Did any of you ever fall for the dumbphone meme?

[ArmaLite]

Just wondering. I purchased this Nokia 225 4G nearly two years ago and didn't have a good experience with it. The biggest issue was that texts always got scrambled because the time servers were bugged and messages would show up as being sent a few hours in the past. Eventually I put my SIM card back in my old phone and left the Nokia in a drawer before tossing it in the trash about a year ago.
Now I want to go back to it, but I know I'd still have a shit experience. I don't know if I should research better dumb options or just put a custom operating system like Graphene on my Pixel. Curious if you guys have dealt with anything similar.

 

[lifesucksthenyoudie]

Modern dumb phones are so shit. Either it’s some niche thing for senior citizens (like the Jitterbug) or the cheapest crap made possible for third world countries like the Nokia. You can’t even use the good older dumb phones because they shut down all the 2G and 3G networks.

 

[ArmaLite]

Modern dumb phones are so shit. Either it’s some niche thing for senior citizens (like the Jitterbug) or the cheapest crap made possible for third world countries like the Nokia. You can’t even use the good older dumb phones because they shut down all the 2G and 3G networks.

That's why I'm such a sperg for BB crap. Only recently did I find out that even BB10 (4G) devices won't work on T-Mobile because "muh muh VoLTE implementation is too old!!!". Fucking bullshit.
The funny thing with Nokia is that they actually do seem to make some decent phones, but none of them are sold in muttland. The 225 4G came out nearly four years ago.

 

[Wise Sage]

Nope. I use Samsung, as you can tell by the totally real screenshot of the Tsar of Hyperborea calling my phone I posted on /x/.

 

[14NateHiggers88]

If you use anything other than a smartphone you are being special, what if you need to browse the internet or get directions to somewhere? Honest to god, these phones are only used in the darkest pits of niggerhell, such as the congo, the worst parts of pakistan/india, other third world shitholes. Even at 50$ new smartphone is way superior to these pieces of shit..