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Not sure if it qualifies as a dumbphone, but I'm eyeing the Lightphone. It's definitely more expensive than the old bricks, but way cheaper than the usual smart

Not sure if it qualifies as a dumbphone, but I'm eyeing the Lightphone. It's definitely more expensive than the old bricks, but way cheaper than the usual smartphone. https://www.thelightphone.com/home/ https://www.thelightphone.com/home/

agumonkey 8y ago
https://www.thelightphone.com/#pagelp https://www.thelightphone.com/#pagelp
willio58 8y ago
Just watched the indiegogo video for lightphone 2. I must say that while the phone seemed to make sense at first, when they mentioned music, Uber, etc. now being integrated I became lost. At some point I don’t understand the difference between this product and a smartphone. Want to remove yourself from “feeds”? Don’t download the apps that house them.
- jkartchner 8y ago
  I think the idea is you have a phone that asks less of you and can't do more than a few things. You can't email, view video. But the battery could last for weeks. The simply can't grow into that much of a distraction.
- graeme 8y ago
  Uber isn't really a feed, more of an occasional service people want to have. And music was on older dumphones/ipods.
- cgoecknerwald 8y ago
  To add on to other commenters: Uber/Lyft are services, not entertainment or distraction. I don't know anybody who "zones out" of life by ordering cars. Disclaimer: recently signed up for lightphone 2 pre-order. Personally, I just super like the minimalist e-ink display and I hope it will help me disconnect from the news cycle.
  - ksec 8y ago
    >and I hope it will help me disconnect from the news cycle. I remember long time ago I read a paper which suggest news is more addicted then drugs or porn. News include anything from Financial, Politics, Entertainment, etc. At the time I thought it was lots of BS. Now I am starting to believe we spent too much time in the "news cycle" from Twitter, Facebook or whatever it is distracting us.
    - cgoecknerwald 8y ago
      Anecdotally, the news cycle has been the hardest (internet) addiction for me to break. I can justify deleting social media (Facebook, Reddit) because 95% of my use of it is garbage. But the news is useful, engaging. It's "entertainment with a higher purpose". Can I really justify not reading the NYTimes at all because I just "read too much"? (I was reading the news from various sites for 3 or 4 hours a day.) In the end, I decided that yes, I had to block news sites, because it was a ridiculous use of my time for a software engineer. On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem.
      - ksec 8y ago
        >On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem. That is my case as well. But this also remind me they really don't know much else apart from their domain. Housing Policy? They don't care they got a house already. Zoning? None of their business. Universal Health Care? They can afford their own. Tax reform etc? Just choose one that benefits them most. K-Pop, Kids new interest? They had no idea. I have been thinking whether generation gap is partly a age and experience problem, and partly because older generation ( as compared to kids ) just don't give a damn about what is going on with the world any more.
  - yoz-y 8y ago
    It would be nice if it also worked with things like bike sharing apps, but then it would need a camera.
    - 8y ago

agumonkey 8y ago

https://www.thelightphone.com/#pagelp https://www.thelightphone.com/#pagelp

willio58 8y ago

Just watched the indiegogo video for lightphone 2. I must say that while the phone seemed to make sense at first, when they mentioned music, Uber, etc. now being integrated I became lost. At some point I don’t understand the difference between this product and a smartphone. Want to remove yourself from “feeds”? Don’t download the apps that house them.

jkartchner 8y ago
I think the idea is you have a phone that asks less of you and can't do more than a few things. You can't email, view video. But the battery could last for weeks. The simply can't grow into that much of a distraction.
graeme 8y ago
Uber isn't really a feed, more of an occasional service people want to have. And music was on older dumphones/ipods.
cgoecknerwald 8y ago
To add on to other commenters: Uber/Lyft are services, not entertainment or distraction. I don't know anybody who "zones out" of life by ordering cars. Disclaimer: recently signed up for lightphone 2 pre-order. Personally, I just super like the minimalist e-ink display and I hope it will help me disconnect from the news cycle.
- ksec 8y ago
  >and I hope it will help me disconnect from the news cycle. I remember long time ago I read a paper which suggest news is more addicted then drugs or porn. News include anything from Financial, Politics, Entertainment, etc. At the time I thought it was lots of BS. Now I am starting to believe we spent too much time in the "news cycle" from Twitter, Facebook or whatever it is distracting us.
  - cgoecknerwald 8y ago
    Anecdotally, the news cycle has been the hardest (internet) addiction for me to break. I can justify deleting social media (Facebook, Reddit) because 95% of my use of it is garbage. But the news is useful, engaging. It's "entertainment with a higher purpose". Can I really justify not reading the NYTimes at all because I just "read too much"? (I was reading the news from various sites for 3 or 4 hours a day.) In the end, I decided that yes, I had to block news sites, because it was a ridiculous use of my time for a software engineer. On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem.
    - ksec 8y ago
      >On the other hand, I know of no one else in my life who's had this problem. That is my case as well. But this also remind me they really don't know much else apart from their domain. Housing Policy? They don't care they got a house already. Zoning? None of their business. Universal Health Care? They can afford their own. Tax reform etc? Just choose one that benefits them most. K-Pop, Kids new interest? They had no idea. I have been thinking whether generation gap is partly a age and experience problem, and partly because older generation ( as compared to kids ) just don't give a damn about what is going on with the world any more.
- yoz-y 8y ago
  It would be nice if it also worked with things like bike sharing apps, but then it would need a camera.
  - 8y ago