“Meadow gives you some apps along with calls and texts, but don’t plan on having a big contact list.”

It limits you to 12 contacts.

The premise–a mostly dumb phone with some access to music and navigation only–isn’t bad but the execution is. I don’t want to be locked into some very specific apps in my semi-dumb phone. The article also makes this good point:

The deal becomes even less appealing when you consider that you can just, you know, buy an actual dumb phone for around $50 if you’re really that hellbent on taking a break from TikTok.

  • PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    All of these people buying dumb phones instead of just downloading a text launcher on their phone and calling it a day. Like I’m not about to go waste money on a dumb phone when I can (1) set up a text based launcher and (2) uninstall Instagram. I have a perfectly good Samsung, and I’ve switched to using it more as a tool than a source of dopamine.

    Too many people fall for the hype of these objects bc it’s easier than taking accountability, and easier than taking the initiative to do something on your own.

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    2 months ago

    I can’t even think of five people people I’d want in my contacts, let alone twelve. Who’s this phone for? Extreme extroverts with an Instagram addiction?

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    2 months ago

    It limits you to 12 contacts.

    What do I do with the other nine contact spaces?