Nokia goes back to basics: Announces phone with a battery that lasts one month, FM radio, flashlight
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[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;39714594]The fun thing is that many of these "dumbphones" actually have file managers, which is apparently too advanced to include on 2 out of the current 3 major platforms, and I'm not even sure that Android ships with one.[/QUOTE]
Both of my droids, Huawei U8500 (2.2.1) and Galaxy Ace (2.2.1 , also 2.3.4) came with a file manager. Friends SGS2 had a file manager. I think my sisters Sony Xperia X8 didnt have a file manager with it though. But downloading Astro aint that hard too.
On android - Depends on the vendor (i guess)
Other platforms - why are you doing this go grab a simple file manager, it aint hard.
[QUOTE=dass;39714502]
And that does wonders to the battery...[/QUOTE]
Most Li-Ion batteries will last a few hundred cycles before the battery starts noticeably deteriorating. If you charge it everyday, it will be well into your second year before you see it dying prematurely. And its not as if the batteries cost an arm and a leg anyway. The OEM Samsung battery for my Galaxy Nexus is about $25. The 3rd party ones without the NFC element are even cheaper.
There's not really a good reason to not charge your phone everyday. I did it even back when I had a dumb phone. Plug it in when you go to sleep, wake up in the morning, and its ready to go, no surprises.
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;39712339]
you can't even play Angry Birds and Minecraft Pocket
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if this criteria is how you buy phones, then i feel deeply and truly sorry for you
[QUOTE=dass;39714502]So you like to spend 500$ on something with a battery life of less than a week, has countless things that you might not even know about, gets outdated in a matter of months, and is as sensitive as a baby's head...
While someone else, who doesn't needs a shitload of crap on a phone, can spend 15€ for a nice, resistant, simple and practical phone that also looks good and even has a flashlight.
[editline]25th February 2013[/editline]
And that does wonders to the battery...[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's the only differences
[QUOTE=dass;39714502]So you like to spend 500$ on something with a battery life of less than a week, has countless things that you might not even know about, gets outdated in a matter of months, and is as sensitive as a baby's head...
While someone else, who doesn't needs a shitload of crap on a phone, can spend 15€ for a nice, resistant, simple and practical phone that also looks good and even has a flashlight.
.[/QUOTE]
My father was stuck with a dumbphone but then, his phone started to fail a bit and we went to the phoneshop anyways. He came out wih a smartphone and wouldn't go back to a dumbphone now.
1. Phone number storage is much easier. The QWERTY keyboard helps him a lot so he can easily put informative names to people who buy stuff from him.
2. Camera. Yeah, this dumbphone has a camera, he has had many cameraphones before but the newer ones on smartphones beat the dummys camera.
3. There ain't many dumbphones with a GPS. And smartphones come with a flash too.
4. Battery? If you use data, charge daily or every 2 days. If you don't, 2-3 days no problem.
5. Resistant? My father works in a factory and takes cars apart to sell spare parts as a hobby. His phone has been close to death many times (3 glasses, one of them completely non-working). Yeah, doesn't beat a dumbphone but in dummys, he usually broke the LCD. On many fucking Nokias. His smarty has been taking falls like a boss. No shits given.
Not accepting a smartphone just because it is smart is dumb. If money comes into the talk, go buy a used 3310 for 10¢ and nobody will care.
Hey, I was asking for nearly this kind of phone a few months back. Only things I don't like are the backlight/ color screen, otherwise amazing.
I've never owned a phone, but this actually looks like a phone I'd want.
There are so many phones out there that do so many non-phone things. I just want to call people. No apps, video playback, etc. I just want the basics and I'm glad Nokia still makes products that appeal to this.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39711753]A battery life longer than 6 hours? What is this sorcery?[/QUOTE]
A month in [i]standby[/i].
For reference, that's also what the Galaxy S3 is rated for in standby. This isn't a huge breakthrough.
