Thought this might interest some Lemmy folks.
That’s not a dumbphone. It has email, a camera, an e-reader and , looks like, a few other apps.
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.
Since we’re just making up definitions, a dumb phone is now a type of salad.
Just because we have different interpretations doesn’t mean we’re “making up definitions”. Who made you the definitive authority?
We don’t have different interpretations. You are just misrepresenting the definition. That’s not what a dumb phone is.
Prove me wrong. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
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.
And who decided these definitions, and what makes them an authority?
Several decades of phone technology as it developed…
Edit: and why are you just down voting everyone replying providing you with info?
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.
…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.
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!