Perhaps a dumber phone isn't the best answer. Here are some other things to try to help with your smartphone addiction. First - delete all your addictive socia

Perhaps a dumber phone isn't the best answer. Here are some other things to try to help with your smartphone addiction. First - delete all your addictive social media apps from your phone. If there are some you can use without issue then you can keep those. I have LinkedIn installed on my phone, for example. Second - use a strong password generator for all your social media sites you do use. Only keep those passwords on your laptop/workstation, not your phone. This prevents you from being able to use your phone's web browser to go to the social media sites. I use FB to keep in touch with family and friends, but I have no idea what my password is and I certainly couldn't login from my phone. I visit FB in the morning while having my first coffee using my laptop and so it's easy to time box. Third - why the notifications? Your phone shouldn't be bleeping and blooping and squawking all day long. That's distracting. I disable almost all audio notifications, enable some banner notifications, and enable most badges. If I notice any of those notification methods causing me any kind of anxiety or distraction then I disable it. This works wonders for your computer too - your notifications should be for things that are actually important and require your attention, not a post where your buddy is sharing pictures of what he's having for lunch. If you've removed your ability to engage with social media on your phone then what can you do? For starters, you have a great point-and-shoot digital camera/video recorder in your pocket. You also have a GPS receiver. You have a radio (Spotify) or a music player (your music app). All in once device. You also have your ID and a means to pay - so technically you no longer need a waller. In my town you're going to need your phone in order to pay for parking. Sorry, there's an app for that and that's what you have to use to pay. Many bars and restaurants these days no longer provide menus and simply give you a QR code that takes you to the menu. Public Transportation is increasingly reliant on phones - again I don't need a wallet to carry my metro card. By the time you have a phone capable of doing all these things you're firmly back into the smartphone territory. Finally, do you have hobbies? Are there apps that support your hobby? I'm a musician. I have Garage Band on my iPhone. I can be enjoying a walk and have an inspiration and quickly capture an idea that I can work on later. I could go on and on - there's actually many music apps I use - and I don't have to drag my laptop to my buddy's house whenever we want to jam together. Your best strategy isn't to get a dumber phone, but to get smarter in how you use your smartphone. Make your smartphone work for you, don't become a slave to it!