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Do we think a dumb phone Nokia and calls only SIM is just as good (to avoid all the drilling etc. of installing landlines in each kids room?)
by mememememememo 7mo ago
Do we think a dumb phone Nokia and calls only SIM is just as good (to avoid all the drilling etc. of installing landlines in each kids room?)
- jabroni_salad 7mo agoOoma has a wifi box that you plug your handset into. It's not like a POTS where you need to put a jack in every room.
- jkestner 7mo agoI dug out an old Motofone (the $40 eink candybar) for this reason, only to discover that it’s 2G, which has been decommissioned. Too bad, would’ve been fun to watch the kid learn T9.
- mememememememo 7mo ago2G to 3G converter ftw!
- ale42 7mo agoIs there such a thing? Given it's radio waves in regulated radio spectrum, I'm not sure such a device would even be allowed to operate without a license. This said, there are 3G Nokia dumbphones (e.g. C2-01). I just had to stop using one because my operator tore down the 3G network here, like in most of Europe. (2G was already down since some time). Edit: there are even 4G-VoLTE dumbphones by the way.
- eloisant 7mo agoModern dumbphones exist: https://www.hmd.com/en_int/nokia-3210 https://www.hmd.com/en_int/nokia-3210
- jkestner 7mo agoOf course they do. But this is HN - not as neat as using the 15-year-old phone I have.
- jtbayly 7mo agoI mean, sure you can find them if you look hard enough, but a phone that plays videos is not a dumbphone in my book. And I wouldn't hand it to my kid. It's probably worse than handing them a smartphone, because I'm guessing it is just dumb enough to have no parental controls.
- tbyehl 7mo agoFor Americans, QVC and Target regularly have the BLU Flex or TCL Flip 3 bundled with a year of Tracfone service for $50 or less.
- carlosjobim 7mo agoYou can buy a new feature phone with 4G for peanuts.
- ninalanyon 7mo agoNokia 105 has 4G version.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7mo agoI believe cordless VoIP phones are still a product one can purchase new. They need only an electrical outlet for the charge stand.