Comment by kh_hk | Hacker News Reader

Comment by kh_hk | Hacker News Reader

The definitive phone, a Nokia 1280 [1], featuring

    - Phone calls
    - SMS    
    - FM Radio
    - Flashlight
    - Snake
    - 528h standby / 8h talking
    - Casual apps: calculator, calendar, countdown, converter, ...
    - SPEAKING CLOCK
    - Can be used as a ball to play catch sports

My only cons are having just one alarm and having to little space for sms. Of course, it would be amazing being able to develop for it. There's absolutely a market for these phones outside of developing countries.

[1]: http://www.nokia.com/in-en/phones/phone/nokia-1280/specifica...

Charge by usb would be nice. I lost my nokia 1100 after 7 years of use (including dropping in a pond) and moved on to a spare samsung I had. If nokia came out with something with >500h of standby and charge by usb, I'd immediately give them an entire £10.

edit: also, I like the lack of SMS space - it decreases my reliance on the device. I write down the important stuff and purge the rest monthly. SMS is a rubbish format for keeping my brain in.

I have one too. It fell out of my pocket while biking last week, and then got run over by a Lexus SUV. Popped the battery back in and it was good as new.

The flashlight is handy too, major upgrade from my last dumb phone.

Apparently it even has a GPS?

I thought the same when entered the website, but note that features not filled in are unavailable (see Radio FM)

speaking clock for--the--win

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