BEST-Bang-For-Buck Dumbphone 2024 - My 'NEW' phone for the next 40 days [Lent 2024]

[@theTechNotice]

What are you giving up for lent this year, if you're doing it? 🤔

[@andyMutale]

The possibility of finding a cheap gpu which isn't essentially eWaste

[@moldyapple1789]

caffeine

[@Rr-j4x]

link to seller?

[@IronMan-uf8dr]

if you want to sale it after 40 days then reply me I really wanted but my budget is 17 dollar

[@retrogaminggenesis6102]

I just came across this video and just wanted to say how awesome it is to see a Catholic KZbinr who talks about his faith, God Bless brother!

[@deckarddwizardd1909]

I wish more dumb phone manufacturers make more qwerty phones. I want 4g/5g and KaiOS, but not T9. It is easier to type using QWERTY

[@sargera1]

Even on qwerty it's still better have a t9 to correct Minor typo

[@McLOVIN_69]

Actually there was one in India called jio phone 2. Looked exactly like this blackberry but with kai os and 4g. Unfortunately it was quite expensive, around 60 bucks. I have never seen it in person. Don't know if it even came to market.

[@sargera1]

@@deckarddwizardd1909 yeah we be thrilled having a C3 on kaios but bb keypad .Nokia ones are bit dum2 to speed type

[@Hanzelleta]

I mean, I can use t9 without looking at the phone.. you'd be surprised on how many buttons you'd press to make a sentence.. not even 10 button clicks (obviously depending on the word)

[@TEHSEEMKHAN-eu1gs]

​@@McLOVIN_69reading your reviews from saudi arabia From.india

[@dezz26]

Blackberry really dropped the ball when they had the opportunity to beat Apple to the smartphone market

[@gauzzlez2892]

Very true, imaging a blackberry phone, with a pull out keyboard, with a large screen, man I wish blackberry was still a thing.

[@FreddyD177]

They actually did make an android BlackBerry with the keys but it failed it was too expensive and the camera was horrible in comparison to what was out at the time​@@gauzzlez2892

[@adamh8517]

From memory they stuck with the old style and refused to change right? Gotta be up there with one of the greatest downfalls in tech, they owned the world and then disappeared

[@Techlevel1534.]

Guys search blackberry priv on google

[@GethinColes]

I miss my windows phone. I really think Microsoft made a massive blunder. It could've been the best dumb phone. Phone, text, email, maps, reminders and alarms: that's all I want

[@ivanthemountainman9291]

Literally just got my old windows phone out the attic to use as a dumb phone. Still trying to find ways for emails and WhatsApp to work on win8.1 but at least maps work 😭.

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

This black erry does all that. I have a version of Hoogle maps running fine on my BlackBerry

[@drumsticknuggets5123]

Agreed Best phone And had the best predictive text ever. Accurate and learned your quirks and phrases to make texting so much faster and easier. I miss that windows phone.

[@grominwithrob1339]

I thought the Windows phones were the perfect balance.

[@axethepenguin]

@@ivanthemountainman9291WhatsApp will never work on that since they stopped supporting it years ago

[@nicktayloriv310]

I remember my Crackberry days, also the Palm Pilot days too. Still have both of them but haven't used them in a very very long time.

[@adameichler]

Remember to charge the Blackberry from time to time, otherwise you might not be able to charge it anymore :)

[@Chris-b4w8t]

I miss blackberries so much. Blackberries and sidekicks were the coolest phones when I was a teenager, then iPhone came out. I never got the chance to even have a blackberry or sidekick because my parents didn’t get me one, but now that I’m an adult I’m thinking why not just a witch my iPhone for a blackberry?

[@H____enry]

Had one of those. Miss that perfect keyboard every day.

[@mariareta4086]

I

[@TheMajor180]

BBM days were elite.

[@CinnamonStickk]

Dumb phone?? Dude this was the smartest phone of its time.

[@sargera1]

now its as just as dumb. even browsing is a painstaking task but for like burner phone and minor browsing and music yeah this one rocks, just needs a 32gb sandisk UHS-1 (red black) micro sd

[@reesstepon939]

@@sargera1can you make calls with it still? I have one at home

[@sargera1]

@@reesstepon939 2g yes.or wifi.depends wether ur ISP got 2g or they scrap it to 4g only.

