schizoidmanLoFone E Ink smartphone offers WhatsApp, Spotify and navigation despite focus on minimalism - NotebookCheck.net News
I don’t really see the issue. Minimalism is a sliding scale.
Just because the design goal was for it to be more minimalist than a typical Android/iOS phone doesn’t mean they have to go full-on “NO. It’s only for phonecalls and maybe SMS!”
Playing music isn’t particularly “maximalist”, and WhatsApp certainly isn’t (people in the US need to understand that WhatsApp is basically SMS for most of the world). Maybe maps is, but it’s optional anyway so who cares
Even in USA nobody ever SMS me. Messenger is primary with WhatsApp and signal sometimes being relevant and wechat for the Chinese community.
Crazy, most people use SMS with Messenger as the go to for big groups for me (in USA). No one I know uses WhatsApp
It’s the same for me in Australia. Millenials and older use Messenger or SMS while Gen Z and younger use Instagram or Snapchat.