Ok, so how is a Blackberry considered dumb?
For one thing, it's a 9700 from 2009 and can't go past 3G. For another, I have the choice to turn off data and use it as phones were originally intended... to make phone calls. The qwerty keyboard is excellent for texting and it takes up less space than a flip phone.
As you may know, it takes forever to charge a conventional smart phone. I can charge this BB with a solar cell in half the time.
The big question is, why would anyone want to go low tech when we're on the verge of 5G? Connecting us to the internet of things with our smart phones as the conduit? Tethering us to government/corporate institutions as a method of social mind control to convince us to buy things we don't need while we vacantly stare at our boredom killing machines instead of talking to the people we're with? I can go to any restaurant, any time and see people all over the place with a cell phone light on their faces like they're all telling ghost stories on a camping trip. Does a cell need walls to be a prison? (pun intended) Are we our own prison guards? I have a desktop, three laptops, and two tablets. Do I really need to carry a computer with me at all times? Maybe I just want to simplify my life.
Has anyone ever read Nineteen Eighty-four? George Orwell's dystopian vision is nothing compared to what's already in place. Google already set itself up as Big Brother with access to cams everywhere on the planet. Why make it easier for them?
That said, I can still use this phone anywhere on the planet and still get on the net, if I so desired, at least until all carriers stop using 3G. I got the best of both worlds. And this phone was free. Yep. The previous owner got an iPhone as a replacement. Say what you want but a factory fresh BB for free is a pretty good deal.
In the tech world, ten years is an eternity. Years ago, I scrapped my desktop computer that was made in 2009 because it was obsolete. A ten year old phone that still works is a testament to the quality, reliability, and durability these devices have had from the start. Would you scrap a car just because it didn't have satellite radio?
Besides, Blackberry is, arguably, the hardest phone to hack. It's what NSA used exclusively before they quit making them. Ten years ago Hillary Clinton carried a phone like this on her trip to Afghanistan where she and Chelsea dodged bullets while they exited their plane. Uh hu...
And just like Hillary, when this device no longer suits me, I'll take a hammer to it.
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