Really gotta get rid of those.

Reminds me of old cell-phone service options. Free hours, rollover and prepay/pay-as-you-go/contractless etc.

Not sure how pricing/value actually compares, but it does seem like if you want a phone now for emergencies you're going to get fleeced (also required data package). Unless maybe you buy a flip-phone or something. A fiber provider in my area even still charges $40 for a land-line (no idea if it's VoIP).

Iam still sad not having titanium backup with root on my current phone

Given the recent situation with AOSP I understand why some people find it a deal breaker. Thank you

In my country all you say is kinds the norm... wtf is up with telcos in wherever are you from?

1. great use case for a mobile device /s
2. lithium ion batteries are really nothing to feel comfortable around
3. wasting energy is wasting energy

So - no, it's now expensive electronic scrap, sadly. While my shiftphone easily lasts 24 hours with regular use and 3+ days on standby.

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wasn't paying attention - my bad.

wtf is up with telcos in wherever are you from?

Oh you know, they are given free reign because

Internet pricing/speed isn't great either.

Tale as old as time.

It won't happen due to voice over lte.

If calls/SMS are not 100% then it’s not a phone

Mmm yes incomplete ROMs with a ton of self-congratulatory posting

good idea however if you ever feel like needing a phone again..
i have one word for you:GrapheneOS

That is where the dumb phone comes in which only deals with calls/SMS.

My country has some of the best internet in the world now that I think of it... just didn't realize none of that was that common elsewere, here you can go to a corner store, as in they sell groceries, and buy a sim card for 1usd, then activate it, and put money on it with cash at that same grocery store, or pay fully online, not so long ago, you didn't even needed an ID to activate those.

If you have to buy a dumb phone for your smartphone then you did not buy a smartphone, is my point

Try Neo Backup.

It's worked pretty well for me in the past.

That does sound fucking based, but probably can't run android apps as well right?

As gross as Google's endless enshittification is, I blame the consumers for most of it. People vote with their wallets and they've been voting for the locked up walled garden crap option for the past two decades, especially in the US, where there is literally a culture of "ew, you have a green message bubble!" and chasing a status symbol is way more important than things like actual ownership over your devices, digital freedom and customization. And funnily enough, Google's hardware sales have started increasing steadily since they've started copying Apple's shitty model.