13
From skepticism to sustainability: changing perceptions of refurbished phones
(www.techradar.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
13 points (93.3% liked)
Keep Your phone for Longer
88 readers
1 users here now
Tip 1: Fairphones,Iphones,Pixels and Samsung phones are the best for long term software support.
Tip 2: Opt for a phone brand that is repairable and has a unlockable bootloader.
Tip 3: Install linux on your phone to keep getting software support.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Currently don't have a smartphone, using a CatB40 but the company that was licensed to produce them no longer exists. Have been starting to wonder what to replace it with as I don't really care for Android and there are not really many options left.
Probably leaning towards cheap second hand, SIM that is calls/SMS only so data is never enabled. Download local maps using osmAnd then limit it to LAN only so it can access my rygel media server with VLC. Now I wonder if steam link works if you are LAN only, I think so? Can always play Dwarf Fortress and CDDA over SSH instead though.
Dumb phones still exist. There's a market for them from people who want big physical buttons through to parents who want their kids to have an emergency phone.
I can't tell where to find them but here in NZ I just search "dumb phone NZ" and get heaps of options.
A few still exist, like a nokia, but at this point cheap second hand android is often cheaper. Though their battery life is usually worse even new as android seems to take a lot more power.
Yes Android is basically a laptop in your pocket, dumb phones used to last a week on a charge. Though the main thing I miss is that the alarm would still go off even if the battery went flat 😅