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Re:I Don't Like Smartphones (2016) by dymk on Monday February 14, 2022 @01:33PM (#30336051)
Am I misunderstanding or are you saying people can buy a TomTom and a Motorola Razr and that's just as good as a modern day smartphone?

Do you remember annoying it was to use the browser on those candybar phones?

Re:I Don't Like Smartphones (2016) by HWR_14 on Monday February 14, 2022 @02:36PM (#30337094)
Buy a TomTom? GPS is already built in to most cars (although they may be phasing it out if they think everyone can just use their phone.) But I know people who have dedicated GPS units (TomTom, Garmin, etc.) in their cars. They do provide better directions than GoogleMaps/AppleMaps.

I think the browser on candybars was annoying, but it also was sufficient. Not for daily browsing, but for occasional lookups.