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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do you need 5G for on a dumb phone, anyway?

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Two words: future proofing. In many places, 2G and 3G networks are either turned off already, or will shutdown in a year or two. Especially with the dumb phone target audience, a phone that will become a brick in a couple of years, is most definitely not something they're looking for.