• MochiGoesMeow
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    823 days ago

    Its crazy the lack of phones being developed without ai and with physical keyboards.

    Any idiot can see there would be a demand for a minimalist phone with retro vibes but I guess the USA wants everything to be efficiently Spyware.

    • @Ilandar@lemm.ee
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      1323 days ago

      They are being made by smaller companies, the problem is that the so-called “demand” always has excuses as to why they don’t buy them. It was the same with small phones - many people claimed to want them yet the sales didn’t reflect that.

      • @Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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        223 days ago

        Well I would definitely buy a phone with a physical keyboard if I had any available around me. Years ago I even bought that moto Z phone that allowed attachable devices because they said there would be a keyboard for it - but they never released any.

        The AI stuff I don’t mind as much as long as long as it remains being just software that I can disable.

          • @Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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            122 days ago

            Yeah just heard about Clicks from the other reply and instantly tried to buy one, but for some reason their shipping partners do not ship to Brazil specifically.

        • @Ilandar@lemm.ee
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          222 days ago

          Unihertz has a physical keyboard series called the Titan, which is getting a new release later this year. There’s also the recently released Minimal Phone and the Clicks keyboard accessory for the Motorola razr 50 series.

      • @Turret3857@infosec.pub
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        122 days ago

        As someone who held on to the Pixel 4a for as long as possible, I feel like my demand should have been felt. Can’t speak for others.

        • GreatRam
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          222 days ago

          Unfortunately buying is a much stronger signal than not buying. There could be many reasons why you didn’t buy a new phone vs the one reason you did buy a phone - you like it the most given your budget.