Hell yeah! But $500 is a price I’m torn on… Not terrible, but not great
Who knew, objects made by paid adults in countries with labor laws costs money. All they need to do is to move production overseas
From another article:
“On the hardware side of things, there seem to be enough modern features to satisfy users who fit the profile of desiring an in-between smart and dumb-phone solution. It supports global LTE cellular connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth wireless, and even GPS. At the heart of the Callback is a MediaTek Helio G81 SoC, with 4GB/64GB on board. A 32GB microSD card is included to get you started, too.”
To me, that’s pretty low spec for $500 all things considered. Now, there is a price to privacy and the fact they’re not monetizing data is a pretty huge incentive. So, probably worth the $500 after all.
Does it say in the article where it’s manufactured? I assume that extra cost is mainly to ensure the profit is still there
Lmao love seeing the IT crowd memes still all these years later
Weirdest Mighty Boosh spin-off I’ve ever watched, and I watched The Mighty Boosh!
I’ll check that out
It “blocks” social media? Whether or not you actually want that, I’m not sure how they could possibly implement it in a way that isn’t terrible. Jolla is outside my wheelhouse, but it’s Linux isn’t it? How are they stopping me from installing anything, let alone these specific things?
Good idea, it depends on the implementation though - sometimes having a browser on demand is important.
Some feature phones had browsers
I’m aware. Browsers have been in phones long before smartphones.
How do you think people managed before smart phones?
Nothing’s that important it can’t wait to get home or to a library, or call someone and get them to check if it is THAT important .
I’m not saying it’s unmanageable, I’m saying it’s useful to have one.
A web browser is not the problem in most people’s cases, social media is. The point of a dumb smartphone is to keep all the useful tools while banning the harmful ones.
No, if people can receive emails, it defeats the entire purpose. Just don’t install those apps then? Lol. A browser allows access to most social media anyways, so providing one is counter to its purpose.
Strongly disagree. Email is foundational communication just like text messaging.
Social media is NOT foundational communication.
And an email can wait until you get home, if it’s that important, call, but texts suffice.
A browser allows access to social media, so now you just lost the phones sole purpose, good job.
If it’s customizable enough to allow users to remove any and all unwanted user and system apps - through ADB or otherwise - I’m all in. But if I’m stuck with a $500 phone with unremovable Big Tech affiliated apps, it goes into the trash can.
Also, in my country, electronic identification is a must have, so I hope that works too…
While removing Google services reduces a specific attack surface, the device still relies on a proprietary OS that introduces its own telemetry and fingerprinting vectors. It is worth questioning whether this hardware approach truly addresses the root cause of doomscrolling compared to enforcing strict usage limits on existing, auditable platforms.
maybe i can put my nokia 7110 to rest
