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I know I can’t claim to be “the norm”, but all I want is a smaller phone with 1–2 day battery life. I don’t need a better screen, a better camera, or ever more compute. (It’s a freaking smartphone, not a game console!) All I need my phone to do is run a web browser, messaging apps, maps, my banking app, and random little apps some organisations force you to use – like my university’s app, my city’s public transport app, or half the restaurants here. Things that could easily be done with 10–15 year old hardware. Sadly, the industry chose to keep the power consumption constant increasing while computational power, instead of focusing on smaller devices and longer battery life with the same power.

Again, I’m not angry that current phones exist; I’m just sad there aren’t (good) alternatives – at least that I know of.

>>volemo+(OP)
Did I read it right, are you installing "resstaurants apps"?

>>prmous+i5
Yep, in my area a couple of dining places only list their menu in an app [1], a bunch of places have some kind of membership program accessible through the app, and one standup club requires (!) an app to order drinks and food.

[1]: There’s a paper one in the restaurant, of course, but I like to choose beforehand.