• Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    If it connects the way I think it does, it would allow for the user to hold the “phone” part to their ear and dial on the touchpad like a traditional landline phone while being able to use wireless(*) technology.

    The rest of the tablet apps are what make it not ideal, since its main use case seems to be the phone itself.

    TL;DR: use like regular phone, other apps useless.

    Edit: it would also make it simpler for grandma to make WhatsApp calls if she can hold the phone to her ear.

    (*)2nd edit: “wireless” means non-landline, as in cellular.

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      4G capable “landline” phones have been a thing for ages and I see them every once in a while. No touch screen, just buttons like a traditional one

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      it would allow for the user to hold the “phone” part to their ear and dial on the touchpad like a traditional landline phone while being able to use wireless technology

      Lol, that looped wire coming out of the handset means it’s not wireless

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        I think what the other commenter was getting at is you can access a cellular connection (wireless) in a land line format