Flashback: the social networking phones built for Facebook and other such oddities

20 December 2020
There have been multiple "Facebook phones" over the years, none of them very successful. Still better than the Skype phones, though.

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A Facebook phone.
Can not see that going down too well these days.
Imagine being directly connected to The Zucker direct.
Some of your contacts might be upset.

    It's like asking yourself why people buy samsung A series phones when the s20 ultra is so great. Totally different price ranges, bro. I did have a ChaCha and loved it at the time, not necessarily for the social media features.

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      • Danger
      • t@S
      • 20 Dec 2020

      Sony Ericsson also used a Facebook ish type of skin over for the Xperia X10. Timescape. Great idea but was poorly executed and killed the phones resources....

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        • Anonymous
        • fCZ
        • 20 Dec 2020

        I was once a proud owner of HTC Salsa.

          Haha,this was an article filled with terrible phones.I remember owning a Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 when the HTC ChaCha arrived,I could not believe anyone would buy any of these social media phones when great phones like iPhone 4,Galaxy S2,Htc sensation etc...were around.

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            • S3$
            • 20 Dec 2020

            loved my cha cha

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              • Anonymous
              • xq5
              • 20 Dec 2020

              Never had any problems with Facebook. But Instagram is big headache. It doesn't let me to follow people anymore. And so many limits. Really annoying.

                I used the ChaCha back in the day. I didn't care about FB, but was interested in the hardware keyboard, which was starting to become rare in those days. It was a decent phone overall. The keyboard in particular was good to type on.

                These days you can't find any new phone with a hardware keyboard. Unfortunate.

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                  • Moff
                  • DkP
                  • 20 Dec 2020

                  cha cha was such a beautiful device 😍

                    Matt, 20 Dec 2020Nokia actually released some phones with Facebook dedicated... moreIndeed. I did a similar article on the Nokia Asha phones a few years ago:

                    https://www.gsmarena.com/counterclockwise_remembering_the_notquitesmartphone_asha_phones-news-29135.php

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 4DI
                      • 20 Dec 2020

                      I'm glad these failed, I like to think more people caught on and in less than a decade, here we are... the social network is falling flat.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PUB
                        • 20 Dec 2020

                        htc chacha design and other htc phones during that time were incredible
                        it's a shame we came to an era where all phones have to look the same
                        it's not the companies though, it's the people that refuse anything that is different looking anyway

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                          • Fayth
                          • XTA
                          • 20 Dec 2020

                          from all these nostalgia, what I really miss is Dexter on the contact

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                            • Anonymous
                            • gBk
                            • 20 Dec 2020

                            Oh god, I had the Chacha. I really hated that phone! :D

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vG0
                              • 20 Dec 2020

                              Anonymous, 20 Dec 2020I stopped using Facebook in 2010. I'd be the last pers... moreI stop using it in 2012 Facebook is a stain on humanity

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                                • sxr
                                • 20 Dec 2020

                                xperia miro was also a phone made for social media, bit on the software side... timescape, embedded social media contacts to local contacts, contact photos synched to social media display pictures... the led strip lights for social media notifications, out of the box not for ordinary notifications like calls and texts...

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                                  • Kurusrest
                                  • YQS
                                  • 20 Dec 2020

                                  Although I liked the HTC ChaCha I wouldn't get this just because of Facebook.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PZa
                                    • 20 Dec 2020

                                    I stopped using Facebook in 2010. I'd be the last person to buy a Facebook phone, lol.

                                      I get it now. They attempted this so they could see every bit of user interaction outside of facebook. Sneaky sneaky.

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                                        • Matt
                                        • GB4
                                        • 20 Dec 2020

                                        Nokia actually released some phones with Facebook dedicated button and WhatsApp dedicated button. I think these phones were part of the Nokia Asha family.