What is LULZ's consensus on dumb phones? Based or cringe?
The "Dumb Phone" Meme
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>using phones
Pretty cringe
fpbp and extremely based... but if you really have to then flip phones rule.
Anybody who fell for the "smart" phone meme and still uses one in le current year deserves everything they get.
I'm using a smart phone. What exactly do I get?
Tech neck, arthritis, ADHD and addiction cycles.
None of that yet
That's because you're still only 17 years old.
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i get it, phones sucks because they spy on you but if you have a job you have to send and read emails and messages and do phone calls, so yeah it's a good tool
2 and 3
I had one with a qwerty keyboard, but there aren't any good ones that are 4g compatible. The government is forcing carriers to use VoLTE
the good ones are too expensive to make them worth buying
also fuck them not having a touchscreen keyboard or a full physical keyboard, im not gonna waste my time writing messages with the numpad
>full physical keyboard
This is the requirement, but none of them have a good keyboard.
>the good ones are too expensive to make them worth buying
Yeah I've noticed this too, namely the punkt and light phones
>light phones
my brother had one of these. they're an absolute fucking rip off.
what
smartphones start at 199€ here and dumb phones 29€
what
smartphones start way below €100. something like Xiaomi Redmi 9A is €85, and you can find even cheaper phones is you absolutely don't give a fuck about quality.
Man, I miss my old flip phone.
REQUIREMENTS:
>good camera
>good mic
>encrypted messaging capability
>good notes app
>media player
>offline gps
>FULL SIZED QWERTY KEYBOARD
>ability to operate as a hotspot
mine requirements are simpler:
- full tmobile us support
- android-based and fully rootable, bootloader unlockable
- small
- decent quality audio with headphone jack
That'd do me fine.
i'm the same way.
don't care much about the tmobile stuff, just as long as I can have prepaid service. i don't use much data.
bootloader access is great, but I'm not a privacy head. fine with using stock droid
small is very important, i have a phablet from my employer and it's nice, but impractically big.
headphone jack is S tier.
That's not a dumbphone. The whole point is to cut off access to the internet and scrolling apps.
>cut off access to the internet
This is suicide.
>scrolling apps
It can be accomplished by making using it annoying.
>This is suicide.
No, you're just an addict. You could still use a computer, but smartphones are designed to force you into a dopamine loop addicted consumer. At least with a PC you can create rather than just passively consuming.
You are a fucking idiot. Just get a grip and exercise some self control.
Yea, tell an OCD person not to sort things. Tell an autistic person to just be normal. Go fuck yourself, retard.
>I am le querky neuro divergent that can't do basic tasks like not opening muhhh social media
Jesus Christ the absolute fucking state.
You don't have an addictive personality. Good for you, homosexual.
>This is suicide
Lmao imagine being this green
I didn't have nternet till I was 25.
lmao
just buy a smartphone and don't use the internet and scrolling apps
THERE IS NO FUCKING QWERTY SMARTPHONE EITHER
No uniherts slabs don't count
just adapt to the touch screen
>just buy a smartphone and don't use the internet and scrolling apps
While I'm at it, I'll just have alcohol in my refrigerator and not drink it all then go to the store to get more in an ever-expanding downward spiral.
There are no more small androids that aren't shite. That is not an option.
Nokia C12, if you can get it
>6.3"
>small
You didn't live during the era evidently
you're right, i meant the C02
That's huge though.
> Dimensions 160.6 x 74.3 x 8.8 mm
>small
anything above 140 x 60 mm is too fucking big
waiting to see if xperia ace 4 is good
I wish those were usable in the US. The size looks decent.
>don't use the internet and scrolling apps
it's harder than it looks. I tried this for a week but couldn't help myself from re-downloading all the apps I used prior and aimlessly browsing the internet. the fact that smartphones make it so easy for you to download apps and use the internet makes it harder for the user to distance himself from these things. like anon kind of eluded to previously, you shouldn't let an alcoholic keep a box of booze in his refrigerator if he's trying to curb the habit. this is essentially the idea behind the dumb phone trend. whether we are aware of it or not, the vast majority of people have genuine clinical addictions to their phones, social media, and other forms of technology.
If you have attention issues, buying a dumb phone isn't going to fix your problem.
Maybe use a parental control for your self? Have someone input a password and never tell you.
There are legitimately people like this:
Just looking at her face I know I can count her brain cells using the fingers of my dick.
By Android-based I was allowing for FirefoxOS, which is definitely dumb, and has been oft used on some janky feature phones. That would be fine, but all the options are awful, aimed the severely impoverished markets.
