• owenfromcanada@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      7 hours ago

      I’m gonna guess that most people (myself included) saw the candybar format and the word “Nokia” and assumed it was a “dumb” phone. I’m guessing they looked at the messaging app with the largest or broadest market share and used that as a point to clarify that it’s a “smart” phone.

      • Blaze@piefed.zipOPEnglish
        5·
        7 hours ago

        Indeed.

        WhatsApp is Meta and should be avoided as much as possible, but there are some countries where it’s everywhere.

        I just looked up a flat rental for summer, got contacted by the agency on Whatsapp. I’m not going to try to convert a real estate agent to Delta chat or Signal.

      • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        7 hours ago

        sure, but why is WhatsApp a selling point…

        used to be Facebook was the selling point for he simple minded… now it’s moved to whatsapp

        • undefinedTruth@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          This kind of “dumb” phones are not typically marketed to privacy and security cautious people like us. They are trying to mostly reach regular people that want to “detox” from social media but at the same time also have a usable device. Like it or not especially in Europe everyone uses WhatsApp to communicate, so it is something that most regular people consider necessary.

  • AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    The DumbDroid store has been floating around r/dumbphones for a bit now, and the Dumber Mini is the most polished piece of hardware to come out of it. LineageOS 21 on a Nokia-style shell with WhatsApp and Maps covers the three things that actually kill feature phone adoption. The real test is whether this ships as an actual device or stays as another ROM project that Reddit loves and nobody actually buys.

  • disevani@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 hours ago

    Can’t find anything about the battery being removeable or not. Would like to know that. If it does have that, i might try this one out! Sounds very interesting.