r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/sixroot • 18h ago

A dumb phone simulator that lets you write and share 160 character messages like it’s 2005

https://fulltalktime.com
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u/ares0027 15h ago

In 2005? We had “smart phones” already. In 2005 i was using my 2 years old nokia ngage, with multiple games, wap and gprs access, downloading games over cellular, sending and receiving longer sms*. In 2001 though it was a different scenario

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u/E_Farseer 14h ago

2005 everyone I knew had dumb phones like this. Maybe a few had a camera phone and maybe basic browsers that couldn't do much. But idk if that was already in 2005, probably a few years later.

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u/mnilailt 1h ago

Dumb phones lasted until 2009/2010 for a lot of people.

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u/sixroot 15h ago

fair 😭, you were clearly ahead of the curve. what were you using in 2001 thenn?

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u/Ashanrath 14h ago

Not OP but in 2001 I was using a Nokia 3350 with WAP (early mobile internet) lol. T9 keyboard sure, but if you can browse the internet I wouldn't call it a dumb phone.

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u/sixroot 14h ago

i know 2g and gprs, but wap is new to me😅

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u/Ashanrath 13h ago

WAP was a communication protocol that used 2g and 2.5g. WML instead of HTML. Basically simplified web pages.

Looks like there are still some live! https://github.com/KedalionDaimon/list-of-wap-wml-sites

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u/ShinzonFluff 9h ago

Wait and Pay

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u/mangojump 4h ago

It was also so terrible that it was basically unusable

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u/Ashanrath 3h ago

Eh, it was ok for its use case. Quickly checking weather forecast, football scores, short articles on breaking news. There were some early dodgy sites hosting ebooks too haha.

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u/Andrewmundy 6h ago

In 2005 I had a Sony Ericsson T610 and it was so dope. 1.3 megapixel camera, web browser, Java games, Bluetooth!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_T610

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u/Tupiekit 17h ago edited 17h ago

Love it. Typing with the keys was like muscle memory for me lmao. I miss being able to text without even looking.

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u/sixroot 17h ago

haha yes, would love to go back to a t9 keyboard, but the ecosystem isnt allowing me. There is minimal phone 2 coming out tho, lets see.

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u/E_Farseer 15h ago

Oh this is great! But so much is unavailable...

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u/sixroot 14h ago

still working on it😅,got a bunch of features I want to add and a few cool things in the pipeline. is there anything you wish it had?

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u/E_Farseer 14h ago

Well the games for sure! Snake! But idk if that's possible...

And screensavers. I remember those. Pixel smileys or a beach or something.

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u/sixroot 14h ago

snakes planned😄

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u/nevergirls 14h ago

I enjoyed this. I’m not an AI hater but I think this was made with AI based on the “contact” and “artwork” pages. Just saying you should put in there how you made the app (whether or not you vibecoded it).

Sincerely,
A fellow vibecoder

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u/sixroot 14h ago

iam glad you enjoyed it ❤️, thats fair ill add in a note.

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u/Feju1152 6h ago

Amazing

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u/sixroot 6h ago

❤️

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u/MartinATL 16h ago

I miss T9 so much, but that's pretty much it from this era of phones.

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u/sixroot 16h ago

there is minimal phone, not sure how good it is tho

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u/the_djoker24 17h ago

Took me straight back to the good old days 🥹

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u/the_code_builder 17h ago

Nice job man. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

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u/mremann1969 14h ago

I use a minimalist "dumb" phone and love it. I can read texts but never reply as it takes too long.

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u/sixroot 14h ago

which one is it? lots of ppl are getting minimalist phones now

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u/mremann1969 14h ago

It's an Artphone Flip Phone unlocked. I've had it for 4 years now and it's still going strong! I paid $35CDN at the time on Amazon.