Thought this might interest some Lemmy folks.

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    12 days ago

    That’s not a dumbphone. It has email, a camera, an e-reader and , looks like, a few other apps.

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      12 days ago

      I disagree. A dumbphone (in my opinion) is a phone that does everything you need and nothing you don’t, and is distraction-free. And especially one that DOES NOT run Android. Email is unfortunately essential in the modern age.

      But you do you, fam.

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          12 days ago

          Just because we have different interpretations doesn’t mean we’re “making up definitions”. Who made you the definitive authority?

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        12 days ago

        While I get your opinion, these things have definitions. Here’s a super simple version:

        • A dumb phone does not connect to the internet. Its a phone. Just a dumb device.
        • A feature phone is what you’re referring to here, where it may connect to the internet, but isn’t part of some larger ecosystem and is certainly not an app-first approach. Its a phone first, ancillary features are a bonus.
        • Smartphones are your android and iOS devices, which connect to the internet, is part of a large ecosystem of applications, is an internet first oriented device, etc.

        So yes, this is a feature phone from what I’ve read of the translation.

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            12 days ago

            Several decades of phone technology as it developed…

            Edit: and why are you just down voting everyone replying providing you with info?

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              12 days ago

              Several decades of phone technology as it developed…

              …so you just made it up then.

              why are you just down voting everyone replying providing you with info?

              No one has done that. The only comments I’m downvoting are the ones spreading disinformation.

              • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                12 days ago

                …so you just made it up then.

                No, the phone industry made up these terms.

                No one has done that. The only comments I’m downvoting are the ones spreading disinformation.

                So how I read that is “Anything that isn’t what I want it to say is disinformation”.

                Well, enjoy your day buddy, my participation in this thread is over. Its a neat feature phone, and that’s where I’ll be leaving that.

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                  12 days ago

                  the phone industry made up these terms.

                  Except you can’t find any citations, so I’m pretty sure ya did.

                  So how I read that is “Anything that isn’t what I want it to say is disinformation”.

                  Very unsurprisingly, you’re reading it wrong. And you know it.

                  my participation in this thread is over

                  Excellent, glad to hear it!