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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would miss Google maps too.

I'd love a cool gimmicky phone that flips open or whatever, and has a small screen or a really bad frame rate. Just to discourage me using YouTube and social media.

I just don't know what I would use to navigate around

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If you'd buy the cheapest of the cheapest, you'll probably get terrible performance. So that sort of works.