The mobile industry has moved from selling hardware to selling attention. You can see that shift not just in ad-heavy apps, but even on a simple spec page for an old phone like the Philips 659. When you open the Philips 659 pictures page on GSMArena, you’re greeted with less about the device itself and […]
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Cookies Over Content: When Phone ‘Reviews’ Forget the Phone
The Sagem MY C-5w is supposed to be a phone you can see in pictures and evaluate. Instead, what you actually see is a wall of cookie text and partner names. Compared to a simple spec sheet or a clean gallery, this page is a excellent example of how tracking and consent noise can completely […]
Maxon MX-E10: A Closer Look at a Mysterious Legacy Phone
I’ve spent a stupid number of late nights zooming into old phone galleries on GSMArena, trying to remember what owning a 2000s feature phone actually felt like. The Maxon MX-E10 picture page is exactly that kind of time capsule — but this time, the most modern thing about it isn’t the phone, it’s the wall […]