[@reesstepon939]

@@sargera1 nice ,thanks.

[@Sideways_Singh]

This is not the old blackberry bold ur thinking of, this is a classic throwback they sold from 2015-2017 when phones were significantly smarter. The model name is the blackberry classic.

[@con-rob]

People don't actually want a "dumb phone", they was a more minimal smart phone. They still want music, NFC payment, wireless charging, a good camera, etc. You can take any Android phone and make it into a minimal experience smartphone easy for using a separate free Google Family account.

[@forfashire]

unfortunately if you live in the US, this phone is not an option to use anymore. these fall back into 3g/2g for calling because they do not support VOLTE. here in the united states 2g and 3g have been shut down. such a shame.

[@kiiamarie3881]

So sad I’d love to get a BB it’s a good balanced phone

[@madhatterentmt6146]

​@@kiiamarie3881black berry keyone and keytwo are still useable in the United States as I'm typing from mine

[@AutoGarageTV]

It has 4g lte, but whatapp and other apps no longer support it since the end of 2023. You can even see the 4g band signal bar in the video itself

[@dipe6376]

It literally says 4g😂

[@forfashire]

@@dipe6376 just because it is connecting to the 4G tower does not mean the phone supports voice over LTE

[@shalona1974sweden]

Cool to see so many are going back to these, so happy I saved my every single phone since the first one ☺️

[@BabyBugBug]

I miss my old Razr. Trusty and the battery lasted forever. No one bugging me with social media. Loved it.

[@kevinlawson1746]

You're actually holding the most secure phone on the planet. Blackberry security is legendary .

[@flamingburitto]

I had this one! And it was a unique experience using one. Absolutely loved it. Shame BB couldn't keep up with android :(

[@LearnAndMore-of2ue]

is the call quality good?

[@sainishanth3771]

I badly want manufacturers to making such phones again, full screen touch phones are so boring nowadays. These form factors can be experimented with better speakers, camera, bigger battery and even better cooling system, TouchPad controls for gaming.

[@Desean7690]

I love that blackberry wow ❤

[@jordanw8382]

I loved the BlackBerry Classic. Just brought mine back out and charged it and it still holds charge really well. Setting it back up again.

[@OneNiftyBoi]

Man Blackberry phones lookess so nice!! Such a classic design even with the traditional physical qwerty keyboard.👌🏽

[@gustavsmg]

You know you get it with android and have a regular service through android options left and right. Great battery I can do everything an android can do. I loved the keyboard also and the touch pad as well...they need to just up their game with phones and they'd sell better

[@juliaevans9521]

Do you mean a BlackBerry can be converted to run on Android instead and talk to Google Play for apps? J

[@BrandonQuinonez-me8jg]

@@juliaevans9521wondering the same

[@ColinsCity]

As someone who used this phone up until February 2023, the battery in this phone was insane, i would do email, WhatsApp (android app) facebook messenger (android appp) and it would never die for the entire day, my only issue with it is that the keyboard stopped working randomly and then it lost signal which i later found out was the network stopping 3G service but i had already moved on to another phone by then. I loved this phone for taking notes and it's compact size when out in public without the risk of dropping it. I do wonder if the android versions of Gmail and Outlook will work on this now.

[@yooowhatsgood]

tbh i’ve been looking to get the blackberry Q20 classic simply for texting and calling to completely stay away from social media, so i’m assuming this is perfect for that?

[@sargera1]

It is.but web based coz os is so ancient Get fennec browser on this (the only browser that still works well) Their audio out on tws is crazy strong even then a new droids

[@chuckchizzle]

Had this. On AT&T back in the day. Was top of the line at one point. One could get this as a "home phone"

[@pedroandrade2398]

I only got an iPhone original SE because my BB had faulty internal. I loved it!!!!!

[@Q-1424]

That's not a downgrade!

[@taber1975]

Having one for work would be perfect. Talk/text with no distractions. For $25 you could have this for work hours and your iPhone for personal time

[@godislove7927]

Best phone ever. Phones like blackberry are free from AI dangers.

