Comment on Kendrick Lamar's company just dropped a limited-edition 'dumb' phone. It's already sold out.

Uglyhead@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How/what are you going to sideload? It doesn’t run android from what I can tell, so anything you would want to install would need to be developed first

  source
• doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’ve been available forever .

  source
• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why does color matter? My dumb phone in the 90s had a color screen.

  source

  • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Uses more battery, i’ma guess.

    source

    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe, but with the rest of the description, I’m guessing you’re still talking about a battery life in terms of a significant number of days. I also wouldn’t be surprised if a tiny, low-end LCD color screen was cheaper than an e-ink screen.

      source

      • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah I think you’re right; color lcd are usually quite a bit cheaper than eink at least in small quantities without talking direct to manufacturers. They use a lot more power though since eink only uses power when changing and none otherwise.

        source