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What is the best alternative to a "smart" cell phone today?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Cromer4ever@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

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  • leadore@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Best alternative for what purpose? Can’t answer unless you tell us that. To make calls and texts? A feature phone. To use android apps? A tablet, I guess.

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  • MantisToboggon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    String and 2 cans.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      ties a string to your string, and a can at the other end

      Now we’re having a three way!

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      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Or you’ve hacked into their calls!

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  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A senior’s phone. Sometimes also called feature phone. Some of them are pretty good.

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  • disregardable@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That depends on what you need it to do. You’re not going to get a 1:1 replacement.

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  • howl2@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I heard of something called a pinephone. I know nothing about it but I have it earmarked for further exploration soon.

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  • ageedizzle@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Are you looking for a dumb phone? If so the best alternative on the market is probably the Light Phone III. It’s pricey though because its a niche product

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    • howl2@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think they are looking for a smart phone that isn’t the 2 big brands

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  • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know I’m interested in either a dumb flip phone or a smart phone that’ll last a while that doesn’t rely on Android or iOS.

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A smartphone that you don’t sign into or use any apps on.

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    • Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And disable mobile data and wifi.

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    • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s one that has a switch that puts you offline, but I can’t remember the name of it.

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  • arrrse@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Afaik HMD, formerly Nokia makes good dumb phones.

    https://www.hmd.com/en_int/all-phones

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Define how you mean “best”.

    I don’t have a best alternative, as my use-case is an Android phone running Lineage.

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  • humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A Nothing phone with graphene

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