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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)

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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[–] Nima@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

600 dollars

this is a joke, right?

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Truthfully 800, but there is an old model that costs "only" 300...

[–] Nima@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

you can get a fairly decent simple android device for like 70 bucks. so the gimmick seems to prey on those that wish to have an "experience" and not a functional device.

[–] killingspark@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Do have any idea about the engineering required to remove all of the bloat?!