restructure phone review

content/blog/2024/01-21-noka-2780/index.md

@@ -5,42 +5,53 @@ tags:
     - featurephone
 ---
 
-I've been using a Nokia 2780 flip phone instead of my Pixel 6 smartphone.
+I've been using a Nokia 2780 flip phone instead of my Pixel 6 smartphone
+for a few days now.
 Here are my notes about it.
 
-# Good
+# Better than the Smartphone
 
-* Smaller than my smartphone in most dimensions (but thicker) - easily fits into pockets
-* Battery lasts multiple days
-* Drastically lower latency on voice calls than the smartphone
-* Plays music
-* Group SMS support
-* Calendar with reminders
+* Fits in my pocket better: it's thicker, but smaller in the other two dimensions
+* Battery lasts for days, not hours
+* Speakerphone is somehow better
+* Voice calls have lower latency: I don't feel like I'm interrupting people
 * FM Radio
-* Connects to WiFi
-* Call quality is excellent
-* Can act as hotspot
-* Modern web browser with JavaScript
-* Email client
-* Basic calculator
+* Almost no compulsion to "check my phone": I know there's nothing going on there
 * Conversation starter: nearly everyone who sees it wants to tell me about 
     a fond memory of a featurephone they once used
 
 
-# So-so
+# Same as the Smartphone
 
-* Camera works fine
-* Group SMS displays a blank subject before every message
+* Connects to WiFi
+* Can act as hotspot
+* Basic calculator
+* Plays music
+* Group SMS support
+* Calendar with reminders, syncs to Google
+* Modern web browser with JavaScript
+* Email client, syncs to Google
 * Google Maps
-    * It works!
-    * It tracks your position on the map
-    * You have to manually move to the next leg of each trip
-    * No "location sharing", people can't see where you are, and you can't see where they are
-* Google Calendar Sync
-* QR Code Reader in store (has ads)
-* Podcast app in store (has ads)
+
+
+# Worse than the Smartphone, but tolerable
+
+* Camera is just okay
+* Group SMS displays a blank subject before every message
+* Google Maps doesn't have POV mode: you have to manually advance to the next turn
+* No "location sharing", people can't see where you are, and you can't see where they are
+* Only syncs one calendar
+* Email is just the body: PDF attachments have to be saved and opened in another app
+* Contact syncing breaks, so I had to manually transfer my core contacts
+  * Google's contacts for me is massive, I don't recognize most of these people
+  * Maybe this is actually a feature?
+* QR Code Reader is an app (has ads)
+* Podcast app has ads
 * MMS (group texts, or photos) can take a few minutes to arrive when the phone is closed.
     This may be a power saving issue.
+* Multimedia text messages must be opened to display them
+* 200x320 screen resolution (smartphone is 2400x1080!)
+* Limited set of emoji on keyboard
 
 
 # Bad
@@ -50,3 +61,4 @@ Here are my notes about it.
 * Predictive text input guesses one 4 means "g", not "I"
 * Will not play FLAC files
 * "Battery Full" notification can't be disabled
+* No international keyboard: goodbye, diacriticals!