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No GPS. No web. No chat. No texting. No apps. No operating system at all, to speak of.

All it can do is make phone calls and receive phone calls. That's it.

It's the ultimate dumb phone.

Simple. Buy one that doesn't have a screen. http://www.johnsphones.com/sto...

A friend of mine drives a Ferrari, it's an embarrassingly efficient chick magnet, the on board computer screen is crap, but you know what, nobody cares ...

The vertu owner is happy to have a very good looking phone and concierge service, the technology will be obsolete in any case because the economics of small run productions implies a longer sales life.
The electronics have just to be "good enough", and with android they have all the toy apps everybody has so they will not be dissed by somebody telling them my "xyz" can do this and you can't...
And for the rest explaining that your phone "is worth the cost", (letting the listener "imagine" the cost), using the concierge service to book a very expensive and hard to enter restaurant will "do the job" (you'll have also to pick up the tab of course...)

Now if you feel this is a little bit crass, you're either just jealous, or not the kind of person who gets all wet seeing an i ....
you could try this http://www.johnsphones.com/ it's a little bit ridiculously expensive compared to a cheap entry prices samsung dumbphone, but it looks cool, a great conversation piece, and way cheaper than a "vertu"...

Here you go.
You're welcome.

Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes

"A Dutch company has launched what it calls 'the world's simplest phone,' targeting users who are sick of new-generation models. Only capable of making and receiving calls, John's Phone is dubbed the world's simplest mobile phone, specifically designed for anti-smartphones users. It does not provide any hi-tech features. No apps. No Internet. No camera. No text messaging. All you have to do -- in fact, all you can do -- is call, talk and hang up."

Maybe he owns one of these.

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Maybe he owns one of these.

I think even the now disappearing "basic phones" have some sort of phone book/directory function. That's not mentioned in the summary. Also, I see it has no display of any kind.

The phone has a display for incoming calls. The address book exists in the form of a pad of paper on the back of the phone you can write on.

I'm serious.

Check it.

more features == more security holes less feature == less h4xx0r My next purchase: http://www.johnsphones.com/store/johns-phone-white/item24