We are all used to the fact that a push-button phone is essentially a regular doorbell — calls, SMS, USSD are available, and some have MMC support. But there are 4G (LTE) push-button phones on the market, but they are not smartphones.
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Such devices usually run on a special operating system called KaiOS, which is designed for phones without a touch display. There are also models with custom versions of Android and little-known OSes.
What can such a phone do?
This device has a browser that can display websites. Some functionality on the sites may not be available at all, because the browser may not support all technologies, and the filling of such a device will be weak.
For the KaiOS operating system, there is a whole application store where you can download the most popular applications – messengers, social networks and much more. Programs are adapted for button control – like in the good old days. The functionality of applications for KaiOS will differ significantly from the versions for touch devices – many functions may not be there at all.
There is also a standard set of installed programs: alarm clock, notes, voice recorder and many others, and there may even be a few simple games. Such a phone has a camera, as a rule, only one – on the back of the device. It does not boast of good quality, but it is quite possible to take a picture of a document or important information.
Why do you need such a phone?
✸ A push-button telephone with the Internet will be convenient for those who are tired of a smartphone and need communication. A small screen and not very convenient controls are unlikely to force the user to spend hours chatting in messengers and social networks. A good remedy for smartphone addiction, if it is important to stay connected in messengers and social networks.
✸ Such a device will be convenient in the role of a spare device, because a smartphone can be accidentally broken, and a push-button phone is difficult to damage. I always take such a device with me on a long trip, the battery lasts a very long time. A push-button phone with Internet will allow you to do what you do on a smartphone, only in a very reduced format, suitable for an emergency situation.
✸ A push-button phone with Internet access will be safer for banking transactions. Due to the unpopularity of the KaiOS operating system, hackers practically do not create malware for such devices.
✸ It is much safer to carry out banking operations with such a phone than using a smartphone. After all, if the virus intercepts the code from the SMS, you can get rid of the money on the bank card.
There are situations when ordinary push-button phones catch the network better than a smartphone – the gadget will be an ideal assistant for a tourist or traveler. In addition, as written above, the charge keeps such a device for a very long time.
And, of course, such a device has the ability to listen to music from a memory card, which is also important and useful.
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