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Gen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't lie (www.zdnet.com)

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[-] coffinwood@feddit.de 40 points 10 months ago

It's directly in the headline: Gen Z is ditching the iPhone. That's incorrect in two ways: A) it's at best one in fifty people buying aforementioned feature phones and B) they don't even know if all buyers replace their existing phone or buy it as an additional handset.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

I have both a smartphone and a flip phone.

I kept both because the flip phone lets me make phone calls from my basement and many other places that the smartphone cannot.

I have never met anyone else with this setup.

[-] severien@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

the flip phone lets me make phone calls from my basement and many other places that the smartphone cannot.

Why? The smartphone supports everything the flip phone does. Honest question.

[-] raef@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I guess the radio is a bit more efficient

[-] severien@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

Doesn't seem very likely to me given that cheap feature phones likely use cheap older parts while flagship smartphones state of the art components.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

He didn't say his flip phone was cheap

[-] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I don't know what to tell you. If that's his experience...

[-] severien@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

I don’t know what to tell you

Well, you apparently don't know the cause of his experience, so duh ...

[-] coffinwood@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

I have never met anyone else with this setup.

That's what I mean.

[-] kirklennon@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Can you not use Wi-Fi Calling?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social -1 points 10 months ago

Yes, I could. But that allows the phone company to be lazy about coverage and building their network. The primary reason I pay a monthly cell phone bill is for a good network.

It also gets into security issues that are different from cellular network use.

And what if my internet is down and I have an emergency?

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

How often do you have an emergency that combines lost wifi and inability to leave the basement?

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

The older I get the more possible that becomes. I am not 20 and bulletproof any more.

[-] Wisely@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Too true. Sad what life does to us.

[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I had a biz partner who is a centimillionaire. He has an iPhone for data, and a flip-phone for calls.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

I will now tell people I have a millionaire's phone plan.

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