I was excited to learn the new word "eniminable", but I think you meant "inimitable", OP.
Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)
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#72Should be marked as [2022].
Indeed, the announced Part 2 has not been linked so far...
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#73[dead]
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#74What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…
The blog post is from 2022 and the sequel never arrived. So the idiom wins this one.
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#75What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…
It's more gruesome about the chicken. These are also said to be counted in fall. It's not just about hatching (in summer), but rather about surviving till fall...
The original Nokia 5110 obviously lived long, probably still is there in author's drawer in some disassembled state.
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#76> The Nokia 5110 is a 2G telephone, meaning it uses the original 2G mobile network to communicate. This network has long been decommissioned in most western countries, including Australia. In Europe, 3G is shutting down, but 2G as a fallback seems to be staying for years to come. > However, 2G networks were still available as of 2023 in most parts of the world, while notably excluding the majority of carriers in Nort…
2G is still strong in Germany as some industrial applications rely on it. It is not going to be deprecated any time soon. Maybe once they run out of spare parts.
Germany's mobile network is worse than most third world countries. Working on a train? No internet for you! Going a few meters outside a settlement? Might not even be able to do calls.
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#78Are there any not outrageously expensive, tough, battery-goes-for-weeks, does calls and SMS and wifi hotspot and maybe even F-Droid but a small screen, and maybe has at least LTE so that it is safe to be used for years, type devices?
I've looked once or twice, and found two categories: one was expensive phones leaning in to the "super slick minimalist" thing, which looked like they could be good devices and cover what I'm looking for, but again, 300 dollars or more type range.
The other was remakes of the "old classics", which were cheap, and claimed to cover roughly what I was hoping for, but are actually horrible quality, as another commenter said.
Maybe there's no solution, and those expensive ones are the only good option. Exceptions, or surprises, please throw them at me!
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#79What I learned with this article is the English idiom: "Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched." Which in my language translates to: "You should not sell the bear’s skin before killing it." Not that it appears in the article, but rather because the author wrote the blog post before doing the thing. Which results in a blog post essentially saying "here is the cool thing I plan to do", which was apparently ne…
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#80Pro tip: don't buy the new versions "Nokia 3210 2024" and similar models. I did, two times, with slightly different models, and they are of exceptionally poor quality: dead after one year, very buggy firmware. The customer support is an AI with no real answer. They recommended to install an app "from the Google Play app store" which is nonsense for a dumbphone. They are very cheap noname phones, branded with the name…
i can confirm.
I have bought and used both Nokia 2660 Flip and Nokia 8210 4G , both are HMD rebrands.
Firmware is very buggy and battery failed after less than 2y .