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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)

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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 2 days ago

You're lucky to get a human to call you, I only get robocalls, literally zero humans on the other side of the line, either trying to convince me to borrow money or a fraud attempt trying to convince me "a purchase was just made on your account, press 1 to confirm or 2 to talk to our support" - on the latter, a human sometimes answers when you press 2, but they deserve all the shit you can throw at them because they're fucking fraudsters and they know it.