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  1. CW: a "normal" phone that's much too big

    this guy right here. I guess it's the "Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold", so "normal" is a stretch, but it is """"only"""" 6.4-in diagonally when folded so not much different from one of their """regular""" 6.3-in models.

    Anyway, that camera bump? I want that as, like, a flip phone. Something that size-ish, maybe a tad thinner, make it flip open portrait-wise, perfect. Gimme that and USB-C and a headphone jack and make it work with modern radios (since 2G is practically gone now i guess) then make it run Android 15 and I'm set. is that too much to ask?? (It must be, I guess...)

    #SmallPhones #DumbPhones #Smartphones #IJustWantANicePhoneThatsNiceToMeIsThatTooMuchToAsk

  2. IndiaFOSS attendees, do you have any JioPhones or other KaiOS feature phones lying around unused? Bring them to the XMPP stall and let's see if we can make them fun again 😄

  3. What's a good full physical keyboard phone with a headphone jack that runs android or can run an alt OS like Graphene or Lineage?

    #dumbphones #GrapheneOS #lineageos #sailfishos #recommend

  4. RE: zeroes.ca/@kimcrawley/11723592

    I'm extremely disappointed in Graphene. They've been a project with many controversies, but I was genuinely excited to get my hands on a Pixel in order to use this ROM that appeared to be one of the best ones out there, with Sandboxed Google Play, Android Auto, et al. I thought that they may finally be on the right track after seeing that they got a partnership with a hardware vendor. I thought that I could happily escape the Apple garden with their ROM.

    I am sorry to say that this is not the case. They have returned to their old self, or rather never changed. Because I'm sick of this corpospeak bullshit, and I'm sad it has infected them too. Like the days of before, they focus on their reputation at the expense of alienating users.

    When somebody expresses their discontent at Graphene using AI, they deflect by copy-pasting a link to Lineage's AI policy instead of answering questions. Just like the past.

    I thought they were getting better after that restructuring. I see that I was wrong.

    (Recommendations welcome in the replies! I was mostly interested in them for their Sandboxed Google Play and Android Auto support. I might wait until Linux phones are available in my country, or get some sort of open-source-powered dumb phone, or just use an Android ROM. But unless Graphene amends things, I probably won't be switching to their ROM anytime soon.)

    #grapheneos #lineageos #degoogle #deapple #noai #androidroms #linuxphone #dumbphones

  5. @hund For specific recommendations:

    • Sonim XP3+ 5G: KaiOS, rugged A.F., 5G, hotspot, Support: 7 yrs HW / 5 yrs OS, hard keys, USB, removable battery, some apps (including voice recorder and notes), bluetooth, physical SIM, MicroSD to 500 GB. Weeks of standby time. My own 1st choice. T-Mobile and AT&T in the US.

    • Kyocera DuraXV Extreme+: Sonim's brother from another mother, but no 5G, 16 GB vs. 32 GB storage, 4 GB vs. 8 GB RAM, smaller battery (1700 vs. 3000 mAh). Verizon in the US. I'm pretty sure Kyocera will be updating the device this year (roughly a 2--3 year release cadence), presumably with 5G support and expanded specs, though no annoucements yet.

    (Both Sonim and Kyocera make other rugged phones, including candybar / slab Android devices.)

    • CAT S22 Flip is similar to both but far cheaper at $70 vs. $250 for the others. Runs true Android rather than KaiOS / AOSP. Much shorter battery life.

    • If you're sold on the flip phone form but not the $250 price, there are other offerings from TCL, AGM, Blu Tank, Vortex, Unnecto, and Plum, all under $100, some < $50.

    • For premium phone / low distraction, the Light Phone II or III have solid reviews. Both are based on a limited Android rather than AOSP / KaiOS, but seem pretty solid options. Light also makes a flip.

    • My gripe on the Punkt MP02 is that it's 3G only, which is on its way to being phased out. Oddly, 2G, relied on by emergency services, might actually have a longer life... Reports of SW issues with the Punkt.

    • There are several e-ink devices (Light Phone being one), with Briones listing a couple from Mudita (Pure and Kompact).

    • For a full QWERTY physical keyboard: Sidephone, Keyphone, Connecto Snap, and HIT K1.

    • Max security: Google Pixel running GrapheneOS.

    I believe all these devices have Bluetooth and hotspot, though you might want to verify this.

    A lot of the options revolve around:

    • OS: Android, KaiOS, System30+ (Nokia), and a few others.

    • App support. KaiOS actually does manage quite a few decent utilities (note-takers, voice recorder, podcast, Internet radio, maps, and some texting / VOIP / SIP utilities).

