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Re: The Light Phone

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Post by i_am_proteus »

arc4random wrote: post #178
Hamuko wrote: post #156

Do the makers think that there's a sizeable portion of people that hate their iPhones or Galaxies and want to spend $350 on a phone that doesn't do things? Doesn't do social media, doesn't do email, doesn't do news. Most consumers would at this point ask "What's the fucking point?" Smartphones are popular because people want to do the things that they enable. You probably need to live in some sort of a niche social c…

You’re glossing away a lot of important details here with “phone that doesn’t do things”. So, I’m very much in the market for what the Light Phone 2 is going for: not a phone that doesn’t do anything but make calls and text, but a phone with “the essentials”. The problem is that not everyone who wants such a phone has the same set of essentials. The single biggest issue that I have with feature phones is that they la…

> I live in NYC, and I’m not going to memorize all the different subway lines and stops and schedules.

How long have you lived in the city? I lived there before smartphones and this is basically what people did.

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by ebg13 »

Hamuko wrote: post #156

Do the makers think that there's a sizeable portion of people that hate their iPhones or Galaxies and want to spend $350 on a phone that doesn't do things? Doesn't do social media, doesn't do email, doesn't do news. Most consumers would at this point ask "What's the fucking point?" Smartphones are popular because people want to do the things that they enable. You probably need to live in some sort of a niche social c…

> ...Nokia 3310...

2G 900/1800MHz bands and therefore doesn't work in the US. Got a suggestion that actually works here?

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by nornio »

fake-name wrote: post #56

"Light" phone. Homepage requires multiple 3rd party JS libraries to work. Helloooooo hypocrisy!

It is even worse than requiring 3rd party JS libraries : it requires JS ! Without JS enabled, a blank page is displayed with an error message.

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by ebg13 »

Nition wrote: post #169
Hamuko wrote: post #156

Do the makers think that there's a sizeable portion of people that hate their iPhones or Galaxies and want to spend $350 on a phone that doesn't do things? Doesn't do social media, doesn't do email, doesn't do news. Most consumers would at this point ask "What's the fucking point?" Smartphones are popular because people want to do the things that they enable. You probably need to live in some sort of a niche social c…

For even simpler and smaller, get a Nokia 130[1]. [1] https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-130

> ...nokia-130...

2G 900/1800MHz bands and therefore doesn't work in the US. Got a suggestion that actually works here?

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by slim »

ebg13 wrote: post #182
Hamuko wrote: post #156

Do the makers think that there's a sizeable portion of people that hate their iPhones or Galaxies and want to spend $350 on a phone that doesn't do things? Doesn't do social media, doesn't do email, doesn't do news. Most consumers would at this point ask "What's the fucking point?" Smartphones are popular because people want to do the things that they enable. You probably need to live in some sort of a niche social c…

> ...Nokia 3310... 2G 900/1800MHz bands and therefore doesn't work in the US. Got a suggestion that actually works here?

there is no shortage for simple symbian os, 3G capable, phones for less than $10

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

Ironically my OS said that this computer lacks sufficient RAM, when i allowed javascript because 'This App needs Javascript to function' appeared. Then the browser tab crashed with the option to close, or reload. Guess what i choose?

Did i miss something?

edit: Yes, yes, i had many tabs open already, but seriously: LIGHT?

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by ebg13 »

Hamuko wrote: post #161
dehrmann wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Be careful with this. AT&T shut down its GSM network 3 years ago. The ~only unlocked LTE feature phone I could find a year or two ago for my grandma (who wouldn't be able to learn how to use a smartphone) was an Alcatel Flip 2.

There's a 3G variant of the Nokia.

It still uses 900/1800MHz, so it won't work in the US.

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by Fnoord »

noahtallen wrote: post #145
sailfast wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this is crazy but one can also just not install social apps on one’s phone, and continue to use all the functions that still provide a great deal of utility without compromises.

The problem is that it’s an addiction — I was addicted, so I would still access those apps via the browser. Until I permanently deleted all of my accounts, I would still be looking at them for hours a day. Even now, I waste my time with Reddit or even HN. :) The root problem is much deeper and I think it’s difficult to address without behavior change (which is hard). Making it very difficult to do is a good compromis…

Did you figure what the root cause of (your) addiction was?
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