Comment by 6510
There seems to be a hole in the market for a dumb phone that does sms well. Perhaps we can even get rid of phone calls entirely and just have an sms device with a camera.
There seems to be a hole in the market for a dumb phone that does sms well. Perhaps we can even get rid of phone calls entirely and just have an sms device with a camera.
Then you end up doing all kinds of android things. I don't want a toaster that is also a casino and a web browser. It needs to be a thoughtless process between the idea of having toast and eating it. "lets have toast", "ahh, nice toast"
These are a good example
https://www.tripsavvy.com/best-digital-translators-4154191
They just translate, no candy crush, no angry birds, no hero wars, no facebook, no push notifications how you've spend 123 minutes per day using your phone. You can take it to the pub and not end up playing hayday, doom scroll twiiter or hey, I can spend the night reading hn, and ohh is it closing time already? Did anyone else have a good time?
The assumption one can be strong enough to not do that isn't supported by the data.
Something like the Light Phone?
The iPhone has a mode, meant for older or less tech savvy people, but could also be used as a means to turn it into a dumber phone.
https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/welc...
That's pretty much what the Sidekick was: https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/sidekick
It was branded as a smartphone but it was from around 20 years ago and it's unlikely anyone nowadays would call it such.
I would suggest an eink phone if this is what you're looking for. I, for example have the Hisense A5. Can do everything a regular android phone can it's just less effective