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1. ocd · 1789759659 · focus · HN ↗

   I just want BlackBerry back.

   Every single time one of these new "minimal", "dumb", "lightweight" phones comes up today it's just marketing wrapped around a kneecapped Android device. I am in the market for something simpler that does nothing more or little else than play local media/audio, read common document/text formats, ordinary SMS, current standard of telephony, and a different OS than Android. I have not seen anything like this yet.

   1. Moldoteck · 1789761065 · focus · HN ↗

      probably because in these days it's hard to get by without some apps like maps, common messengers, delivery, bank transactions and so on

      1. TomGarden · 1789762931 · focus · HN ↗

         Agreed. Banking is the killer app imo

         1. mmooss · 1789771823 · focus · HN ↗

            For what purpose? If you have a debit card, cash app, etc., what urgent need is there for a banking application?

            1. rezonant · 1789775464 · focus · HN ↗

               Uh... Cash App is a banking application.

               1. TomGarden · 1789776560 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yeah. People get confused because they're not a bank, but they offer banking services (as a middleman)

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