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"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone' (www.timeextension.com)
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Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it disables features like web browsing and social media by default.

However, despite the noble quest for a 'digital detox', the phone met with a somewhat frosty reception online (no pun intended), with many comparing it to an elderly relative's flip phone. In our poll, 70 percent of you said you wouldn't be buying one.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

This can easily be achieved with most any Android phone.

  • Switch to a degoogled OS like GrapheneOS or LineageOS
  • Install a minimalist launcher (there are dozens)
  • install CoMaps for private gps and navigation
  • use whatever chromium browser comes on the phone or install a privacy browser like Firefox (again, there are dozens)
  • add a notes app (there are dozens)
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 41 minutes ago)

This can easily be achieved with most any Android phone.

lots of phones are not supported even by lineage. it does not help that manufacturers are continuously farting out the same mediocre models just with slightly different hardware, so that drivers need to be figured out again

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm personally waiting for the Moto/GrapheneOS collab coming out next year. I'm rocking a slightly older OnePlus with LineageOS now.

[–] determinist@kbin.earth 5 points 18 hours ago

doing this with a used pixel 8 pro bought off ebay.