[@3xcalibur23_Music]

Cool blackberry better than. Today's phones I miss my blackberry curve and bold also my blackberry flip

[@katmancilla5777]

I still have my blackberry classic and I love it. My browser works but yeah that's about it other than texting and calling.

[@chrisfigley]

I love it! I wish they still made them!

[@BrianHallmond]

Nice! Looking forward to the new minimal phone

[@joshuatan3353]

During my corporate world days, I have BB Curve and BB Classic. I missed Those time that I was using BB though I still have them now preserved.

[@nanabai329]

I miss this blackberry the craftsmanship is still beautiful and high tech just if the internal works 😢

[@Uomodargilla]

It was one of the beat phone on the market, hope it can get back in a way

[@jtankrah]

I’ve always lowkey wanted one of these

[@pinkflamingo8806]

I had one of those… you over paid 😂

[@TahorimChowdhury]

I just love phones with a QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately, they are very rare these days.

[@bautiabaro]

I have a question regarding battery life, this was just luck right? How do you know if a used phone from a few years ago the battery still good? Also do you know if WhatsApp works in this phone? Looks really good 👍

[@johnnylego807]

From what I’ve read there are ways to flash it to get all or most of those things working.

[@buffalorevolver6473]

Exactly what you wouldn’t want to do though

[@moldyapple1789]

very nice

[@milodemoray]

I still have a Blackberry Q10, I use it for notes.

[@thejournalnook]

I’ve considered getting the 3310. That was my first phone 😍

[@majorskies7091]

i would still use this if the legendary blackberry hub would still work... they retired it in jan lasdt year.

[@davidrosenblum2178]

The only issue I'd foresee is not having access to 5G networks.

[@Itseina-15]

I miss blackberry phones. They're better than apple

[@slickgaming810]

I wish Apple or Google would buy the rights to the blackberry classic and just upgrade the OS to iOS or android so it could be used with everything. I would buy it so quick

[@c.l.9344]

Smart phone's dumbed down our society. Along with social media. I want a Nokia brick phone again.

[@realelonmusk2024]

It’s looks so beautiful

[@EastEZ82]

I used to love this phone so much

[@Little_Milks]

If I had absolutely no regard for security vulnerability I would get one too.

[@itsfarseen]

I remember that some of these are not still cracked by the crackberry community. They must be much more secure than most android phones out there for which rooting is very readily available

[@916nene]

I miss phones when they used to have a physical keyboard

[@xIJudaS]

How did you use it for half a day if you said nothing was working?

[@juliaevans9521]

None of the apps were working. So it wasn't a smartphone. Just a dumpphone with QWERTY keyboard.

[@gemini945]

I bought one as well, including two Nokia E series (E71+E72). Still dont know what to do with it though 😅

[@ririgang5561]

I miss blackberry

[@Rockersoutherngirl420]

I had the black berry curve 😍😍😍😍those were the days

[@ethanlittle776]

Unusable now. You cannot set these up after a factory reset as the servers are closed. I’ve tried on 4 different phones and the only one I have that is set up is one I did prior to the servers being closed. There’s a glitch you can kind of get to work by having text to speech turned on but I haven’t managed to get it to work

[@PsychNurse.]

What SIMS Card or Service do I use for the BlackBerry? T-Mobile?

[@NurseClaudia]

I’d probably get a lot more house cleaning done if I had a dumber phone .

[@Mike-m2s9x]

Definitely miss these. Let’s hope Apple comes out with something similar

[@amillieshub4136]

I miss this

[@futuristicperson3375]

Maps and 2fa is what I miss on dumb phones

[@Valentin-oc5nh]

I mean u’d still have music and u can take photos of like maps? its a reallygood dumbphone tbh

[@JustAYouTuber1991]

I miss my BalckBerry Bold.

[@mikealpha3132]

Dumb ? come on bro, blackberry is the best productivity phone i have ever used in my whole life.

