What do we call phones that are in between a smartphone and a dumb phone?
Capable phone???
Competent phone??
Savvy phone?? Edit: this is my fave
Astute phone??
AI is telling me “feature phone” but that is apparently sometimes also used for dumb phones… so that doesn’t work for this category of phone, unless we’re going to reappropriate this term.
Since dumbphones aren't working out for many, eg. some people want Whatsapp that has sucked in too many people, then lots are looking for this "middle-ground". The Commodore Callback is an example that is in between.
As Apple/Google phones now invite more AI integration, slop, intentionally addictive, and even dystopian survelliance/influence, I guess “smartphone” still makes sense as a name for those phones.
But not everyone is aiming for digital minimalism, some just want simplified with all modern conveniences. So I'm not sure "minimalist phone" is right, which also almost sounds like a dumbphone.
Smartphones are currently the most common in western countries, so we can’t use words like average/normal until this new market segment increases…