3y ago
  Technically a flip phone with WhatsApp capability: https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/motorola-razr-foldable https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/motorola-razr-foldable Well, it does flip!
TillE 3y ago
I don't even know what you're doing with a basic mobile phone these days, unless you're somebody who really needs to make tons of calls. The whole thing about a smartphone is that it's a computer in your pocket. That's super powerful, and like any computer it's whatever you make of it.
- hackerbeat 3y ago
  Yeah, agreed, but it’s also the biggest timesuck ever.
  - dangus 3y ago
    Except when it runs my robot vacuum or deposits my checks or pays for bus fare or orders my lunch or balances my budget or shows me a video of how to fix something in my house or gets me into a concert without waiting at will call or prevents me from needing to develop film ever again or finds my wallet and keys when I lose them somewhere in the house or allows me to talk to my relatives on video without going on a plane or… I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with a smartphone is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single tool of all time.
    - rrr_oh_man 3y ago
      > I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with a smartphone is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single tool of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with sugar is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single ingredient of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with amphetamine is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single study help of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with porn is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single educational tool of all time.
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AstroJetson 3y ago
I used a Palm Treo from the time they came out until the Sprint-T-Mobile merge. So almost 20 years. Loved the little buttons because I lost the tips of my fingers and being able to write notes with the stylus. (My hand writing now looks like Graffiti on paper. I can read it, but nobody else can) I’d buy Treos on EBay for about $25 stick them in a drawer and swap when one died. I have three apps, Dunkin and Wawa to preorder breakfast, and Waze. I’d love to find a phone with buttons again.
zeagle 3y ago
I wish I could get a dumb phone with signal. I'd be set.
6R1M0R4CL3 3y ago
one trick i use is to keep the smartphone at home at all times. mine replaces the fixed landline phone. people can sms/mms me and i check the phone contents when going home after work or if i'm working from home, after my day of work is done and the work laptop turned off at the end of the day. works nicely because it's a kinda of upgraded landline phone. and with me when not i home i carry a dumb phone and only family members can call me or message me on it.
khalidx 3y ago
One word. Maps.
scrubs 3y ago
Other than advancing some identity statement or some breakfast-movie-club-esque social categorization who cares the guy is 24? Sheesh. Always be hustling identity style is exhausting.
aamoyg 3y ago
What about the Cat S22

14 points by hackerbeat 3y ago

hackerbeat 3y ago

I wish there was a cool flip phone with proper WhatsApp access.

hackerbeat 3y ago
Maybe Meta should build that instead of the useless Metaverse.
remyt 3y ago
There are some KaiOS flip phones with WhatsApp like the Nokia 2720 Flip or Alcatel Go Flip V for instance.
- freetanga 3y ago
  I looked at those but felt support for WhatsApp is somewhat limited. I am also considering a two-device approach: a candy bar dumb phone from the company that bought Nokias line, and a something like Onyx Palma (android, eink, no sim slot) tethered to dumb phone. This should give me a comfortable reading experience, a camera, all basic apps (Uber, authenticator, WhatsApp,…) with lower “addiction” (no shiny colors) but also the chance to leave the Palma behind and just take the dumb phone with me (for instance riding by MTB)
clouddrover 3y ago
Here's one: https://www.theverge.com/23820202/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-5-review-screen-battery-camera-hinge https://www.theverge.com/23820202/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-5-re...
dangus 3y ago
Technically a flip phone with WhatsApp capability: https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/motorola-razr-foldable https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/motorola-razr-foldable Well, it does flip!

TillE 3y ago

I don't even know what you're doing with a basic mobile phone these days, unless you're somebody who really needs to make tons of calls. The whole thing about a smartphone is that it's a computer in your pocket. That's super powerful, and like any computer it's whatever you make of it.

hackerbeat 3y ago
Yeah, agreed, but it’s also the biggest timesuck ever.
- dangus 3y ago
  Except when it runs my robot vacuum or deposits my checks or pays for bus fare or orders my lunch or balances my budget or shows me a video of how to fix something in my house or gets me into a concert without waiting at will call or prevents me from needing to develop film ever again or finds my wallet and keys when I lose them somewhere in the house or allows me to talk to my relatives on video without going on a plane or… I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with a smartphone is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single tool of all time.
  - rrr_oh_man 3y ago
    > I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with a smartphone is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single tool of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with sugar is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single ingredient of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with amphetamine is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single study help of all time. I swear the everyone acts like the only thing you can do with porn is be hopelessly addicted to it. It’s the most useful single educational tool of all time.
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AstroJetson 3y ago

I used a Palm Treo from the time they came out until the Sprint-T-Mobile merge. So almost 20 years. Loved the little buttons because I lost the tips of my fingers and being able to write notes with the stylus. (My hand writing now looks like Graffiti on paper. I can read it, but nobody else can) I’d buy Treos on EBay for about $25 stick them in a drawer and swap when one died. I have three apps, Dunkin and Wawa to preorder breakfast, and Waze. I’d love to find a phone with buttons again.

zeagle 3y ago

I wish I could get a dumb phone with signal. I'd be set.

6R1M0R4CL3 3y ago

one trick i use is to keep the smartphone at home at all times. mine replaces the fixed landline phone. people can sms/mms me and i check the phone contents when going home after work or if i'm working from home, after my day of work is done and the work laptop turned off at the end of the day. works nicely because it's a kinda of upgraded landline phone. and with me when not i home i carry a dumb phone and only family members can call me or message me on it.

khalidx 3y ago

One word. Maps.

scrubs 3y ago

Other than advancing some identity statement or some breakfast-movie-club-esque social categorization who cares the guy is 24? Sheesh. Always be hustling identity style is exhausting.

aamoyg 3y ago

What about the Cat S22