Comment on HMD, Lava to launch feature phones with direct-to-mobile technology, Developed in collaboration with Tejas Networks and powered by Saankhya's chipset, these phones can stream content without internet

Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “so it’s like TV, but on a much smaller screen, low resolution, with crappy speakers, a short battery life, all the advertisements of TV…”

  “I know, it’s so revolutionary!”

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• notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So they.just reinvented the DVB-T tuner.

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• lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Techbros reinventing older tech without realizing it

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  • notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They didn’t reinvent it, they just took a tv box chip and shoved it into a phone.

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Edit: the soc that they are using is worse than the feature phone soc in my old Nokia from 2008. What the actual fuck.

      Oh god. They invented a TV with a phone built in.

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