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by andrensairr 998 days ago
Nah. I was using a cheap Nokia 3230 in 2008 when looking for a replacement. the iPhone had just been released and it could not offer me a number of features I had been used to for years:

- Video calling (they didn't get front facing camera for ages) - Video recording. Of any kind. - Picture messaging. I can't remember if they offered any kind of MMS support. - Voice commands (they didn't work terribly well but had been a feature of Nokia phones for ages) - Third party apps - Text copy/paste - About a week of battery charge, depending on use.

So I bought an N95 instead, and had that for 8 years until it basically fell apart. Its original battery was still getting more life from a charge at this sorry stage than a new iPhone/Android replacement.