Not exact matches
McLoughlin is in the market for an alternative but has so far balked at the high cost of these «
dumb» devices.Today he uses an old
cheap flip
phone, the Samsung Convoy.
The hope one might have once placed in comparative advantage global capitalism and the internet / cell -
phone wiring of all, began to look increasingly hollow, as Walmarts filled with
cheap Chinese goods, real jobs went missing, real skills became rare, and the internet became known not so much for an Army of Davids shoring up our common commitment to liberty, but for mobbish comment swarms, porn, The Social Network, diversion all - the - more addictive for being personally tailored (see: the fictional fat - slobs of Wall - E, or the perpetually downward
phone - gaze of our «
dumb» millennials), and unprecedented possibilities for spying, defamation, and demagogic manipulation for those with access to big data.
So why not build much
cheaper,
dumber «devices» which plug into the
phone, link home electronics, and let people use only what they want?
But to be fair... only T - mo offers
cheaper plans if you get your
phone at full price... So blame both the
dumb customers and greedy carriers to help make the wireless industry in USA the way it is now...
This
phone is a good choice to replace a low - end
dumb -
phone (read
cheap Nokia or domestic brands) in that kind of market.
The OnePlus One was a mic drop and the OnePlus 2 a successful sophomore follow - up, but the new 3 silences the haters — the OnePlus 3 is a «Flagship Killer» and at $ 400, with no more
dumb invite system, it's not just the best OnePlus
phone ever, but one of the best
cheap phones too.
Dumb phones are significantly
cheaper than touchscreen smartphones, and they often require very little data.