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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. Here are my notes about it.
# Good # Better than the Smartphone
* Smaller than my smartphone in most dimensions (but thicker) - easily fits into pockets * Fits in my pocket better: it's thicker, but smaller in the other two dimensions
* Battery lasts multiple days * Battery lasts for days, not hours
* Drastically lower latency on voice calls than the smartphone * Speakerphone is somehow better
* Plays music * Voice calls have lower latency: I don't feel like I'm interrupting people
* Group SMS support
* Calendar with reminders
* FM Radio * FM Radio
* Connects to WiFi * Almost no compulsion to "check my phone": I know there's nothing going on there
* Call quality is excellent
* Can act as hotspot
* Modern web browser with JavaScript
* Email client
* Basic calculator
* Conversation starter: nearly everyone who sees it wants to tell me about * Conversation starter: nearly everyone who sees it wants to tell me about
a fond memory of a featurephone they once used a fond memory of a featurephone they once used
# So-so # Same as the Smartphone
* Camera works fine * Connects to WiFi
* Group SMS displays a blank subject before every message * 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 * Google Maps
* It works!
* It tracks your position on the map
* You have to manually move to the next leg of each trip # Worse than the Smartphone, but tolerable
* No "location sharing", people can't see where you are, and you can't see where they are
* Google Calendar Sync * Camera is just okay
* QR Code Reader in store (has ads) * Group SMS displays a blank subject before every message
* Podcast app in store (has ads) * 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. * MMS (group texts, or photos) can take a few minutes to arrive when the phone is closed.
This may be a power saving issue. 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 # Bad
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* Predictive text input guesses one 4 means "g", not "I" * Predictive text input guesses one 4 means "g", not "I"
* Will not play FLAC files * Will not play FLAC files
* "Battery Full" notification can't be disabled * "Battery Full" notification can't be disabled
* No international keyboard: goodbye, diacriticals!