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Re:KaiOS by daviddaviddavid on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:19AM (#21006320)
Not a KaiOS user, but I am a daily flip-phone user on a Kyocera DuraXTP running Brew MP. In my flip-phone dreams, the features I would love out of an OS would be:

  * Obviously, calling/texting.
  * A fast, minimal app that served as a phone book.
  * GPS with voice assistant.
  * An Uber or Lyft app.
  * That's it.
In short, the things that are very useful in an emergency-type situation.

I can't imagine there are that may others like me, but the lack of GPS and ride-hailing are the two things that occasionally make me consider going back to having a smartphone.

Re:KaiOS by dlivingston on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @12:38PM (#21007109)
Phones like this already exist. See, for example, The Light Phone: https://www.thelightphone.com