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'Clicks Communicator' Unveiled — Will You Carry This With Your iPhone?
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The only people I know who carry two phones are compelled to do so by their jobs. No one I know is carrying two phones electively. That Michael Fisher dude’s online handle is literally Captain Two Phones. This feels like his attempt to turn his personal technological fetish into a lifestyle.
In any case, I technically already have a second phone: my cellular-enabled Apple Watch.
In any case, I technically already have a second phone: my cellular-enabled Apple Watch.
I absolutely hated having to carry an extra phone for work. That extra phone caused so many mix-ups and lapses in communication, which was the opposite of its purpose. Who the hell would voluntary give themselves this burden?
That said, I'm increasingly disgruntled with the iPhone keyboard and wish there were a more accurate way to type. Swiping, predictive text and autocorrect have been useless.
That said, I'm increasingly disgruntled with the iPhone keyboard and wish there were a more accurate way to type. Swiping, predictive text and autocorrect have been useless.
Maybe I am too young but never in a million years would I go back to a physical mobile keyboard. My finger tips hurt just thinking about it.
I am currently using 3 phones (iPhone for work and two Foldables that I use simultaneously and it's driving my BF insane 😅
I am currently using 3 phones (iPhone for work and two Foldables that I use simultaneously and it's driving my BF insane 😅
Can't you get this same effect just by deleting the default apps that distract you and not downloading the others? Maybe use parental controls on yourself. LOL
Yea, seems pretty simple, until you accidentally send Friend group humor to Work group on accident 0_0 😂
On a serious note, most companies require you to have an MDM with "work" phone, allowing them to wipe it whenver they want. I want my personal phone to have nothing to do with work, but thats just me. It's mine, not theirs.
It's basically a reimagened BlackBerry. It can be your 2nd phone, it can be your main phone. And looking at the price and specs, for most people this is absolutely enough for a (single) smartphone. I also like that it has dual sim, microSD and a 3.5mm jack. I just wish Apple would make something similar: an iPhone + keyboard combo. I'd buy it sooner than a foldable, that's for sure.
This could be interesting if there was a way of getting my iMessages synced with it. Of course Apple would never allow that to happen but I like the idea of a distraction-free communication device.
I’m a huge Kindle fan so I kind of get what they’re trying to do here.
Because of FOMO that doesn't really work. The device doesn't limit you in any way to do so, so you will still doomscroll. Like posting a low speed limit on a high way. Here in the Netherlands we've learned that doesn't work without also redesigning the road for slower speed.
This phone, and others like it, is simply to do just that. A smaller screen, cluncky to use, etc. for it to be less a time sink.
I don't hate this device, especially since sometimes it feels like anything different would be nice. If the youths pick this up it will be everything, probably they won't. EDIT: by the way I have 6 iphones that are in use.
It's not for me, but I like seeing folks try stuff.
Did everyone forget the fun and interesting part of why tech can be so cool?
Sometimes I wonder if enough of the crowd here is young enough that the answer is actually "no" now.
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Did everyone forget the fun and interesting part of why tech can be so cool?
Sometimes I wonder if enough of the crowd here is young enough that the answer is actually "no" now.
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Also, you can leave your work phone at work.
Yea, some of the WOW factor is gone. Even if lot of it didn't pan out, it was fun to see it and marvel at it. Tech may have advanced to the point people are just blasé.
I'm sure that this will be used by a small minority of people. But since when are we defining a small subset of people as sheep?
iPhone users who purchase this product are announcing to the world that they haven't learned to use the Focus and Downtime features built into iOS 26.
I thought this was gonna have some kind of sync with the iPhone? Why would I carry two fully functioning phones?
annnd DOA
Yes, just tell thw alcoholic to not drink or a sports gambler to stop betting.
Addictions don't work like that.
Not sure this is a solution either, but simply saying to take something away isn't either.
That's an altogether different issue, but yes, screen addiction is a real thing.
I don't think this is meant for them.
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My work gave me to a phone to carry for on-call pages...I forwarded it to my personal phone. No way am I going to carry 2 devices around with me. One is more than enough!