Cheaper smartphones on the way?

[Time Waster]

That Cat phone is a bit rubbish. Get the S60. It's rugged, waterproof, etc but has thermal imaging.

 

[Drago]

I don't need owt other than a phone. Even SMS is superfluous.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I still have an original Nokia in a drawer. Just don't have the charger anymore. Much smaller and lighter than smartphones.

 

[Drago]

I still live in a cave. No expensive mortgage, and it never needs painting. I also use leeches to treat illnesses and sacrifice virgins to my God.

 

[classic33]

I still have an original Nokia in a drawer. Just don't have the charger anymore. Much smaller and lighter than smartphones.

What size plug on the charging lead. The end that goes into the phone now!

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 5130123, member: 259"]I still have a rudimentary canoe that I crafted from a fallen log. It takes me five days to paddle upstream to work every morning, but I never have to recharge it.[/QUOTE]
How'd you recharge a log?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

How'd you recharge a log?

You log in

 

[Drago]

How'd you recharge a log?

No need. There's a fresh one every day.

 

[tyred]

This seems to have turned into a "my phone is phone is more basic than yours" competition.

 

[mjr]

 

[Cycleops]

I still live in a cave. No expensive mortgage, and it never needs painting. I also use leeches to treat illnesses and sacrifice virgins to my God.

Are you sure they’re virgins? If you had a smartphone there’s an app for that.

 

[Drago]

Yes they are. I bought them from Richard Branson's shop.

 

[srw]

to soak up that ramped up manufacturing capacity?

Because of this:

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42830375

?

Cheaper smartphones are already available. Either look at reconditioned phones or the basic Moto ranges. The current Moto G5 is a phone every bit as good as the 2016 top price models, but for a quarter of the price.

 

[Cycleops]

The current Moto G5 is a phone every bit as good as the 2016 top price models, but for a quarter of the price.

Mobile phone models move on at a pace. In fact their flagship killer is now the Moto Z Force but still about a third the price of top line models.

 

[Cycleops]

Yes they are. I bought them from Richard Branson's shop.

In that case you’ve definitely been done.