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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.

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9•10 months ago
Yeah, for around 20-30 euros you can get a cheap Nokia branded phone as far as I’m aware (105 and 106 series for example).
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  Yep. They even made a new 3310.
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  proprietary Chinese processor (Unisoc) AND operating system (Mocor), nothx

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