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.
opposite of a smartphone. generally has lower specs than a smartphone in terms of screen size, wireless connectivity, storage sp-ce 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.
the opposite of a smart phone such as the iphone, droid, and blackberry.
dumb phones are lg vu, sidekick, razor, boost mobile phones, nextel and good ole boy motorola’s
a cellular telephone that has the capabilities of…well a telephone
tech saavy douche: thank g-d i don’ have a dumb phone so i can go on facebook and play angry birds on this road trip, otherwise i might have had to interact with other people.
real person: –sigh–
a phone that can only call or text.
for some dumbphones, maybe not even text.
“dumb phone” is a co-rs- reference to the largely obsolete portable cellular telephones (of differing brands) made from 1983 to 1999. majority of them were manufactured by motorola from 1983 to 1999. other manufacturers during that period include ericsson, sony, nokia, mobira and oki.
contrary to popular belief, dumb phones do not refer to feature phones (mobile phones made from 2000 – present with little features as compared to smart phones).
al: did you see that new zealand ad? the one about the gal who used a dumb phone ‘coz her insurance plan was so d-mn expensive?
the opposite of a smartphone. a phone that does not have an operating system on it such as windows mobile, android, rim, or palm. a phone that does not have a lot of options such as camera, video, mp3 player.
my blackberry is a good smartphone!
ur phone is so lame its a dumbphone!
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