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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.
  • @gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com
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    30•1 year ago

    Dumbphone maybe not. But a Linux phone that is fully functional and eschews the corporate app eco system? Yes please

    I admit I would miss tap to pay tho

    • @viking@infosec.pub
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      18•1 year ago

      Stick your credit card under the phone cover and you have tap to pay.

      • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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        4•1 year ago

        Jokes aside, but in Russia, when NFC stopped working on Apple phones, some banks made payment stickers like this.

      • asudox
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        2•1 year ago

        true. Though I don’t know how you’d lock it behind biometrics.

        • @viking@infosec.pub
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          3•1 year ago

          Above 25 or 30 USD (don’t remember exactly) my bank requires me to enter the pin, that’s just as good.

          • asudox
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            2•1 year ago

            Oh well, that works then.

      • @GCanuck@lemmy.world
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        1•1 year ago

        Although you should be using an RFID blocking case to hold your cards.

    • @iopq@lemmy.world
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      9•1 year ago

      I thought I would miss pay to tap, but then I realized there’s another device that supports pay to tap. So instead of taking out my phone to pay, I take out my credit card

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