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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
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600 dollars

this is a joke, right?

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killingspark@feddit.org
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Do have any idea about the engineering required to remove all of the bloat?!

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alphabethunter@lemmy.world
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Truthfully 800, but there is an old model that costs “only” 300…

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Nima@leminal.space
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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.

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