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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by pmontra on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:06AM (#18864731)
Well said. I like small and light phones, not iOS. I'm typing this on an Xperia X Compact (2016). Follow up models weight more and maybe the product line will be discontinued. Even the iPhone SE is dead.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by ForHackernews on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:34AM (#18864901)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/atom-world-s...
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by pmontra on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:17AM (#18865890)
Wow, that's really small. Actually it's what phones used to be before 2007.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by int_19h on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:44PM (#18870822)
I have the original Jelly phone, and it's actually smaller than Nokia phones I used in pre-smartphone days.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jellyphone/jelly-the-sm...

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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by ForHackernews on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:17AM (#18881769)
How's the battery life? I got the Atom even though it's uglier because I read bad reviews of the Jelly's battery.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by ForHackernews on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:26AM (#18865968)
I got one off the kickstarter, and it's a neat little gadget. It hasn't fully replaced my main smartphone, but it's great for outdoors activities, or if I'm wearing an outfit without big pockets and don't want to carry a bag.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by pmontra on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:48PM (#18868706)
Did get another SIM or move the one from your phone into the Atom?
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by ForHackernews on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:38PM (#18869732)
I swap my SIM when I want to use it, but it would be less hassle to get a separate one.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by pmontra on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:17AM (#18872339)
But then, how do people contact you? Anything tied to your phone number wouldn't work. Perhaps only Telegram, Skype, Messenger work cross device. Phone calls and WhatsApp don't.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by ForHackernews on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:49AM (#18872684)
If I'm out cycling or paddling, I probably don't want to be all that reachable, anyway.
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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by gambiting on Thursday January 10, 2019 @03:35AM (#18872404)
For phone calls, good old call redirect is still a thing :P

No idea about whatsapp though.

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Re:Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can't Delete F... by imrelaxed on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:55AM (#18865078)
This might be the greatest prison phone ever
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