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MrBlahBlah
08/17/09

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Dumbphones will always have a market because not everyone wants to pay for the data. Also, not everyone wants the added connectivity. For example, there are many people who have backberries for work, so they just buy a dumphone for their personal cell number - no need to duplicate functionality. I'm not one of these people, and neither are most people who read this website, but to say that the dumbphone is on its way to extinction is a load of crap. Unless wiereless providers start offering data for free.
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winkerVsbecks
08/17/09

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I don't get why Gizmodo keeps stressing that dumb phones are dead.

There is a cellphone market outside the US.

India and China (huge markets) mostly look for dumb and cheap phones. Europe isn't all crazy for smart phones yet.

BTW what percentage of people in the US have smart phones?

I agree we all need smart phones but the reality is, dumb phones make a very big part of the market still.
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Margatron
08/17/09

@winkerVsbecks: my dumb phone has just enough access to the net to satisfy me. I can dl ringtones and games and that's all I want. I don't want to do my email and surf casually on my phone. I have better things to do.
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amandizzle
08/17/09

@Margatron: Same here. My last two phones have been SE because they offer very small models. I might not be able to check my email or wikipedia every time I think of some question that I NEED answered, but I can quickly check the weather when the sky looks threatening and that's all I need. I'm too frugal and too unwilling to give up something else in my life so I can afford a smartphone data plan, no matter how droolworthy those phones are. I'm good with a dumbphone.
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