    • Spam blocking. Pretty much essential on any comms platform today. The best capabilities are offered by your carrier directly, and most don't come near sufficiency. App-based blocking tools are very OS-dependent, and here AOSP/KaiOS lags badly.

    • Physical characteristics: rugged, headphone jack, USB port, physical SIM, microSD, keyboard (touch / T9 / QWERTY), display (OLED, e-ink, LCD), and repairability / maintainability (usually: replaceable battery), external displays, speakers, battery capacity/life, programmable keys.

    • Form factor: slab, candybar, flip, and a few sliders.

    • Network support: 5G, 4G/LTE, 3G. I'd strongly recommend 5G, and wouldn't go less than 4G presently.

    • Hackability / extensibility.

    • Vendor support. Both HW and SW/OS.

    • Price. Factor in phone lifetime. Some of the rugged devices should last 2--4x longer than other options, though at a cost.

    #Dumbphones #Featurephones

  6. @hund Jose Briones's Dumbphone Finder is a pretty good search / winnowing tool:

    josebriones.org/dumbphone-find[

    Briones also tries and reviews a bunch of phones on YouTube (as do numerous others).

    I'd suggest a few additional considerations / search constraints:

    • Budget. What do you want to spend?

    • What carrier(s) are you considering? What phones work with them?

    • Many features of a phone are effectively those of the underlying OS. "Dumbphones" range from custom Android reskinnings (e.g., Light Phone II/III) to AOSP (usually KaiOS), to System30+ (Nokia), to ... a few others.

    • Consider a second device for apps. I'm a fan of e-ink tablets, most of which offer handwritten note-taking. Onyx BOOX, Remarkable, Kobo Reader, and others.

    • Look at vendor support policies. I pretty much locked in my preferred device when I found that the OS is supported for 5 years from last sale date, and hardware (batteries and a few other items) for fully 7 years.

    • Protocol support. There were two very-nearly identical devices, but one offers 5G, the other only 3G. For the phone itself that's not a huge issue, but as a hotspot, 5G wins bigly.

    There's more app support than you might think, but it's mostly utilities. My view is to keep the phone as limited as possible and offload other tasks to a small laptop, or dedicated capture devices (audio, camera, etc.).

    #Dumbphones #Featurephones

  7. Ok so who’s reserving the LightFlip? Convince me to ditch my iPhone as my main phone.

    youtu.be/U2zHKfMTnMg?is=GyrWK1

  8. Just saw some news about the upcoming Commodore Callback 8020 not-dumb-dumbphone and I got pretty excited—until I saw the camera specs.

    I know I shouldn't be surprised, but none of these companies coming up with solutions for the anti-smartphone seem to get that some of us *do* still want a high-quality camera on our phone.

    I want to give up my smartphone, but I don't want to be forced to carry around an extra device in order to capture kick-ass photos when I'm out and about.

    #Commodore #Tech #Smartphones #Dumbphones #Cameras #Photography #DigitalPhotography #MobilePhotography

  9. theguardian.com/technology/ng-

    >>... he sucked up the last of his horchata and meditated on smartphone supremacy. “I sincerely believe everyone knows deep down that this is not the way to spend their one human consciousness,” he said. <<

    I might be able to hold out against smartphone tyranny for longer if I can work out a way to get my old, held together with duct tape Nokia to function with Uber.

    Image: Guardian Design/Getty Images

    #FlipPhones #DumbPhones #Telephones #Technology #Antitech

  10. Anyone on here who's tried the Qin F21 pro, how does it fare with tickets/pass apps? I really love the form factor and want a dumb phone, but I need my railcard which is digital/android only ​:sadcat:​

    Any similar recommendations appreciated!


    #dumbphone #dumbphones

  11. My first smart-ish phone was a Blackberry in 1999, but the more I look into the smartphone situation today with the monopoly held by US companies Google and Apple, the more I'm questioning how much I still need one.

    #dumbphones #digitalsovereignty

  12. Aprovecho para preguntar por los ya tan conocidos #dumbphones . Llevaba tiempo (mucho) buscando uno de tapita como el que siempre tuve, pero con WhatsApp por tema trabajo/familia.

    Y encontré el Jelly Star.

    Que no tiene tapa pero parece el juguete más guay que te podía tocar en el McDonald's en los 2000, pa'encima con Android 13.