Is it bad that I would totally get rid of my shit smartphone for one of these? It looks nice for a basic phone, looks durable, and it does what phones need to do. Nothing more. I approve of this.
Buy a dozen, tape into an array under your shirt.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;39715731]Buy a dozen, tape into an array under your shirt.[/QUOTE]
A slightly more expensive but way more effective and functional bulletproof/blastproof vest I see.
[editline]25th February 2013[/editline]
And hey, you can even call and text and take photos and probably videos too.
I'd be all over the 301 if it has a SD-card slot.
Shove a pre-pain SIM card into it and it'll be a perfect emergency phone.
$20, FM radio, 1 month standby? I think I'm going to buy a 105 and keep it in my glovebox.
[QUOTE=Scot;39712303]These phones have existed for a decade.[/QUOTE]
But nobody buys them because it lacks Facebook...or Twitter...or any games other than Breakout....or a camera....or a web browser....or a music player.
Hence why I said It's a phone. A portable motherfucking phone. If you wanted more than a phone you bought a cellphone springboard for your Visor.
[img]http://www.pencomputing.com/palm/Pen38/visorphone.jpg[/img]
If my provider wasn't CDMA I'd have one of these bitches up to my ear.
I probably get this one, smartphones are not my type of phones. Besides I don't need internet on my phone. Furthermore I am a damn cheapskate when it comes to phones, friends of mine usually borrow me their old crappy ones.
It ain't a nokia if it doesn't have the snake game. That shit was classic
any idea of when theyre being sold though?
[editline]26th February 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Van-man;39716606]I'd be all over the 301 if it has a SD-card slot.
Shove a pre-pain SIM card into it and it'll be a perfect emergency phone.[/QUOTE]
sorry for the dumb question, but I have to ask this since I never owned a cellphone that had an SD card, but why do you need one? Is it to transfer media more easily or something? I never understood why we couldnt just connect it with a miniusb cable or something
[QUOTE=D3TBS;39716960]any idea of when theyre being sold though?
[editline]26th February 2013[/editline]
sorry for the dumb question, but I have to ask this since I never owned a cellphone that had an SD card, but why do you need one? Is it to transfer media more easily or something? I never understood why we couldnt just connect it with a miniusb cable or something[/QUOTE]
On many devices, the SD card acts as the storage device, as there is little, if any, user accessible memory built in to the phone itself. Older Android phones maybe only had 250 MB of memory on the actual phone that's for apps and OS, leaving you with maybe 90 MB free. In that case, an SD card was a necessity for pictures, music, etc. On newer phones, this isn't as much of a problem, as they often have 4+ GB built in.
The SD card functions more as a secondary hard drive that can be removed and upgraded at any time, rather than for moving data. You can still use a USB cable to access the SD card on the phone.
Here's the tech specs if anyone is interested, its pretty sweet needless to say:
[URL="http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/25/nokia-301-a-clever-feature-phone-for-2013/"]http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/25/nokia-301-a-clever-feature-phone-for-2013/[/URL]
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;39717370]Here's the tech specs if anyone is interested, its pretty sweet needless to say:
[URL="http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/25/nokia-301-a-clever-feature-phone-for-2013/"]http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/25/nokia-301-a-clever-feature-phone-for-2013/[/URL][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][B]Expandable memory card type:[/B] MicroSD
[B]Maximum memory card size:[/B] 32 GB
[B]Game features:[/B] Java games
[B]Audio playback file formats:[/B] WAV, MP4, AAC, AMR, MP3, M4A, WMA, 3GP[/QUOTE]
sold
But i already have a phone that lasts one month or more even.
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGUAZt7ToZjqDTAPAhEY-Qbt1YajDvpD-CMysAhgAULoYLtxOXxg[/img] this thing. And i love it
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I miss clamshell phones.
