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A phone with just calls, SMS, Signal and Telegram? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want a phone where I can't go on the internet or read the news, just communicate with people I actually know in real life. Is there any way I can make this happen?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

You want a dumbphone - of which your options are going to be like phones that specifically lack browsing/internet features like Tracphones or Nokia phones. (Another alternative is like the Sunbeam F1 or various Japanese dumbphones)

Alternatively, you could just buy a cheap Android phone and use ADB to remove those features (like the built-in browser and wifi) you don't want.

reddit-logo link but the subreddit for dumbphones is an excellent resource: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/zpw77o/state_of_the_dumbphone_2023_read_this_first/