Firefox OS can do all these things but it's essentially unmaintained pajeetware and so bad that you won't want to use any of them.
I love it. I never even bother charging my phone since I get text messages over email now anyway. It's just enough that people don't gripe about my not having a phone when I'm traveling.
unihertz jelly 2
REQUIREMENTS
>Can receive text for MFA
>Can call 911 and the occasional other number.
Literally all I'm asking for. Fucking hell.
There are plenty of bullshit phones like that. What the fuck are you talking about?
After I posted I realized I had forgot the 3rd requirement
>Cannot do anything else BESIDES those two things with a sufficiently reduced price.
>Cannot do anything else BESIDES those two things with a sufficiently reduced price.
Why not, and what price?
For example, what is the benefit of not having a calendar that you never use?
I don't care about talking to you.
ok, well I'm sure you'll get your weird wish
>>FULL SIZED QWERTY KEYBOARD
aside of this I'm agree. Numpads keyboard are pure SOVL. Also I still have muscle memory of blind texting with it
in the context of relationships and dating;
numbered keypads have the benefit of making you text very briefly and preferring a phone call. these are two chad habits to nurture in yourself. texting too much is beta behavior and makes you seem needy with little going on, and initiating a phone call signifies confidence and is a much more comfortable way to have a conversation. you have the persons full attention and feedback is more sincere.
& sml stuf like txting like ths
rather than;
Sending a text containing perfect grammar and punctuation.
can have a subconscious effect on the receiver. the overly grammatical message signifies trying to impress someone and being well conditioned, a well behaved rule follower. while the brief one that follows no rules implies someone who doesnt care what your opinion is of them, they feel themselves as a prize, high confidence, has a more badboy streak, etc etc.
one is more attractive than the other.
Not typing properly is telltale underage/zoomer/nagger behavior.
AKA people with testosterone
why do you think teachers fuck their male students so much? they have confidence and dont follow rules, theyre "exciting".
>why do you think teachers fuck their male students so much
They're gay
agreed. i call a lot more now.
My bro went through senior year of college w/out a phone. stay strong yall.
So an apple touch?
No. I want a physical keyboard and I don't want apps or a good web browser.
REQUIREMENTS:
>make and receive phonecalls
>make and receive text messages
There we are.
There are plenty that do this. I made my list because the phone I want does not exist.
this is all anyone really needs. a phone shouldn't be anything more than a device used to call and text. all of these additional arbitrary "needs" that people come up with just confine them to their devices even more.
Schok Classic is great.
All I am asking for is
>Qwerty
>E-mail Client
>Open Maps with GPS
And no fucking dumb phone provides, how hard it can be ffs?
>>Open Maps with GPS
Maps are overrated. Get a road atlas and high resolution local maps. After you use these for a bit you'll just internalize the road graph and not really have to worry when you're navigating. It's so much better than turn by turn navigation.
Like it or not we're stuck with smartphones. Dumb phones had their moment in the sun back in the 2000's. They even had a brief retro tech fad. You're better off spending your time working on or finding an alternative the Android and iOS.
SMS is worse than using Signal.
Watch the antisemitism
If you use a dumb phone for "security" you're full on retard.
the punkt is pretty compelling phone with it's own os and integrated signal messaging, but holy shit that price makes it completely retarded
Cringe, but that calculator-looking thing is pretty cute
I like the idea of a prepaid sim and dumb phone for emergencies and no smartphone.
The unfortunate reality is for work and how my social circles are setup I need a smartphone. I need a completely different lifestyle to facilitate ditching a smartphone which includes a new career.
They're for old people, and burners for drug dealers (naggers).
i don't care about social media, but a smartphone is still a must have for me because of ride share, gps, and venmo. having a web browser on the go is nice also but not as much of a "must have". i do not give a shit about any of the apps or functionality besides these
just uninstall social networks apps bro
Extremely enjoyable to use, fun to hack on, and will make your life more peaceful with than without. Unfortunately the PSTN is cucked tech you need the smart part of a smart phone to do anything without broadcasting it to every glowie in a 5 mile radius.
i used the LG in the first panel for a long time, its literally all you need.
All I want is a dumbphone with decent speakers and microphone so calls don't sound like shit.
I enjoyed my dumbphone more than my smartphone.
awful privacy and security wise, could be a good solution if you need reliability and battery life.
just get a pixel 7, install grapheneOS thats the best solution atm for civilians
Zoomzoom
I'm gen Y and I'm right, dumbphone are a joke if privacy is all you care about
Surely using a dumb phone increases privacy since you have to use a PC to do anything other than call and text people.