[@rickg8556]

Which services allows blackberry. Many don’t anymore

[@animeloveer97]

The issue with these older phones especially android ones in particular, is that the battery life is god awful. Even flagships had be charged at least 2x a day. And there is the issue of alot of carriers dropping service for 2g and 3g and even some 4g phones dont work now

[@advlive]

what model is that? so many classic available

[@theTechNotice]

q20

[@AbdulHameed-l7r2h]

​@@theTechNoticegive away me this classic I need it 😭

[@ESiler]

Does BBM still work? Just curious

[@7AngryLibra]

It seems more people are downgrading their phones

[@stanturezky1926]

Superior design to anything apple makes

[@mukam3]

perfect!

[@craigmoore3951]

The best ever

[@ethanlittle776]

Also these can run android 4.0 apps in a run time environment. Very few run but so far I have Snapchat opened to a login screen but won’t log in. WhatsApp did work but now they stopped support. Temple run lags and runs in a small screen in the corner. No map apps at all work not do any social media apps

[@dipeshdinga5411]

Where can I buy?

[@sargera1]

Only bad thing bout this is theyre not removable batt like q10

[@ashimjyotidas8458]

Can you please share the buying link.....I want to ship this to India ...plz help me ...Will be of great help

[@D_Mukness]

Back date it and the apps usually work

[@tobiastoyber7126]

BESTE PHONE! still in use?

[@YoSoy11]

25? Here in Germany cost like 200 lol thats too much for a phone that don't do anything

[@Qce-i6d]

Do people SoftMod Blackberry phones like they do old handheld consoles?

[@animeloveer97]

Phones have a huge modding community

[@padre.simeao]

Are these still usable?

[@ProjectBerry2.0]

yes,they are

[@animeloveer97]

​@@ProjectBerry2.0not if you live in the USA

[@icewais]

I want the qwerty back

[@HasanQureshi-zr6ci]

Does it support hotspot ? Pta taxes in Pakistan is too high so we carry 2 phones together😅 One smartphone And small phone for text,calls,and hotspot

[@SandeepAneja-sa]

Is that OS still working.. i thought they bricked every single BB based on OS10

[@ProjectBerry2.0]

no,they are still usable

[@sunnys1756]

These phones are best to avoid addiction from social media and unnecessary apps and games

[@shabbii]

have one and used it half a year ago. spotify an whatsap was supported loved it soo much sadly they shut down support for both apps

[@ProjectBerry2.0]

spotify is still working though

[@Igoenesia]

Still worthy at this time? 2024?

[@cherrywavez99]

dumb? i think you mean beautiful! 💔

[@vickystones3076]

I did the same 😊

[@kwesi3000]

I bought one brand new and it couldn't connect to the network

[@jipillow1]

I am giving up watching american football for lent

[@Meditationisthebestmedicine]

what is this black berry called exactly

[@Sideways_Singh]

I bought one over a year ago as a dumb phone, n the battery used to last 9 days lol. Now starting few weeks ago it has a issue n it stays hot n dies in 10 hours

[@theTechNotice]

Yeah, mine started dying after a couple of hours now...

[@Sideways_Singh]

​@@theTechNotice mine actually fixed itself and is lasting all week off 1 charge again now somehow.

[@NurseClaudia]

They still make Blackberry phones ?

[@freakingfreaker_]

No blackberry discontinued production in 2022

[@johnnylego807]

I want one in 2024, is it worth it?

[@animeloveer97]

Not if you live in the USA. Calling and texting on these uses 3g and they shut down the towers here in America

[@johnnylego807]

@@animeloveer97 weird because I just spoke to someone in the USA currently using one of these just about 2-3 months ago, and it was fine then. Do you have one that no longer works?

[@rajdude1991]

Where I can buy

[@fennecRBX]

you can install APKs on it for better browsers and what not.

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

I would put a more modern version of Android giving it access to more but keep using it for mostly the same reason

[@vitofranzini]

Please add a link to we can buy this. I really want something similar, but I didn't find 4G capable old phone which isn't smart. Is this run android? If not, This is my new phone!

[@theTechNotice]

You might have to search around abit, but it's called Blackberry Classic Q20 and it's 4g :)

[@vitofranzini]

@@theTechNotice Thanks 🫡🫶

[@Nghakuai]

i bet the camera still works......hehe