Technology

59679 readers

4126 users here now

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

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

447

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

269 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] StThicket@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago

I had the HTC Desire Z back in the day, with a full qwerty keyboard underneath the screen. It was awesome to write on, but it lacked performance.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Sometimes I miss my blackberry because it had a keyboard and would read the name of who was texting me as an alert. It also fit in my pocket a lot better and the screen never cracked.

Wish they'd make a new model of that phone. I'd consider getting one if they could manage to not fuck it up with unnecessary features.