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Interesting that NA sales are this far down. I'm not able to quantify the results (outside of the hashtag of #flipphone @ 850m views) of a recent TikTok trend, but at least anecdotally there had been a wave of users on the platform advocating the purchase of a "dumb phone".

I noticed this on YT as well, and tested this logged out to determine if this was a more tailored algorithm for me, or if there really was a trend advocating for these style of phones. It did appear for a time (around the summer of 2023) that an increase of this type of content were making the rounds.

It's possible that Nokia with it's limited marketing budget had not capitalized on the trend, and simply missed out thus the large decline.

For what it's worth, I every day carry a Nokia 6300, and have an iPhone 13 Mini as a backup.

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38000769

Nokia cellphones are a different company.

Thanks for the clarification. I had forgotten that they spun off their cellular division after the Microsoft shakeup.

I have had plenty in my social circle talk about going with a dumb phone, but only one who actually did it.

And even that comes with the caveat of also having a tablet.

That choice costs them numerous hours extra. It’s not easy to lose the apps.

I think that's a fair assessment, considering that one could have connections with everything from LinkedIn to trading platforms such as Robinhood, this wouldn't be an "end-all" solution.

It is up to the individual in assessing what their immediate needs are and what is considered a "luxury" that can be dropped or accessed another way.

Generally I found that I can live out the need to look at my portfolio, and delicate other needs to my laptop, which is a better tool in handling those tasks anyhow.

It hasn’t been banking that has been the issue so much as transport and logistics. No Uber. No Lyft. Have to write down cab numbers for random cities. Some airlines really don’t want to do paper boarding passes anymore. Some companies only have chat support.

How have those been for you?

Yeah admittedly this is a pain point. I ride subway/rail and use the Ventra app, which doesn't work with the 6300 due to the lack of NFC (my biggest use), cue the iPhone.

I wish we would get another 6300 with NFC, that would resolve the need to carry the iPhone. If I were less...ethical, I could just use my Flipper Zero and board that way.

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