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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.

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Not very many people want dumb phones, actually. Certainly not enough for anyone to mass produce the things.
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  Not true: Dumbphone on Amazon.com. Clearly mass-produced.

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