Maybe don't use your phone for literally everything your computer does? I don't get what is so difficult about that concept.
Well yeah... that's the whole point of the dumb phone, you can't use it for anything your computer does!
So how does that make it bad for privacy?
Are you this blissfully unaware that there is more things you can accomplish with a smartphone than just browsing the internet and communications, of only which one thing a dumb phone is capable of? Dumb phones are not secure either keep in mind and they're more locked down than any AOSP or Linux mobile OS out there, that alone inherently makes it less private and secure because you have no ability to audit the system.
If you want to be truly private and secure the only option is to have no phone, but the best compromise is using a private and secure android rom like GrapheneOS, or if you are willing to lose on some comforts, a Linux phone
I'm aware there are many other things a smartphone can be used for, none of which are relevant to the question on privacy.
I'm not talking about secret agents being compromised here, just your average person making calls and not using their phone for all their shit, how is that worse than using a single device for your entire life on a platform that gets compromised on a regular basis?
All of the design and engineering that goes into smartphones is to convince you to do this though. If you can overcome it then congrats, you're better than the rest of us.
For the rest of us: we can't mentally handle owning one.
no because there is no encryption, crapload of CVEs, no support for encrypted comms and easy to exploit hardware
got the tcl flip pro. its been nice. dirt cheap, cheap payments, rougly 10 bucks to replace it. its on 4g sadly and ik it tracks me, but it has solved a lot of the problems. The cool thing about having one is people tell me they want one how good it would be, i got my friend to use one. its pretty alright. so i would say based.
The only good thing about them is the long battery life, the one that I have is 4g and lasts around a week on a single charge.
My requirement
>Good camera
>1440p screen minimum
>6.5 inch screen
>Capacitive screen
>App store
>Media Player
>GPS
Any dumbphones with this?
>
iphone
Seriously considering getting a refurbed phone for Ubuntu touch. I'm sure the lack of apps puts it in dumb phone territory. No idea what the hell I would do with it. I don't care about social media because I'm a loser with no friends. Would probably just install Ubuntu touch on it and toss it in a drawer until the battery eventually swells and I toss the thing.
Do they make dumb phones that look like smart phones so they don’t make you look out of place? I just want something simple that just works and is reliable. Considering just getting a dumb phone or flip phone if they still even make them, because with my job my phone got beat up and stopped charging at one point until I cleaned out the charging port, and even then the speaker or something got dirt and shit in it.
Dumb phones are cringe but flip phones with app support and useable file system are based.
Entirely depends on your position. If I knew how to live on my own and homestead or camp without the need of technology or money I would, but I don't know how I would do this.
I don't need a phone and I don't want one, same case with a computer. Because of the situation I'm stuck with having these things. I need a phone for work and for GPS, and I need it because I have to pay rent and check my bank.
Excuses excuses. If you actually wanted to get rid of your phone you would treat it as a work tool and leave it at work. But instead of doing that, you're using work as an excuse to keep using a smartphone as your personal phone.
cringe, hipster an soiboi core if you buy some overpriced shit like punkt
I used a motorolla razr for a while. Texting was a bit of a pain, you forget how back the only numbered keyboards are, but everything else was great.
Unfortunately, I got a work phone that I needed to be on my at all time, which kind of defeated the purpose of having the Razr in the first place. So I ended up going back to smartphones.
judging by this thread all we ever needed was blackberries?
I never had one of those so can’t judge, but I never fully stopped missing a physical keyboard from a flip phone.
>dumb phones
If some of these are dumb phones, what does that make a smart watch?
Does the middle one just show the batteries in the screen?
Why not just use a Linux phone at that point?
Old phones are x100 times better than any new "featureless" phones, which has PLENTY of room for espionage devices now that everything is smaller
cringe, if you don't have the discipline to not go on tiktok or pornhub or reddit or whatever makes you need a dumbphone you should just kys
>come home white man
>microdick
yuck
That phone sucked, I had it and hated every minute of it
söyslop for mental weaklings
just don't use your phone so much
Japan’s the only country with 4g and 5G flip phones. Plus the telecom services are tied to the phone so good luck lol
Dumb phone is a cucked term.
if you don't understand why someone would not want a smart phone you might be an idiot
my retarded little brother has one because he keeps breaking smartphones - little nokia brick thing that can only call and text
i understand it for like old people?