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   Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:54:49 JST Bloodytailspike
   The reason flip phones probably won't make a comeback is because there's no monetary incentive for phone service providers to carry them. Phone service providers make most of their money on selling on selling you a data plan, which they can't do if you're only sending texts and making phone calls.
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     Adi Nugroho (pesekcuy@stereophonic.space)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:54:47 JST Adi Nugroho

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     @burner @monsterislandcolonizer ones with foldable display?
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:54:48 JST burner

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     flip phones with prepaid plans are still very much a thing
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     Adi Nugroho (pesekcuy@stereophonic.space)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:01:15 JST Adi Nugroho

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     @burner @monsterislandcolonizer do tgose gain tractions in your place? In mine (third-world country), feature phones don't at all, because people rely on wide spectrum of smartphone-only apps
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:01:16 JST burner

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     no, they're called "feature phones" and usually run kai os
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:03:58 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @burner @pesekcuy I bought a $90 Nokia to see what it was like and it's pretty bad.
     Def usable but it feels like a toy in the hand and the software is very slow, the buttons kind of suck too and the call quality isn't great.
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     Adi Nugroho (pesekcuy@stereophonic.space)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:03:58 JST Adi Nugroho

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     @monsterislandcolonizer @burner $90? My smartphone from 2016 (still using it today) is less than that!
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:08:02 JST burner

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     found a leddit thread, some of these actually look pretty good
     
     https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/15kmmfv/the_best_dumbphones_2023_text_version/
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:08:02 JST burner

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     this one in particular
     
     https://www.amazon.com/Punkt-MP02-Factory-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B07ML3ZHT4?ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.c3015c4a-46bb-44b9-81a4-dc28e6d374b3
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     @monsterislandcolonizer @burner @pesekcuy
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:10:18 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @pesekcuy @burner I'm an american we get fleeced for everything over here
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:11:23 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @burner @pesekcuy I've looked into these and apparently they have a lot of quality problems
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     Adi Nugroho (pesekcuy@stereophonic.space)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:11:23 JST Adi Nugroho

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     @monsterislandcolonizer @burner isn't the Punkt made with crowdfunding? Doesn't really surprising
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     Bloodytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:14:27 JST Bloodytailspike

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     @burner @pesekcuy thelightphone.com/
     This is one I'm interested in
     sunbeamwireless.com/
     And also this one, which has several variations and a touch screen which seems convenient.
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     burner (burner@norwoodzero.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 23:14:28 JST burner

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     yeah, I was just looking through the reveiews
     
     the xiaomi one looks pretty good