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A dumb phone with good camera, texting, etc seems like a good product idea. Has it been done?
by ronbenton 2y ago
A dumb phone with good camera, texting, etc seems like a good product idea. Has it been done?
- netsharc 2y agoI feel like it would suffer feature-creep. Personally I'd want WhatsApp and Google Maps. And if you want to deal with QR codes that redirect you to a restaurant menu or ticket ordering portal (I was visiting a country once, it had a long queue for visas on arrival, but it also had a QR code where I could get said visa online), it would need to have a web browser, well there you go, a portal to distraction has been opened. And then there's a need to have the payment app for the WeChat-esque "Scan QR code to pay" payment system that exists where I live...
- ronbenton 2y agoYes this is what I was thinking too. Everyone’s “must have” features will be different. Once we add them all, we’ll be looking at an iPhone.
- getnormality 2y agoSo what we really need is good parental controls. This will benefit not only parents but also adults who need to parent themselves sometimes.
- ronbenton 2y agoI actually do have some websites blocked on my iphone using the "block adult websites" feature
- tamad 2y agoGood camera is relative, but Light Phone III that launched this week seems to fit this bill.