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

• 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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    • raef@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I guess the radio is a bit more efficient

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      • severien@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doesn’t seem very likely to me given that cheap feature phones likely use cheap older parts while flagship smartphones state of the art components.

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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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    • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, I could. But that allows the phone company to be lazy about coverage and building their network. The primary reason I pay a monthly cell phone bill is for a good network.

      It also gets into security issues that are different from cellular network use.

      And what if my internet is down and I have an emergency?

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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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