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KaiOS, or what even is a smartphone anymore?

KaiOS, or what even is a smartphone anymore?

by Mike Pumphrey · Jun 27, 2019

Everyone knows the two top mobile operating systems. It’s Apple’s iOS, and Google’s Android.

But what about the third mobile operating system. What is that?

The answer might surprise you: KaiOS.

It might be far behind the iPhone and Android, but it’s on 80 million phones and counting, which is no small number.

And get this: it’s not billed as a smartphone platform!

Are we in wacky land or what?

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Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: dumbphones, KaiOs, phones, The Matrix

What to do when your feature phone dies

What to do when your feature phone dies

by Mike Pumphrey · Apr 4, 2019

A few days ago, my trusty Samsung t159, a feature phone built in 2012, died.

It still turned on, but all the buttons save for the power button stopped working. I could see that I was receiving text and phone calls, but I could do nothing about it.

For some situations, when a thing breaks, you go out and just buy a new thing. Broken fridge broken? Go to your local appliance store. Broken TV? Go to Best Buy. Broken limb? You need Lea Press-on Limbs.

But if you’re someone who doesn’t have a smartphone, it’s a little harder. Non-smartphones are hard to find. My local T-Mobile store has a grand total of zero of them on display.

So what is to be done?

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Filed Under: Tips and Tricks Tagged With: dumbphones, purchases, repair

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