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Post by deyana on Jun 20, 2024 1:32:52 GMT -5
Is the flip phone back? Why some people are switching to dumbphones When Leigh Tynan agreed to get her 13-year-old daughter a cellphone, she didn't want it to become a distraction. "When there's a smartphone or screen, you don't practise guitar, you don't read a book, you don't just be bored," she said. So instead of the very popular iPhone, she settled on a TCL Flip phone, with a key feature: no access to social media. "I just thought I really don't feel comfortable with her being online all the time.... I'm trying to protect her from it for as long as possible." Dumbphones, also known as simplephones or featurephones, are having a moment. The mobile devices are limited to basic functions such as making phone calls and sending text messages, and often can't connect to the internet. According to Counterpoint, a technology market research firm, more than 98,600 feature phones were sold in Canada in 2023 — a 25 per cent increase from 2022. link
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Post by hank on Jun 20, 2024 6:13:02 GMT -5
What a better world it would be if this is all we had.
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Post by mrright on Jun 23, 2024 12:09:20 GMT -5
What a better world it would be if this is all we had. cept smartphones get alot of idiots killed. there iis always a plus side
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Date Joined: Jun 7, 2010 10:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by deyana on Jun 24, 2024 0:08:33 GMT -5
What a better world it would be if this is all we had. I agree. I actually went and bought a 'dumb' phone, one of those nice flip ones (I've always liked flip phones). But I hardly ever use it. I tend to need my smart phone for too many things, but when I want to disconnect, my flip phone does just fine ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Date Joined: Feb 3, 2022 10:55:39 GMT -5
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Post by mrright on Jun 24, 2024 9:47:04 GMT -5
last time i got a new phone..the smart phone was free...the flip phone would have cost me.
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Date Joined: Jun 7, 2010 10:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by deyana on Jun 24, 2024 21:53:35 GMT -5
last time i got a new phone..the smart phone was free...the flip phone would have cost me. You must have been paying a monthly plan on your smart phone? In the end they work the price of the phone into it and you end up paying for that phone many times over.
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Date Joined: Feb 3, 2022 10:55:39 GMT -5
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Post by mrright on Jun 25, 2024 0:16:51 GMT -5
last time i got a new phone..the smart phone was free...the flip phone would have cost me. You must have been paying a monthly plan on your smart phone? In the end they work the price of the phone into it and you end up paying for that phone many times over. yet the flip phone is extra
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