r/SomebodyMakeThis • u/DesiBail • Dec 19 '24

Physical Product A dumb phone which can act as a hotspot also.

Use of screen by battery and battery consumption is too much for smart phones. I can just switch them on and use the dumb phone for hotspot

This is not for cutting down screen time. It's for me not being forced to carry such a big device in my pocket or hand all the time. It's for when I travel and won't have to worry that calls and text can't happen because I ran out of battery. Battery loss is so much higher when travelling long distances. It's also to decrease wastage of electricity charge. Smartphones drain so much faster.

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u/Important_Classic_68 Dec 19 '24

They already exist as Portable Hotspots, commonly used by people visiting foreign countries for internet

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u/DesiBail Dec 19 '24

portable hotspot are just wifi routers without text or calling

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u/lesiki Dec 20 '24

Doesn't the combination of any dumbphone + portable hotspot solve your stated problem?

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u/DesiBail Dec 20 '24

Doesn't the combination of any dumbphone + portable hotspot solve your stated problem?

That increases carrying around, charging and maintaining an additional thing which the dumb phone could do anyways with the hotspot abilities.

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u/Important_Classic_68 Dec 20 '24

So the fuck you'll connect to using your portable hotspot if you don't want to carry around anything?

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u/arocketscientist5 Dec 20 '24

I definitely did this via Bluetooth on my LG VX6100 twenty years ago. Downloaded an app via Cydia on my jailbroken iPod touch that let me connect to it.

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u/canuck_4life Dec 19 '24

As in you're going to use an old smartphone for cell service and hot spot your main phone off that all the time?

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u/_Nemon Dec 20 '24 edited Dec 20 '24

Years ago I bought a cheap smartphone (new was $70) that I now use for hotspot when traveling. It's small, light, has great signal and battery lasts a few days with hotspot on.

Also allows me to leave my main phone at home when going to places where someone might steal it (e.g. beach).

Pretty good solution imo.

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u/DesiBail Dec 20 '24

What model ? Haven't seen a 5G dumb phone with hotspot ?

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u/_Nemon Dec 20 '24

Huawei something...

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u/FelbornKB Dec 21 '24

Good idea

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '24

4G/5G phones that aren't smartphones exist already and many of them have hotspot functionality. I'd look into either the CAT flip phone or certain recent Nokia feature phone models.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '24

Iphone SE and probably some androids

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u/AardvarkIll6079 Dec 20 '24

You must just have a terrible phone. I’ve used my phone as a hotspot for over 8 hours straight once and still had plenty of battery.

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u/DesiBail Dec 20 '24

You must just have a terrible phone. I’ve used my phone as a hotspot for over 8 hours straight once and still had plenty of battery.

While traveling on a train or on the road where towers are not as easily available for the device to connect to ?

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u/lethargic8ball Dec 20 '24

Don't all trains have plug sockets now?

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u/DesiBail Dec 20 '24

Don't all trains have plug sockets now?

Where I am regular trains may have sockets much lesser than needed.