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CodingJeebustoday at 3:15 PM3 repliesview on HN

I want (and plan) to have a flip phone one day, but work necessitates that I have a mobile OS that can support things like MFA, unfortunately.


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BoxOfRaintoday at 3:21 PM

You might want to check out the Bigme HiBreak phones, they're basically low-mid Android phones with e-ink screens. They work perfectly well for the dull functional things expected of a phone, while rendering all the addictive and spammy patterns pretty ineffective. I've found my one very useful as an intermediate step between a dumbphone and a traditional smartphone.

asdfftoday at 5:19 PM

Why do you need a flip phone though? Just use your smartphone as you would a flip phone. Don't install ticktok. Problem solved.

thoughtpalettetoday at 3:29 PM

I tried out dumb.co. Their flip phone supports maps, MFA, Uber, imessage/call forwarding.

I unfortunately didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would have. It's also significantly bulkier in my pocket than my 13 mini. Loved the idea though.

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