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Most of the modern "dumbphones" (or "feature phones") would do this just fine for you. If you want one that can survive anything life will throw at it, look at
by Syonyk 2y ago
Most of the modern "dumbphones" (or "feature phones") would do this just fine for you.
If you want one that can survive anything life will throw at it, look at the Sonim devices - the XP3+ (flip) or XP5+ (candybar). They're Android Go, have exceptionally good (week and a half, easily) battery life, hotspot just fine, and handle actual use a lot better than the KaiOS toys out there. Maybe 3.x is better, but KaiOS 2.x couldn't handle actual use for more than a few weeks without starting to lag, requiring you to remove texts from it so the interface wasn't glacial, and mine eventually just stopped bothering to notify me about incoming calls and texts, which is your one job... The Android Go stuff seems to actually hold up to sustained moderate use.
- bradfa 2y agoDo any of these Android Go phones have semi decent cameras? That’s a big holdup for many people.
- adastra22 2y agoIn the context of this thread, that’s what the iPad mini is for.
- Syonyk 2y agohttps://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-plus/ https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-... has some sample images from mine - it's an 8MP camera. Not amazing, but also not a 2MP potato.
- bradfa 2y agoThanks! That's exactly the kind of info I was looking for! :)
- 0x38B 2y agoI used a KaiOS device for about 6 months. My expectations weren’t high, but texting and T9 input were a mess: A) I had to manually enter captital I, apostrophe, and ‘m’ every time I wanted to write “I’m”. B) New words (like brand and place names) displace common words in the built-in wordlist - that is, T9 gets worse the more you use it. It was still an OK digital minimalist/detox device - the GMaps web app with voice search was good enough. The Android Go devices you mentioned sound far better – I’m never touching KaiOS again.
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- guestbest 2y agoFunny, but for number one in your list, PalmOS 3 could do that in 1998 on a 16mhz 32 bit Motorola processor. It was just one of those attention to details that made the platform so nice to use.
- WhyNotHugo 2y ago> Most of the modern "dumbphones" (or "feature phones") would do this just fine for you. Assuming you use something like WhatsApp, Facebook or something alike. Modern "feature phones" include built-in applications for messaging and calling, and you generally can't install anything custom on them.