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From skepticism to sustainability: changing perceptions of refurbished phones (www.techradar.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/keepyourphonelonger@lemmy.ca
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Currently don't have a smartphone, using a CatB40 but the company that was licensed to produce them no longer exists. Have been starting to wonder what to replace it with as I don't really care for Android and there are not really many options left.

Probably leaning towards cheap second hand, SIM that is calls/SMS only so data is never enabled. Download local maps using osmAnd then limit it to LAN only so it can access my rygel media server with VLC. Now I wonder if steam link works if you are LAN only, I think so? Can always play Dwarf Fortress and CDDA over SSH instead though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dumb phones still exist. There's a market for them from people who want big physical buttons through to parents who want their kids to have an emergency phone.

    I can't tell where to find them but here in NZ I just search "dumb phone NZ" and get heaps of options.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A few still exist, like a nokia, but at this point cheap second hand android is often cheaper. Though their battery life is usually worse even new as android seems to take a lot more power.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Yes Android is basically a laptop in your pocket, dumb phones used to last a week on a charge. Though the main thing I miss is that the alarm would still go off even if the battery went flat 😅

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