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Minimal Phone 2

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  1. ocd · · 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 · · 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 · · focus · HN ↗
        Agreed. Banking is the killer app imo
        1. XorNot · · focus · HN ↗
          In Australia it's pretty great: my driver's license can be provided by an app on my phone and legally must be accepted if it is. So between that and NFC payment support, a phone is the only thing I need to remember to operate outside the house.
          1. rplnt · · focus · HN ↗
            Or you could just take cash, as long as you don't need to drive.
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