I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
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Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#2Has anyone tried the user interface of a burner phone?
Recently I tried exchanging numbers with a friend who has a burner phone - a replacement for a lost phone.
Yes, good luck with dialling a number or storing a number in the contacts. Even sending a text is a trial of user experience, an intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube.
So it is good to see that a 12 year old can work out some of these functions. I completely failed to exchange phone contact numbers with my friend, with ten minutes of trying.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#3This person sounds like an absolute control freak and terrible parent. Oh no, eating junk food in bed? Better... come up with a byzantine punishment?
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#4Has anyone tried the user interface of a burner phone? Recently I tried exchanging numbers with a friend who has a burner phone - a replacement for a lost phone. Yes, good luck with dialling a number or storing a number in the contacts. Even sending a text is a trial of user experience, an intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube. So it is good to see that a 12 year old can work out some of these functions. I…
> good luck with dialling a number
You literally unlock the phone, type the number and press the call button.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#5This person sounds like an absolute control freak and terrible parent. Oh no, eating junk food in bed? Better... come up with a byzantine punishment?
Suspend disbelief, and don't be so hard on them. They may be exaggerating for comedic effect (the tone of the article is not exactly serious), or not wanting to bother the reader with actual details from their personal life.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#6Terrible article, terrible writing, terrible family.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#7This is intended to be humor. Don't take it too literally.
eating-uncooked-instant-noodles-straight-from-the-packet
My sons learned that from me. I began doing it during my second pregnancy when even saltine crackers were not plain enough for my level of nausea.
Yes, it's mind bogglingly messy.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#8Has anyone tried the user interface of a burner phone? Recently I tried exchanging numbers with a friend who has a burner phone - a replacement for a lost phone. Yes, good luck with dialling a number or storing a number in the contacts. Even sending a text is a trial of user experience, an intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube. So it is good to see that a 12 year old can work out some of these functions. I…
Excuse me for assuming, but you must be quite young to not know how to send a text on a burner phone. I can still T9 type like I'm still a freshman in high school, possibly as well as I can type on a smart phone.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#9Has anyone tried the user interface of a burner phone? Recently I tried exchanging numbers with a friend who has a burner phone - a replacement for a lost phone. Yes, good luck with dialling a number or storing a number in the contacts. Even sending a text is a trial of user experience, an intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube. So it is good to see that a 12 year old can work out some of these functions. I…
Nokias, especially the 3310 model, had stellar UI for text and voice calls. Contextual menus always spot-on, two actions max for getting anywhere, T9 typing...
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#10Has anyone tried the user interface of a burner phone? Recently I tried exchanging numbers with a friend who has a burner phone - a replacement for a lost phone. Yes, good luck with dialling a number or storing a number in the contacts. Even sending a text is a trial of user experience, an intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube. So it is good to see that a 12 year old can work out some of these functions. I…
Please don't take it badly, and only answer if you want to, but how old are you? What you call "intelligence test akin to solving a Rubik's Cube" is what absolutely everybody was doing before the release of the iPhone (so up to 2007).