Comment on Gen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't lie

coffinwood@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They weren't entirely wrong. The numbers don't lie. They just don't say what the author claims it does.

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  • coffinwood@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s directly in the headline: Gen Z is ditching the iPhone. That’s incorrect in two ways: A) it’s at best one in fifty people buying aforementioned feature phones and B) they don’t even know if all buyers replace their existing phone or buy it as an additional handset.

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    • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have both a smartphone and a flip phone.

      I kept both because the flip phone lets me make phone calls from my basement and many other places that the smartphone cannot.

      I have never met anyone else with this setup.

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      • severien@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        the flip phone lets me make phone calls from my basement and many other places that the smartphone cannot.

        Why? The smartphone supports everything the flip phone does. Honest question.

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      • coffinwood@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have never met anyone else with this setup.

        That’s what I mean.

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      • kirklennon@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Can you not use Wi-Fi Calling?

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    • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I had a biz partner who is a centimillionaire. He has an iPhone for data, and a flip-phone for calls.

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      • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I will now tell people I have a millionaire's phone plan.

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• zephr_c@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, the title is clickbaity, but what title isn’t at this point? The actual point of the article is just that there is a small but growing niche of younger people switching to feature phones. I think that’s neat, and I’m starting to consider a feature phone for my next phone myself.

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  • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just because a lot of stuff is shitty doesn't mean we shouldn't complain when things are shitty.

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• generalpotato@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks. Exactly what I thought.

  “tHe NuMbErS doN’t LiE”

  “Numbers” are some paltry bs that are “expected to grow in 2023” like BTC was “expected to hit a $100k in 2020”.

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• deleted@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Welcome to news in Lemmy

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