Terminus is a Text Only Phone Because Telephony is Dead Anyway

Hackaday is covering Terminus, a text-only mobile device that takes a provocative stance: voice calling is dead. The device ditches the entire telephony stack, supporting only text and internet messaging. The premise asks an interesting question: how do we actually communicate in twenty twenty-six? And it suggests that voice calls have become optional rather than essential.

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