    Así que si alguien lo probó o tiene otra sugerencia de móvil sencillico, bienvenida es la info y la persona :3

  13. Creative Bloq: How to turn your iPhone into a dumbphone. “What’s the solution: switch to a classic dumbphone? Problem is, these lower-powered devices sacrifice too much functionality that creative work genuinely requires (even the most beautiful dumbphone will be difficult in reality). So what you really want is to transform one of the best iPhones for photography into something closer to a […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/25/creative-bloq-how-to-turn-your-iphone-into-a-dumbphone/
  14. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  15. The Register: Old-school rotary phone dials into online meetings, hangs up when you slam it down. “We’ve all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically slam the phone down and walk away. Maker Stavros Korokithakis knows that feeling well, so he took an old rotary phone and turned it into a device that can dial into – and hang up on – video calls in a decidedly […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/26/the-register-old-school-rotary-phone-dials-into-online-meetings-hangs-up-when-you-slam-it-down/

  16. 🚨 #Tech_Billionaires Shocking Plan For #West_Virginia.

    🚔 WEBTRAFFICCOPS to the RESCUE! 🚑 🚑 🚑

    🚔 TWO Words to describe this 💯% #CORRUPTION AND #RAPING and PILLAGING in PLAIN SIGHT? #WALMART_OCCUPATION!

    🚔 That will #NOT BE #TOLERATED AGAIN!🚑

    So let 🏆 #TastingTraffic LLC Break this down for ya. (Not to be confused with #break_dancing🕺 )

    🎭 You #Fake #Subsidized 💩 bullshit billionaires DO NOT MATTER TO US. BC YOUR GAINS ARE BASED ON THEFT!. We sooner piss on ya and break your nose than LOOK AT CHA! Are We Clear Now?

    🎭 🇮🇱 This is the EXACT SAME GAME PLAN AS #WALMART. IT WAS WALMART ( #WALTON_FAMILY ) THAT PUT ALL NATIONAL MOM AND POP BUSINESSES #OUT_OF_BUSINESS.

    🎭 🇮🇱 Again these are not Datacenters for consumer use. The are satellite surveillance centers for the JEWS WORLD WIDE OPEN AIR PRISON and if corruption or pevertion is not on YOUR MENU. You will be arrested and imprisoned.

    🎭 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Think Gaza! on a #Global scale???

    BTW @Walmart NEVER PAID A DIME IN TAXES (countless video censored & suppressed on 💩 shittube since 1999). WELL MAYBE A DIME BUT NOT MUCH MORE!

    This time they are not mining for #Coal. Oh No.. this time they are #mining for your grandchildren's #GRANDCHILDRENS 🔮 future.

    ONLY THE BLIND OR IGNORANT CANNOT SEE THIS RINSE AND REPEAT USA CYCLE FOR THE LAST 2 DECADES..

    Rinse and Repeat is a Marketing Term that Morphed into Warfare bc usa cannot compete and its pitiful. Proof these jews and pervert.gov are #braindead 🧠 ⚰️

    🌈 #Copycats bc it always about me, me, me, me, me, me,,,,, LIKE 🤖 🍼 #ROBOTS.. makes one want to VOMIT 🤢 ALL OVER THEM or worse;)

    YOU SEE THESE STANKY ASS 🇮🇱 JEWS, WHITE SUPREMASISTS AND ROMAN PEDOPHILE.GOV cannot even think outside the #AOL box. Remember #Hollywood is DEAD but not the #ACTORS!

    TWO Words to describe this 100% CORRUPTION AND RAPING AND PILLAGING IN PLAIN SIGHT? #WALMART_OCCUPATION!

    This is the EXACT SAME GAME PLAN AS #WALMART. IT WAS WALMART (WALTON FAMILY) THAT PUT ALL MOM AND POP NATIONAL BUSINESSES #OUT_OF_BUSINESS Overnight!? Remember? or do we need another BOOSTER SHOT??

    THAT NEVER PAID A DIME IN TAXES. WELL MAYBE A DIME BUT NOT MUCH MORE!

    #Tech_Billionaires Shocking #Plan For #West_Virginia

    1. youtu.be/V5fsLN69Erg

    🌐 WHY is the REAL Israeli Dome NOW being LOCATED on USA Soil Nationwide??

    🛰️ 📡 Can you say MASSIVE #DATACENTERS = Dinosaur #Musk_tech called #GPS = #Starlink_Surveillance_Systems = #OPEN_AIR_PRISON_SYSTEMS for the #Jews?? ( #OAPS ) ???

    🚿 ⛲ 💦 #BONUS: We Are #Running Out Of #Water??

    🛰️ 📡 Can you say JEWISH BUILT #OPEN_AIR_PRISONS just like in #Gaza USING SATELLITE SURVAILLANCE CENTERS to monitor Threats. (everyone is a threat to WIMP DADDY MADE COWARDS BTW)???

