Re:Ask HN: What feature phone do you use and recommend?
by jatowitt on Friday August 13, 2021 @08:58PM
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I have tried several feature phones:
* Alcatel Go Flip [1]
* Nokia 3310 3G [2]
* Samsung Rugby 4 [3]
I like the durability of the Samsung phone, but had to replace it because it lacked 4G support.
I tried the Nokia phone for a short time, I believe there is a version that supports 4G, but I could not find one in the United States. I switched to the Alcatel phone because of its support of 4G on T-mobile.
Both the Nokia and Alcatel try to hard to be smartphone-lite, they have web browsers, e-mail, video players, etc. I believe both the Nokia and the Alcatel use KaiOS, which is a fork of Firefox OS, and is buggy and slow. For example, searching my contact list takes 20 seconds to load, and if I start to type a letter to find someone, it often displays the wrong character (12 key typing, 2 = abc, 3 = def, etc.) and breaks the scrolling / list of names.
There are a few that I have been watching, beware they are still in development / crowdfunded.
* Mudita Pure - $335 (e-ink screen, 4G, Polish company) [4]
* Punkt MP02 - $350 (supports Signal encryption, 4G, Swiss company) [5]
* WiPhone - $140 (Wifi / VoIP only, not true cellular phone) [6]
Re:Ask HN: What feature phone do you use and recommend?
by gidorah on Saturday August 14, 2021 @03:01PM
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I recall an article about the Punkt phones that they're not all that private. I think that it pinged Google for something or other. Though I cannot now find the article.
* Alcatel Go Flip [1] * Nokia 3310 3G [2] * Samsung Rugby 4 [3]
I like the durability of the Samsung phone, but had to replace it because it lacked 4G support.
I tried the Nokia phone for a short time, I believe there is a version that supports 4G, but I could not find one in the United States. I switched to the Alcatel phone because of its support of 4G on T-mobile.
Both the Nokia and Alcatel try to hard to be smartphone-lite, they have web browsers, e-mail, video players, etc. I believe both the Nokia and the Alcatel use KaiOS, which is a fork of Firefox OS, and is buggy and slow. For example, searching my contact list takes 20 seconds to load, and if I start to type a letter to find someone, it often displays the wrong character (12 key typing, 2 = abc, 3 = def, etc.) and breaks the scrolling / list of names.
There are a few that I have been watching, beware they are still in development / crowdfunded.
* Mudita Pure - $335 (e-ink screen, 4G, Polish company) [4] * Punkt MP02 - $350 (supports Signal encryption, 4G, Swiss company) [5] * WiPhone - $140 (Wifi / VoIP only, not true cellular phone) [6]
[1] https://www.t-mobile.com/support/public-files/images/alcatel...
[2] https://liliputing.com/2017/02/nokia-3310-gets-reimagined-20...
[3] https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/all-other-phones/sa...
[4] https://mudita.com/products/
[5] https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/
[6] https://www.wiphone.io/index.html