@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down129
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-square520linkfedilink56•4 months agoUh, they DO still make dumb phones. And people still buy them.
minus-squareVaggumonlinkfedilinkEnglish27•4 months agoYep, 79 year old father in law has a brand new dumb phone with a t-9 keypad, made by TCL. Works perfectly fine.
minus-squareapplepielinkfedilink18•4 months agoYeah but this type of story doesn’t generate click bait headline.
minus-square@hagelslager@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 months agoYeah, 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).
Uh, they DO still make dumb phones. And people still buy them.
Yep, 79 year old father in law has a brand new dumb phone with a t-9 keypad, made by TCL. Works perfectly fine.
Yeah but this type of story doesn’t generate click bait headline.
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).
Yep. They even made a new 3310.