Not very many people want dumb phones, actually. Certainly not enough for anyone to mass produce the things.
I’d like a smart phone with the latest Android, a great camera, and a color e-ink display. I’ve yet to find one.
dumb phone like flip phone it is still popular in Japan.
Gonna need proof of this.
Nearly everyone I met was rocking iPhones. It was kinda frustrating as a android user.
https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/product/feature_phone/. they are still on sale and it is still popular for old people and business persons. Hell, even some flip phone model are even water resistant.
I used a nokia dumbphone and it was awful. Not awful due do a lack of features, but awful due to how poorly those features are implemented. Kaios is teal garbage.
But the form factor was lovely, and physical buttons are so much more precise and comfortable to use than a touch screen.
The phone that I really want is a small smartphone with physical buttons for typing and navigation. As far as I am aware that is something that is not made these days.
If you want to eliminate distractions try installing one of the linux phone distros: Sailfish Mobian,Ubuntu Touch,PostmarketOs,Plasma Mobile.
I got the Apple Watch Ultra 2 several months ago and to my surprise I’ve been leaving my phone home about half the time I leave the house. I can still text and answer a call, got my favorite playlists and albums downloaded to it and my Apple Pay setup. Having a dumb phone alone is probably still a step too far back for me but it’s nice having a simpler device that covers all the basics as well as this watch does. I can definitely see the appeal.
Drop all the corporate inclusions and youll sell more
I want a dumb phone I can side load on to.
Just my essential apps and nothing else
companies will make them, it's just capitalism. It's a question of whether or not people will buy them.
Companies are already making "dumb phones" go buy one if you want one.
I thought I wanted a dumber phone. Not a flip phone necessarily, but not a pocket supercomputer. I looked at the majority of options out there and concluded that (ignoring the ones that are basically just running Android) they’re all missing a feature or two I really like, like the Light Phone looks great but I listen to audiobooks on Libby all the time. So then I just decided to delete a bunch of stuff from my iPhone, and then I didn’t get around to that so I still just have the same phone. 🤦♀️
Person: has problem
Person: attempts to fix
Person: fails
Person: attempts band-aid fix.
Person realizes they have no motivation, and just lives with the problem.
This is where we're at America.
https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Dual-SIM-Factory-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B0B6WLHKC3
That was easy to find
If they want smartphone with less apps they could go with a gnu phone
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