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Not exactly what you want but how about this setup: keep your minimal phone as your default phone with cell service. Whenever you head out use that. Your second
by mrbombastic 3y ago
Not exactly what you want but how about this setup: keep your minimal phone as your default phone with cell service. Whenever you head out use that. Your second distracting regular smartphone has no cell service. If you want to use that one either use wifi or bring both along and tether to your minimal phone.
- SoftTalker 3y agoThe reality is that most people do not want to carry multiple devices around. Carrying some kind of minimalist phone for text and voice, and a tablet or other device for "apps" isn't really a great experience.
- daxfohl 3y agoYeah, or charge every night, or look for when you're in a hurry to get out the door, etc. Or buy, for that matter. Probably what I'd rather have is a phone that has a low power low function mode, that I can configure what apps are available, and then a regular mode where everything is available. But to get to it, I need to convince a LLM equivalent of Seinfeld's soup nazi why I need it.
- SoftTalker 3y agoYeah a phone with an easy toggle between "dumb" and "smart" would be handy, especially if "dumb" mode had greatly increased battery life, but I don't think it would appeal to enough people to motivate making one.
- daxfohl 3y agoI mean, it could just be built into android, or maybe even an app with enough permissions. But agreed, even at that minimal level of friction, I'd probably turn it off most of the time, and deal with it via old fashioned self control. And for the times I'm out of control, just turn the phone off.
- filleduchaos 3y ago> I mean, it could just be built into android Isn't this literally already built into Android? Extreme Battery Saver effectively turns your phone into a feature phone, disabling every app except Clock, Phone, Messages, Settings, the Play Store, and your camera. And you can add other essential apps to the whitelist (e.g. I have my note taking, ride sharing, banking/wallet, calendar and TOTP apps enabled, and my music player if I'm on the go). It even degrades the phone's performance to match lol, and the added battery life you get from it is fantastic. Might be a Pixel-only thing now that I think of it...then again I'm pretty sure other OEMs like Samsung would have their own versions
- daxfohl 3y agoProbably. So given I haven't bothered to look up this feature yet, and I've established for myself I'd rather have this than a dumbphone, I don't think it makes real world sense to buy a dumbphone, even though it sounds pretty nice in principle, which aligns with what OP is saying.
- mackrevinack 3y agoor something like the yotaphone where it has an eink screen on the back. the specs were always pretty awful though
- johnchristopher 3y agoI was under the impression most minimal phones don't have wifi hotspot feature/capability ?
- rjsw 3y agoSome KaiOS ones do. I got a Nokia 6300 4G a week ago, not tested the hotspot functionality yet but am happy with the other features of it.