return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down129
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkPeople want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?www.bbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square258fedilink
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·1 year agoUh, they DO still make dumb phones. And people still buy them.
minus-squareVaggumon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year 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-squareapplepie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah but this type of story doesn’t generate click bait headline.
minus-squarehagelslager@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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.