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| GlennSprigg:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on July 02, 2020, 11:47:23 pm ---I have a "dumb phone" & it was even cheaper, at around $A19! As far as I can see, the only advantage of a smartphone is being able to download "apps". I have an iPad if I need to do that!----my fingers are too "sausage like" for that, so an even smaller set of keys without any tactlie feedback are a huge disincentive to use such a device. Meantime, the "dumbie" has a normal phone keyboard instead of a "pretend" one, can take "poorish quality" photos, can send & receive texts. As it is "dumb" it can't use the Covid 19 contact tracing app----------bummer! ;D --- End quote --- Ha!!... I know what you are saying, generally. However, even a most basic/cheap "smart" phone does not have to be used like the kids do, with a myriad of useless games/apps that just want 'money' to proceed... The main 'power' could be to simply use them as a 'Sat-Nav' with visual/voice directions on the road. ;D |
| Raj:
--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on July 06, 2020, 12:30:34 pm --- --- Quote from: vk6zgo on July 02, 2020, 11:47:23 pm ---I have a "dumb phone" & it was even cheaper, at around $A19! As far as I can see, the only advantage of a smartphone is being able to download "apps". I have an iPad if I need to do that!----my fingers are too "sausage like" for that, so an even smaller set of keys without any tactlie feedback are a huge disincentive to use such a device. Meantime, the "dumbie" has a normal phone keyboard instead of a "pretend" one, can take "poorish quality" photos, can send & receive texts. As it is "dumb" it can't use the Covid 19 contact tracing app----------bummer! ;D --- End quote --- Ha!!... I know what you are saying, generally. However, even a most basic/cheap "smart" phone does not have to be used like the kids do, with a myriad of useless games/apps that just want 'money' to proceed... The main 'power' could be to simply use them as a 'Sat-Nav' with visual/voice directions on the road. ;D --- End quote --- Modern smartphones are much more. Most of the paid apps that I have were paid through google rewards money. And I don't have any game installed right now... I have a dedicated electronics resource app called electrodroid and I have steam remote play (originally meant for gaming but I use it to control my PC in and around my house). Plus multitasking experience is unmatched by any other generation of phone. I could be listening to music while having a datasheet and schematic opened as two separate window while I work on my stuff. |
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