    🛰️ 📡 Using WE THE PEOPLES stolen Federal Reserve Money TO BUILD MASSIVE SATELLITE SURVAILLANCE CENTERS, ILLEGALLY VIOLATING OUR GOD GIVEN PRIVACY RIGHTS ON USA SOIL. W/O CITIZEN CONSENT??

    🛰️ 📡 USA Data Centers are the BIGGEST TROGEN HORSES #UNKNOWN TO USA CITIZENs since the beginning of time??? DONOT BE FOOLED! These SO-CALLED AGI OR OPEN AI Data SCRAPING Centers, (Copyright infringement..) IN DISGUISE???

    ~They are MASSIVE #SATELLITE_SURVAILLANCE_CENTERS -- #NOT_DATACENTERS!!!~

    Log into any server and you can see everything;)

    Welcome to #Reality!

    #BILLIONS that have been pouring into #AGI datacenters IS 100% #BULLSHIT! One big Fat Lie by the Jews!

    THESE HUGHE #NATIONWIDE_DATACENTERS ARE NOT AGI DATA CENTERS (OPENAI AND CHATGPT scraping >> IS 100% BULLSHIT, aka Copyright Infringment = the #noise)

    #USA #NATIONWIDE_DATACENTERS have been built AS MASSIVE #SATELLITE_SURVAILLANCE_CENTERS, ILLEGALLY VIOLATING OUR GOD GIVEN PRIVACY RIGHTS ON USA SOIL.

    TIME TO PULL ALL PLUGS!!

    #BONUS: We Are #Running Out Of #Water??

    Folks the #Power is in the #Software NOT the #Hardware or #Chips. (Stop wasting our water of ELITES #WET_DREAMS OF DOMINANCE that will push all Americans INTO A DEPRESSION NOT RECESSION!

    Don't be PLAYED BY ELON MUSK PALANTIR #FOOLS AGAIN!

    BIG TECH ELITES ARE NOW #STEALING OUR #WATER WITHOUT WE THE PEOPLES CONSENT.

    They will continue to try to #commodify our GOD GIVEN WATER FOR PROFITS IN STOCK MARKETS???

    These data centers are #NOT for #CONSUMER_USE THEY ARE FOR WORLD WIDE #SURVAILLANCE #USE.

    Get rid of your #DUMBPHONES (android and iOS. THEY ARE TRACKING surveillance DEVICES).

    SHUT THEM DOWN PERMANENTLY BY FORCE OR BY ANY MEANS NESSESSARY! TODAY!

    Why data centers are eating up enormous water resources | Transforming Business

    Data centers are worsening global water scarcity. As tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft ramp up computing power for AI and cloud services, their facilities are consuming enormous amounts of water and electricity. This video explores real-world examples from Uruguay, Chile, the US, and Sweden to reveal the staggering water demands of data centers — and the local conflicts and protests they’re sparking. Why are server farms often built in drought-prone regions? What role do companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft play? Can we balance environmental protection with technological advancement?

    AGAIN.. These data centers are #NOT for #CONSUMER_USE THEY ARE FOR WORLD WIDE #SATELLITE_SURVAILLANCE_CENTERS SYSTEMS.

    youtu.be/cl1ctf1_JxE?si=LJ1kUh

    We Are Running Out Of Water | GMBN

    youtu.be/JJ7RbhkzI94?si=wr7j7r

    #Virginia #Tech’s Enter Sandman Entrance vs. #West_Virginia | 2022 College Football

    youtu.be/YC8LLYMp4M4?si=R_92qL

    🍷 🍾 TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC are NOT affiliates of this provider or referenced images used. This is NOT an endorsement OR Sponsored (Paid) Promotion/Reshare.

  17. Pentagram refreshes Karri’s screen-free smartphone for kids

    Inspired by the simplicity of walkie talkies, design agency Pentagram has updated tech company Karri’s smartphone for kids…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #designsforchildren #dumbphones #Mobilephones #Pentagram #section:all #section:design #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/219482/

  18. @neil No, but this is something I've been actively researching for ... an embarrassingly long time (months) ... with low satisfaction. But as this is on my current to-do list, this toot doesn't count as procrastination 😺

    I have a perfectly serviceable early-2000s flip phone which I'd love to reactivate ... but it won't talk to any current-generation mobile cellular networks.

    I've looked at current low-feature phones, with interest in the Light Phone and Punkt MP02. Both ... have drawbacks, though I'll likely end up with one or the other.

