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"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone' (www.timeextension.com)
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Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it disables features like web browsing and social media by default.

However, despite the noble quest for a 'digital detox', the phone met with a somewhat frosty reception online (no pun intended), with many comparing it to an elderly relative's flip phone. In our poll, 70 percent of you said you wouldn't be buying one.

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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This can easily be achieved with most any Android phone.

  • Switch to a degoogled OS like GrapheneOS or LineageOS
  • Install a minimalist launcher (there are dozens)
  • install CoMaps for private gps and navigation
  • use whatever chromium browser comes on the phone or install a privacy browser like Firefox (again, there are dozens)
  • add a notes app (there are dozens)
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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Most Android phones nowadays fail at

    Switch to a degoogled OS like GrapheneOS or LineageOS

    either because they're not unlockable or because neither OS supports that specific brand and model.

    Not saying the rest isn't correct, it's just that "most" in there that in my experience is wildly optimistic.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (2 children)

    This can easily be achieved with most any Android phone.

    lots of phones are not supported even by lineage. it does not help that manufacturers are continuously farting out the same mediocre models just with slightly different hardware, so that drivers need to be figured out again

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes, by "most any" of course I mean that you can find a device with almost any spec or form factor you choose. If you like pixel, you can choose lineage or graphene. If you have an old phone lying around - with hundreds supported by lineage - there's a good chance it works.

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