The TBN Master DumbPhone Thread

[BravoXray]

Casio boulder takes a licken keeps on ticken 20 years and counting .

I think I have one of those in a drawer somewhere. Was a good phone but the battery died.

 

[5030]

Planned obsolence. Lots of phones, the battery isn't replaceable. Have a few myself. Then there is the outdated computer that is non functioning. I use them for target practice. Paint an 'X' on the hard drive and drill them. .30 caliber round does a nice job.

Favorite phone was a Kyocera Hydroreach Android that was IP 65. You could drop it in water and it kept on ticking. Battery pooped out so I killed it.

 

[Hay Dude]

Cant wait until the kids are grown and off my “dole”, which includes cell phone expenses....
Good grief, I got nothing of the sort when I was a kid. Wife says it’s worth it for the security of them being able to call us at any time from L.I. .....I mean college
Most of us +40 crowd turned out ok without a cell phone when we were kids, right?
Whenever I threaten to switch us to a cheaper plan, everyone freaks out.

 

[KennyG]

I also have the Motorola G Power. It's a very good phone. It was less than $200 from Amazon. I use it a lot for listening to and reading books, internet and even make a phone call now and then. Battery life is it's big feature, it will go as long as 4 days between charges for me with regular use.

The only negative is that it doesn't have inductive charging. If the USB port goes bad, the phone is a brick, while phones with inductive charging can still be used. That's the only feature I wish it had.

Motorola is owned by Lenovo, the same Chinese company that bought the IBM laptop business. As Chinese companies go, they are probably one of the less evil ones.

 

[BravoXray]

The only negative is that it doesn't have inductive charging. If the USB port goes bad, the phone is a brick, while phones with inductive charging can still be used. That's the only feature I wish it had.

Yeah, I hate those little tiny fragile micro-USB and type C sockets on phones. They are a p@$$ poor design, in my opinion. Why not stick with a coaxial charging port? Fortunately my Droid Turbo2 has inductive charging which is what I use. I do use the jack when transferring pictures or files though, but not that often.