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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)

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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That looks like a 3d printed shell over some sort of scannable chip that pairs with an app on a smart phone to require a physical action to unlock the full phone experience.

A printed QR code paired with an similar app would serve the same function.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Good point. Reminded me of this alarm app, where you scan a QR code to disable the alarm:

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.sweak.qralarm/