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[–] 93 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I've come to the realization that the phone I want is a Nokia 3310 "brick".

  • Infinite battery life
  • compact size
  • headphone jack
  • indestructible
  • no spyware
  • no social media
  • T9 texting
  • no software updates
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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You mean like a 20 year old one? Would it even work?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah. It'd probably still have charge too.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I found one in the back of a drawer a few weeks ago, it turned on straight away. I didn’t have the right size SIM card to try and use it fully sadly.

    Come the apocalypse there will just be cockroaches and old Nokias.

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    Many operators around the word are ditching 3g but still keeping 2g.
    It is main/backup connection in so many iot and older automation devices that it won't be going away anytime soon.
    And yes, both my 2110 and 3310 I alternate in my cars glove compartment can still call emergency services number without sim card.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Even when they shut down 2G access it will probably just be commercial use but they'll keep it for emergency service. It still has excellent coverage and the infrastructure is more trouble to remove than it's worth.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No. I don't know of anywhere that a 2G network is still available to use. Some still operate it for emergency calls but that's it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's anybody's guess but if the battery hasn't crapped out it probably would.

    I have a bunch of old Nokia's whose batteries puffed up and I can't use them anymore but I also have some that are still ok.

    Oh and they'd have to also find the charger for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    T9, back when you could text and drive without ever taking your eyes off the road.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Some of these I get, but I don't get the T9 thing. T9 was so bad! It took ages to type many words. Today's predictive keyboards are miles better.

    Also, no software updates? Sure, every now and then there's a shitty update, but most updates are great. New features and especially bug fixes are amazing. Used to be that if something had a bug, you just had to deal with it. There's no guarantees it'll be fixed today, but many companies do fix their bugs at least eventually. The ability to iteratively develop is huge for software quality. These days, unless you're developing something that absolutely cannot fail (like a mars prober or radiation therapy machine), it's widely agreed upon that iterative design is superior to "waterfall" design of trying to plan it out all ahead of time. Part of why is so you can get feedback continuously instead of only after you've committed to months of tech debt.

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