[QUOTE=buro;39717697][img_thumb]http://alpha.akihabaranews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/7/67/6467//2.jpg[/img_thumb]
I miss clamshell phones.[/QUOTE]
That design is rather stylish, sleek compared to the 'bricks' of Iphones we have today.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;39717726]That design is rather stylish, sleek compared to the 'bricks' of Iphones we have today.[/QUOTE]
I personally love the iphones design but now all phones look the same. Back then you had quite a lot variation.
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;39711808]I wonder if it also plays MP3s, probably not.[/QUOTE]
Probably not because in the commercials it definitely doesn't show "My Music" as a folder.
[QUOTE=NO ONE;39713099]I love the sound of this phone. It sounds perfect. Except for one thing (that is in't 100% clear). It does not appear to have a flip out keypad! Once I switched over to the Samsung Intensity II, I couldn't go back to texting with a numberpad.
I've had my eyes on the Lumia 520 as well though.
My Intensity II has been everything I've needed, but I guess I could use something with a better camera. I've never really cared for using apps and internet since that eats at the battery. Smartphones are great, but I have yet to adopt one. My technologically inept mom has though, and I'm always helping her out with it since she can't figure anything out for herself.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was thinking about getting this phone, but I'd want a keypad on it if I were to get it. I have a keypad right now and I don't want to go back to typing with 12 buttons again.
[QUOTE=TippZ;39714587]yep because i have the money and i cant be without a smartphone
going back to a "dumbphone" is and was painful when my smartphone broke after i dropped it three meters down on a tiled floor (dont come say that a "dumbphone" would be able to work after that)
have you ever even owned a smartphone?[/QUOTE]
yes I do, and what does that even matter?
I also got like 3 "dumbphones" on my drawer, one of which has survived sand and water, and my aunt's 3310 was THE most unlucky phone in the world in what comes to drops and only died because the power button was completely worn out.
I've also seen one being thrown as fast as a baseball into a computer screen and still working.
[editline]26th February 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Demache;39714717]Most Li-Ion batteries will last a few hundred cycles before the battery starts noticeably deteriorating. If you charge it everyday, it will be well into your second year before you see it dying prematurely. And its not as if the batteries cost an arm and a leg anyway. The OEM Samsung battery for my Galaxy Nexus is about $25. The 3rd party ones without the NFC element are even cheaper.
There's not really a good reason to not charge your phone everyday. I did it even back when I had a dumb phone. Plug it in when you go to sleep, wake up in the morning, and its ready to go, no surprises.[/QUOTE]
I'd rather have a phone that doesn't requires me to recharge it every day, or that doesn't makes me look at the battery meter for a long time.
also remember how those were the coolest thing ever? if you had one you looked like a successful businessman. it meant business. smartphones nowadays are more capable but look more like toys and jewelry than technology
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[QUOTE=tratzzz;39715001]My father was stuck with a dumbphone but then, his phone started to fail a bit and we went to the phoneshop anyways. He came out wih a smartphone and wouldn't go back to a dumbphone now.
1. Phone number storage is much easier. The QWERTY keyboard helps him a lot so he can easily put informative names to people who buy stuff from him.
2. Camera. Yeah, this dumbphone has a camera, he has had many cameraphones before but the newer ones on smartphones beat the dummys camera.
3. There ain't many dumbphones with a GPS. And smartphones come with a flash too.
4. Battery? If you use data, charge daily or every 2 days. If you don't, 2-3 days no problem.
5. Resistant? My father works in a factory and takes cars apart to sell spare parts as a hobby. His phone has been close to death many times (3 glasses, one of them completely non-working). Yeah, doesn't beat a dumbphone but in dummys, he usually broke the LCD. On many fucking Nokias. His smarty has been taking falls like a boss. No shits given.
Not accepting a smartphone just because it is smart is dumb. If money comes into the talk, go buy a used 3310 for 10¢ and nobody will care.[/QUOTE]
I didn't say to not accept a smartphone because its smart. I went along with his train of thought as in "it doesn't has 'fucking everything' it sucks"
If I actually used my cellphone for something other than emergencies, I would get this, but mine suits fine, no need to change if I don't have to. But it looks so nice.
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