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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. mapontosevenths · 1789779663 · focus · HN ↗

            Switch to a bank that has a website.

            If they can't do online banking in 2026 your bank might actually just be some guy in a monopoly man Halloween costume.

            1. Moldoteck · 1790002906 · focus · HN ↗

               I don't like website interfaces. Good to have them, but apps are more convenient

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