dumbphoned

What happens when your smartphone dies and you have to go back to your "dumbphone".

I dropped my iPhone in the toilet... (you'd be suprised how many people do this) and within minutes I was Dumbphoned!

dumbphoned by eenofonn February 13, 2010

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dumbphoning

When a person with an outdated smartphone, compromises their life to work around the phone’s limitations.

"This guy on the train was dumbphoning so hard that the whole carriage could hear him getting dumped through his busted speaker phone."

dumbphoning by chepsyd January 31, 2019

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dumbphone

(n) Opposite of smartphone. A cellphone which has little or no advanced features such as a large, bright screen, or applications such as Email and Web browsing.

Cingular wanted to sell me a $399 Pocket PC with an $80-a-month unlimited voice and data contract, but I told them to stick it. I bought a free-after-rebate dumbphone instead.

dumbphone by flyingfish November 25, 2006

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dumbphone

Opposite of a smartphone. Generally has lower specs than a smartphone in terms of screen size, wireless connectivity, storage space etc. However the critical differentiator is that there is no development environment that allows any third party applications to be installed (other than java midlets which are very limited). Manufacturers and networks call them 'feature phones'.

This is a near-exhaustive list of smartphone OSes. If a phone doesn't use something on this list it is probably a dumbphone:

* Android
* Window Mobile
* iPhone
* Blackberry
* Palm OS
* Symbian

All Nokia S40 phones are dumbphones.

dumbphone by timmmm3d March 30, 2010