Yes, except it was much more colorful and vibrant. We had pixel art instead of the the deliberately-monochromatic committee-directed stick-figure horrors of today.
My wife hates every smartphone that is currently in the market. They are all too huge for her. She has an iphone SE which was the best compromise at the time, although she still finds it big. She doesn't want to get a new one, because there is nothing on the market of that size. She doesn't use most the smart features. She only uses it for chat with family and friends and getting email notifications (and reading them, but never replying on the phone). She also uses it as a camera. And calls, including video calls. This might be a solution, although for some reason they say "no email app". I'm hoping you can add one later.
And then as a child's phone to keep them off social media, while also having a chat app to actually communicate with them.
Even for me, it's been some years too that I've been thinking that I don't really need a smartphone. I mostly need a device that I can use to make calls and that I can use as a hotspot for connecting other devices such as a laptop when I need to.
The keyboard will definitely not be an issue. I'm old enough to remember teens using those kind of keyboards typing blindly in astonishing speeds, even without T9.
Lack of 5G might be an issue.
The price is steep. I'm not sure if that is going to be a problem.
Then the old Sony Ericssons would be her best option I think.
They were the ultimate in to small for my fingers, couldn't stand it.
Still the best form factor has the iPhone 4 in my opinion. And here comes the revelation: the iPhone 17 have grown again and the base models all start at 6.3"
The pro max is now 6.9" - the iPad mini is 8.3"
What a massive burden to carry around and still the iPhone aren't good enough for reading long time - a book for example - like the iPad Mini is.
I guess that many "content creators" edit their TikTok stuff when they are on the move and that the iPhone tries to more and more fit for that market.
Also larger device sizes allow for larger batteries - good for local AI and again video editing and consuming as well.
I Own a iPhone 16 and couldn't handle the pro/max option. Too bulky - and the camera lens has sharp edges combined with a slippy surface.
So size is one thing, form another.
The max options are crazy large especially if you consider a case for protection.
The Samsung with parental control does the same thing as this phone only you don't have to beg Commodore to install the apps your kid's school requires them to install.
It's at most a $200 smart phone (doubling the prices for the DAC + IEMs) being sold at > $500 with a funky design, interesting OS and their own app store.
I hope that they sell millions of these things, enough so that they can afford to buy the Amiga IP... just don't see it happening.
Exactly that. The idea that Commodore can decide which apps go on the device, and I'm supposed to pay a premium for that, is crazy to me. Parental controls solves the problem for kids, without preventing them from having apps the parents want them to have.
People in this thread are trying really hard to invent a customer base for this phone that was seemingly designed for exactly one person.
They say that it has a 48MP camera so that shouldn't be a problem. I think I saw them comparing it to the iphone's camera even. Remains to be seen of course.
The reason the iPhone takes great photos is probably 95% because of the software. It’s 0% because of the number of pixels, and never was even since their early models.
I think the kind of user who gets a detox phone will also get an Instax or a second hand old Ixus.
Is there a reason to think that this might not have equally good software for taking pictures? Almost, at least. There are a lot of phones in the market with good cameras (yes, + software).
You need more than that. No university is going to revoke anything without very good reasons, they have too much to lose. Their first action is always to try to bury the case.
