1106
submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 211 points 4 months ago

Good luck getting all the materials needed for that now that China has stopped exports to the US.

IPhone 17:

Brick phone

[-] besselj@lemmy.ca 154 points 4 months ago

Physical keys and what looks like a headphone jack? Seems like an upgrade

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 103 points 4 months ago
[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Only $4000 for the entry model. That's how much it costs once the tariffs on the semiconductors that you simply cannot produce in the country for at least 10 more years even if you tried has been covered, the salaries high enough to motivate people to willingly work the assembly lines now that immigrant workers are gone, and the markup needed to cover the cost of completely creating an entire supply chain from scratch as well as paying back the insane debt that results from the outrageous high risk investments this would require and that frankly no investor would want to touch with a 10 foot pole.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago

That is before Apple levels of profit added on, right? Otherwise that seems a bit low.

[-] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Or the Google tax of a few hundred bucks for the OS. Which could happen. Google is worse than Micro$uck at this point and I say this as someone who returned their OEM license before. See Revolution OS https://youtu.be/k0RYQVkQmWU

Even Linux is now weaponized for profits over anything else…:.::.

So argument invalid

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

?? Google pays Apple to put their search in Apple's OS

[-] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

If they slap an Apple logo on it the gullible sheep would buy it anyway.

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

I’d looooove a return of the brick phone. Modern phones feel small and dainty in my giant hands. Meanwhile, battery life absolutely sucks. I’d love a modern brick phone that does calls, text and nothing else. And a battery life of a fulm week.

[-] marlowe221@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I’ll take my Motorola Razr back from the early 00s.

Whether I do Captain Kirk impressions with it in the privacy of my own home is my business…

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
1106 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

73792 readers
2969 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS