▲ 116 ▼ Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...
[–] Nima@leminal.space 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) 600 dollars this is a joke, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] killingspark@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago Do have any idea about the engineering required to remove all of the bloat?! /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Truthfully 800, but there is an old model that costs "only" 300... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nima@leminal.space 1 point 2 years ago you can get a fairly decent simple android device for like 70 bucks. so the gimmick seems to prey on those that wish to have an "experience" and not a functional device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killingspark@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago Do have any idea about the engineering required to remove all of the bloat?! /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Truthfully 800, but there is an old model that costs "only" 300... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nima@leminal.space 1 point 2 years ago you can get a fairly decent simple android device for like 70 bucks. so the gimmick seems to prey on those that wish to have an "experience" and not a functional device. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nima@leminal.space 1 point 2 years ago you can get a fairly decent simple android device for like 70 bucks. so the gimmick seems to prey on those that wish to have an "experience" and not a functional device. permalink fedilink source parent