Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: The Dumbphone Boom Is Real Date: 17 Apr 2024 11:15:15 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <9SXSN.866052$p%Mb.180684@fx15.iad> X-Trace: individual.net K/ZIZNi2jYGtLOn2uJjiQw6dLi38A/cLhi7g7MhVwpN7DQHOSd X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:jic6mqkItUksYcoqFqVMv3vhI/4= sha256:a9FTdYQboVxjBdOX57o/RFYp7V/Gn5l1by/ePU/v+50= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2099 carl@invalid.com wrote: > On 16 Apr 2024 12:46:01 GMT, Frank Slootweg > wrote: > > >carl@invalid.com wrote: > >> On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:26:29 -0400, Alan Browne > > >> I'd luv to be able to buy a simple flip phone that fit in my pocket > >> and did nothing else except be a simpe phone and NOTHING else. > > > > Does it need to be a *flip* phone or is, as the subject mentions, a > >'dumb' phone what you want? > > I want a flip phone that is small in size, folds up to fit in my > pocket, and takes up less room than does my wallet. Forget e-mail and > all the spam crapola that comes from such. Also, I don't need > "texting". If I have something to say to someone, I *say* it, not > type it. That's what a phone originally was supposed to do. > > The fact that I'm 90 years of age might somewhat explain my choice of > phones. If that's what you want, then why don't you just *buy* one!? I don't know where you live, but I did a quick search on "simple flip phone" and get tons of results/choices, including 4G ones, in case your network requires a 4G phone. Amongst the results are worldwide suppliers like Amazon, so go for it!