They don’t make them small like they used to…

  • LordCrom@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    I had a POTS phone that was clear plastic with a ring of blue neon that would flicker when a call came in

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    3 hours ago

    Does no one realize they still sell tiny dumb phones. You dont have to get a smart phones.

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    4 hours ago

    Nokia n900 for me, circa 2010. It ran Linux (real Linux!), had a pretty good camera, headphone jack, sd card slot, slide out keyboard, 4or 5 day battery life, xmpp instant messaging natively. It was perfect. It was a little bit chunky, but would fit in a jeans pocket perfectly and didn’t weigh too much.

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    4 hours ago

    S4 Mini - flagship (or slightly under) in a one-handed, pocket friendly format. I would love to see a modern take on this

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    3 hours ago

    My old palm pre was amazing webos ui was way ahead of its time, super customizable, independent from google, Facebook and everyone elae, all in a sleek package with a physical keyboard. It had many other issues but it took android a few years to catch up so their UI wasn’t as clunky.

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    4 hours ago

    I miss my original Motorola droid phone. With the USB on the side…with accessories like the charger that made it look like a nightstand alarm clock…

    Great phone.

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    6 hours ago

    When I was a little 1980s kid, my family got rid of a malfunctioning wall-mounted rotary phone which had been installed there since time immemorial. I asked if I could keep it and my mom said no, but she did let me exercise my curiosity by taking it apart to see what the innards were like.

    I kept the dial, and it still lives on a shelf of mildly-interesting things in my house. It still spins, though the recoil speed is way slower than it should be

    Photo of a rotary phone dial held in my hand.

    (I also grew up to be a phone phreak.)

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    4 hours ago

    I remember having a phone called NEC (I think) and it had an awesome James Bond ringtone on it

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    5 hours ago

    The Nokia 7110 was possibly the coolest dumbphone.

    I think the iPhone X may have been peak smartphone in terms of aesthetics, but I’ve never tried a folding phone.