• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 days ago

        Rather Unihertz. They basically have just the unusual phones.

        Currently I have Ulefone Armor 24, but I’d want something like Oukitel WP100 Titan. Even larger and crazier.

        Look at that 33Ah thing:

        Almost brick size now. It’s so ridiculous I want it. After all, what I have now isn’t far from if, it’s just that this is even bigger.

        3.6cm (1.4 inch) thick, 877g (1.93lbs) heavy.

        But somehow it still can’t fit a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot, so that’s a no for me.

        • pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works
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          3 days ago

          I’ve got the Armor 21, giant speaker. Almost upgraded this year when the USB port died, but then I remembered the dock based charging that also exists for some unknown reason. Was looking at one of the Thermal options, just because they’re kind of neat, not that I really have a use case.

          I just love that they take some random idea and make a crazy phone.

        • shalafi@lemmy.world
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          3 days ago

          Lost my Oukitel WP33 Pro. :( Really neat phone, weight like a Colt .45, and about as easy to carry.

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      3 days ago

      Those phones were really convenient, taking just as much place in your pocket as needed, screen covered from being scratched by keys and other items.

      Actually convenient keyboards.

      It’s just that why make ergonomic, optimized for the task, price-efficient things when a piece of useless crap called iPhone makes you more.

      I swear, for market economies to work you need to outlaw advertising.

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        3 days ago

        flip phones were great as phones, but terrible as pdas. iPhone combined the two in a non-chunky way (competitors? Palm Treo? Windows Mobile phones?)

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          3 days ago

          I disagree with both.

          They were good enough as PDAs, those keyboards’ buttons usually used for navigation are not much different from what’s normal under Android now. Fit in one hand, convenient display angle. They were just ergonomically all around better.

          iPhones and Android phones I still have anxiety using.