Parents and teens alike are trading in their smartphones for "dumber" models to help stay offline.

Parents and teens alike are trading in their smartphones for “dumber” models to help stay offline.

  • JelloBrainsEnglish
    10·
    18 days ago

    I wonder if there is a niche market for something like an old Dell Axim x50v or a Palm Pilot that could do those smartphone functions on a wifi connection, that way you have the best of both worlds, carry a dumbphone. However, you could still walk into a local Library or even some McDonald’s and connect if need be on the other device.

    Of course, then you have to inconveniently carry two devices and the temptation would probably still be there.

    • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      17 days ago

      Only wifi you’ll get on one of those has to be an older wifi standard without modern encryption. I can’t get my PDAs to connect via my router, but if I make a wifi Hotspot on my phone with no encryption or password, I can get mine to connect. Even then, HTTPS websites largely won’t work since these devices are pre https-as-standard.

      Beyond that however, I find a lotta use in mine for helping manage my ADHD since it does a lotta productivity stuff my phone can do, but with the only distraction being my mp3s and Space Trader.

      • JelloBrainsEnglish
        3·
        17 days ago

        That’s why I said I wonder if their was a niche market for something like those devices, meaning I wondered if some company could make a newer modern version, like Apple used to make the iPod Touch for a while, which were almost the same as the iPhone just without the cellular connection.