Hello, internet. Here's a fun question for you all...
I often keep a super old tech, no features brick phone in my travel bag. It's a good backup and I can toss in a local SIM in many countries, etc.
This was the phone I had for years, dedicated to that purpose...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MZDZ8QL
... however, it has sadly developed a crack in the screen and the display isn't really functional anymore. I'm thinking of replacing it, but I'd be interested in whether folk have opinions regarding the usefulness of ANY brick style phone anymore. Almost everything we do is on apps.
I might just start carrying one of my older Android phones (several of which sit in a drawer here) which, despite not being fast, at least still support Signal, Slack, Discord, etc. (not to mention they support device encryption, even if the Android OS is slightly outdated on a couple of them)
What do you all think?
(And if you DO like the brick phone idea still... are there any that are truly world phones that support all the modern bands?)
I often keep a super old tech, no features brick phone in my travel bag. It's a good backup and I can toss in a local SIM in many countries, etc.
This was the phone I had for years, dedicated to that purpose...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MZDZ8QL
... however, it has sadly developed a crack in the screen and the display isn't really functional anymore. I'm thinking of replacing it, but I'd be interested in whether folk have opinions regarding the usefulness of ANY brick style phone anymore. Almost everything we do is on apps.
I might just start carrying one of my older Android phones (several of which sit in a drawer here) which, despite not being fast, at least still support Signal, Slack, Discord, etc. (not to mention they support device encryption, even if the Android OS is slightly outdated on a couple of them)
What do you all think?
(And if you DO like the brick phone idea still... are there any that are truly world phones that support all the modern bands?)
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