    The MP02 lacks comprehensive protocol coverage, and hence is limited to a subset of local mobile providers, unfortunately the ones I'd most prefer not giving my business. (I'd prefer not giving any of them my business, but that seems unlikely).

    The MP02 does offer integrated Signal messaging, which is a strong plus.

    The Light Phone is spendy but is also compatible with more carriers, which ... will probably win me. There are a couple of revs on the initial design, though I'd favour e-ink (original) over OLED (LPIII).

    What both the MP02 and LP offer is tethering, which means your phone becomes your no-WiFi backup for Internet access, enabling you to use a more-featured, non-telco device for comms.

    Which suggests another path:

    • Dumbphone for critical on-the-road comms, as needed.
    • Dumphone as cellular modem.
    • Small-form-factor PC/laptop as primary comms device.

    Palmtop PCs (e.g., the Psion 3) are no longer of this world, which is a shame. But smaller laptops, e.g., Framework's 12" (8.45 x 287.00 x 213.88mm, 1.3 kg), are effectively a far-more-capable larger tablet (I've been carrying a 13.3" Onyx BOOX for the past four years), without all the handicapping and crappification of Android. With a Bluetooth earpiece that becomes its own vox comms device, and you have full access to any other comms protocol through your Linux distro of choice, with a full keyboard. The Framework 12 is convertible (360° hinge) with stylus support. It doesn't have an e-ink screen module (yet?), but ... I can live with that. For anything other than on-the-run use, it's likely superior to any smartphone or tablet.

    The other issue is vox comms management. I'd prefer not being directly on the PSTN network, so what I'd really like is that my "phone" accepts (and mostly makes) calls to only one other point: a VOIP relay which intercepts all incoming calls and redirects outgoing. Incoming traffic is then limited to only those numbers I allow, or which pass some screening mechanism. And my mobile telco provider gets a Very Boring profile of whom it is I'm in contact with. Whether or not this ideal VOIP service / capability exists I'm not sure, but that's what I'm looking into.

    And yes, it would be possible to ditch the phone entirely for a pure-play modem, though the ability to make calls directly in an emergency has its arguments.

    #Dumbphones #Featurephones #DeathOfTelephony

  19. 3/3 One thing I do know though after trying the Kompakt. I don't want a smartphone, but there is so little choice and minimalist phones are buggy as heck. Phone shop's have zero choice - 'hey, do you want a huge slab of glass?' is the only choice. SO FRUSTRATING! #dumbphones #digitalminimalism

  20. MakeUseOf: I made my phone dumb and finally broke my screen-time habit. “I intentionally made my phone ‘dumb.’ It involved stripping away everything that pulled me in until it felt almost boring. It wasn’t easy, but it finally stopped me from wasting hours on my phone.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/24/makeuseof-i-made-my-phone-dumb-and-finally-broke-my-screen-time-habit/

  21. ⬆️ @ambuj @fossunited

    >> need to choose between #upi or #privacy

    Privacy.

    That's one of the biggest allures of #dumbPhones — if you can find decent devices

  22. Het is ook wel confronterend wanneer je dit artikel van #Hofman en #Kraneveld uit De Groene over Digital Minimalism leest, wanneer je de waarschuwingen en de trend herkent, en je vervolgens realiseert dat je het artikel op een scherm leest.

    Een quote: 'Wie een paar uur niet op zijn telefoon zit, gaat naar buiten, springt op de fiets, pakt de hoelahoep of trekt plots waterverf uit de kast.'

    @DeGroene
    #Groene #DumbPhones #Jongeren

  23. Lifehacker: I Changed These Settings to Turn My iPhone Into a ‘Dumbphone’ and I’m Loving Using It Less. “It’s true that the dumbphone market is adapting take care of some of these weaknesses, offering devices with features like cameras, navigation apps, note-taking apps, and more. But why bother dropping a considerable amount of money for a device like that when I already have a device I can […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/10/lifehacker-i-changed-these-settings-to-turn-my-iphone-into-a-dumbphone-and-im-loving-using-it-less/

  24. these baby alarms looks like perfect #dumbphones lol

  25. Estoy intentando detransicionar poco a poco de los móviles smartphones a uno patata pero entre medio he conseguido una blackberry porque aún no puedo prescindir del todo. Lo bueno es que la blackberry como ya no tiene soporte tiene la funcionalidad de un smartphone pero no le puedo instalar la mayoría de apps jeje

    #blackberry #dumbphones

  26. @mountdiscovery omg in that case I hope they start implementing "AI" on #dumbphones next!! 😄

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