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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The Dumbphone Boom Is Real
Date: 17 Apr 2024 11:15:15 GMT
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carl@invalid.com wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2024 12:46:01 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> 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!