You guys should get a fucking Nokia. These things are so strong, you don't need a flimsy case to protect it. The only case you'll need is the one for your floor.
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audiovox 6600 outlasted the first iphones and nokias. I had concrete embedded in the aluminum case. Indestructable. Cameras were really new around then so you could take a ton of spy photos of shit that people were more used to a camera.
Capacitive and resistive touchscreen and built in stylus, that if lost or tip damaged, you could've used just fucking spaghetti to repair or replace it, or your findernail.
Great detail to MSPaint drawings.
I think the specs were 400mhz ARM that could be overclocked, 128/256mb ram, 4000mAh battery, and 4GB SD(non-SDHC) capacity cards that were impossible to find. FULLY customizable, it could also run windows programs, like Modern Warefare, just fine.
The bad? The proprietary USB port, just like every fucking phone had. The lack of Wifi wasn't too bad, there were GPS options and Wifi cards that fit in the SD slot. The app market was non-existent and you literally had to walk into a thrift store and steal apps from other phones' directories via SD card to improve programs like 'backup', games, etc.
It ran PocketPC 2005 or some shit. Tmobile debuted a prototype PocketPC 2009 updated OS which never made it to archives. Android was experimented on this model through a python hack, but nothing came of it really. Windows Mobile was completely bloated GUI trash with a scrubbed app market.
I pitched this junk in 2012 in exchange for a rugged Kyocera that was later stolen, then a iphone 6s+ 128gb that shot in 4k. Apple slowed it to a brick in the ios 15.x update.
Anyone remember those Eclipse MP3 players that plagued drug stores and shopping mall holdouts like Sam Goody?
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I personally never got into these things because I had a Zune Mini (lol) that was gifted to me by a distant relative, but they were fucking EVERYWHERE. I have seen them at a local walmart mid last year and they haven't changed one bit. They look like the flimsiest shit trying to pass off as the smaller iPods and Sandisks, the latter which somehow look and feel more modern than these.
That's not really the goal of this thread. This is called EoL, or End of Life. Technically, they still work, but they are simply off-branded tech that everyone sold as frequently as vapes. This thread is strictly for counterfeits, aka branded as a ipod/sandisk, and etc, but I really don't see these as a counterfeit unless you can prove side-by-side with the ipod/sandisk that they are. They aren't stealing anything, it's a simple design, and its like radio-brands competing. They play music and clip on, charge, SD card, $20-foot-in-the-door-special.
If I can be allowed to edit my posts here, I'd appreciate that.
