>smartphone on its last legs>thinking about going back to a dumbphone because I use a dedicated phone for work anyway>friends and relatives use whatsapp>see pic related running kaios>do some research>whatasapp support ended last yearFucking shit. Is there any alternative besides a smartphone?
>>106573427God, I might just bite the bullet and start working on a "dumbphone" and os. KaiOS is so terrible, there needs to be an alternative.
>>106573427gay sex is a solid alternativeor get a lincucks phone and make it as dumb as you like, run the zuck shovelware as pwa or via waydroid
I predict you'll just start using your work phone for everything you currently use your personal phone for and absolutely nothing about your life will change
>>106573427Stop wasting catalog space and ask /spg/ >>106562044
>>106573473I will make a thread whenever I want.
>>106573427For me:>whatsapp on PC or laptop/tablet>dumb phone as my daily carryWorks just fine, when people get used to texting/calling you when on the move. I would ditch whatsapp alltogether, but need it for a million different groups.
>>106573427smartphone in ultra power saving mode.you get dumbphone launcher with only couple apps. battery lasts for days.
>>106573444>there needs to be an alternativethere ishttps://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Series_30%2B
>>106573427Get a budget smartphone that supports all of the applications you need, uninstall everything you won't use, debloat as much as possible, and only use those applications you want, it's that simple. Though (>>106573831)'s idea is pretty cool too I think.
>>106573444these already exist. you can get "feature phones" that look like a dumbphone and are about as powerful as one, but run Android GO or w/e it's called and can run most android apps (thoughbeit poorly on some single core 1.2ghz processor)i had one of picrel, did my calling through Skype (i had a voip number subscription until it was kill) and only stopped using it because I literally got fucking robbed. literally. some dude put a gun in my face and took my phone. i was so mad, like why would you take such a shitty phone off me?? i can understand getting rolled but thats like someone pushing you down and stealing your shoes even though they're just 20$ walmart sneakers. its just insulting
>>106576249Robber was a complete coward piece of shit. You weren't specifically targeted just unlucky anon
>>106576296it was actually a robbery of the business, he just took patrons' stuff while he was at itsupposedly taking phones during these events is to "prevent 911 from being called" but places have panic buttons and land lines and response time is like 5 hours in north america anyway
>>106576249>"Yo, can a nigga borrow that phone?">"Tyrone, seriously? It’s a $20 burner phone!">*Flashes a Glock, inches from Anon’s face*>"You deaf, bruh? I ain’t askin’! Gimme that phone and that weak-ass watch, or I’m lightin’ you up!">"What’s your problem? It’s a Casio W91!"
>>106573427just buy z flip 7 like me
>>106576309taking all the phones that have GPS tracking which never shuts off?lucky for tyrone we don't prosecute his kind in america
>>106576525ironically there were some iphones in the mix and they were found in a couple days: in a dumpster. according to the cops its a typical move because even the most niggerest of criminals know that phones can be tracked AND without the lock code you ain't getting anything useful out of it, the owner's nudes when mounted as usb storage, MAYBE. and resetting the phone without the previous owner's icloud/google account is a technically complex endeavour, at least hard enough to prevent tyrones from doing it. so they usually take phones during these events to prevent you hitting a panic button. which is stupid, because every business has a panic button under the counter, a land-line, and security cameras that may be being actively watched remotely>>106576365that f21 pro is 99$ and at the time i had also just done groceries. i probably had more "value" in my shopping bags than in that phone.same for my wallet. it had nothing of real value in it but everything was annoying to replace or simply not have anymore. like, i had an expired driver's license with my previous address on it. wtf is he going to do with that? but now i can't use it to buy beer, what an asshole
>>106573427Do your friends and relatives not have phones? Nothing stops them from receiving SMS messages in addition to using Whatsapp.
>>106576874in america everything has to be done through an "app" now. phone numbers are purely one-use for verification then you Klarna your WhatsApp to order Uber Eats
