• lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Anddd now we have boring slab design, thanks Steve Apple.

    But there are tries to make flip phones again with bendy screens - too fragile I think.

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The biggest problem with that is sadly the most functional design also happens to be the most boring.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Ah, replaceable batteries…

    Honestly, I kept my Nokia going until I got a Fairphone - purely to be able to replace the battery.

    It was great when visiting places they just asked me to install some shitty app (ie to view a restaurant menu, etc.) I’d just show them the Nokia and they’d have to treat me ”properly”

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    They released a crude version of the model in the thumbnail. It was the 5510.

    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That one seems like it would be easy to remake with current day components. Keep the display the same to extend battery life, give it smarter internals and slimmer design. That could be the work phone, the texting phone, the going hiking phone, the daily driver that has several days of battery life.

      But the more I think about it, a Bluetooth keyboard paired with a normal smartphone would not need its own phone plan and would provide the physical buttons for typing. It just won’t be as cool as that thing.

    • sushibowl@feddit.nlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I had one in high school. The design was kinda gimmicky but the phone had good features for its time. it had an FM radio receiver, and I remember you could even transfer MP3 files onto it, although it was a hassle to do so.

  • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Nokia were crazy back in the day but I think people may remember them a bit too fondly. I remember how whenever there was some new tech or idea they would absolutely trickle them out just to try and squeeze as much money out of you as possible. If there were two new pieces of tech they’d release two phones, with each of them having one of the new pieces of tech. Back in those days they just refused to make the absolute best phone possible. That’s one of the biggest changes that came from the iPhone.

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You not think it could’ve been a cost saving measure too though and that putting the two new pieces of tech in one phone would’ve made it too expensive for anyone to buy

      • RiceManatee@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        As a Nokia Mobile Phones employee in the mid 2000s, I can confirm this was indeed the case. The US wouldn’t pay over $100 for a handset, and Nokia was already losing money on hardware in the phone sale to have it subsidized by network providers. Nokia wanted to add tech and capability, but the high end stuff didn’t sell at a profit and carriers wouldn’t sell phones that were more expensive than their customers would pay. Apple was an exception due to marketing as “premium”.