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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.

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asudox (only for mod, alt)@lemmy.world
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true. Though I don’t know how you’d lock it behind biometrics.
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  Above 25 or 30 USD (don’t remember exactly) my bank requires me to enter the pin, that’s just as good.
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    Oh well, that works then.

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