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I have found that since I started using an Apple Watch and customized the notifications on it to only urgent ones, and silenced my iPhone (I don't think I've ha

I have found that since I started using an Apple Watch and customized the notifications on it to only urgent ones, and silenced my iPhone (I don't think I've had a ringer turned on for...5 years? Longer?), I'm actually more in danger of accidentally leaving my phone behind than I am potentially distracted by it. In fact, were it not for the camera (and the fact that I dearly love taking photos) I would regularly leave home with just my Watch.

Zambyte 2y ago
Regarding the camera, I recommend buying a dedicated camera if you can allocate the funds. I bought a Sony ZV-1 as a pocketable compliment to my DSLR, and it has ended up being the camera I use the most - even more than my phone.
- macintux 2y ago
  I have…6 or 7 medium format cameras, a 4x5 view camera, a film SLR, plus a DSLR and a compact digital or two. The iPhone is vastly more convenient than any of them. I’ll often use something else when I’m going out specifically to take photos, but the iPhone is always with me for spontaneous shots.
  - Zambyte 2y ago
    My point is that I carry my camera in lieu of a smart phone. Your iPhone is not more convenient if you don't have it.
h0l0cube 2y ago
Sub-compact cameras are still a thing. And by comparison use actual glass for their lenses, have real telephoto capabilities, and won’t distort your pictures with AI hallucinated nonsense
- macintux 2y ago
  I love a real camera, but I’d guesstimate 75% of my favorite “art” photos are from iPhones, stretching back at least 10 years. They’re genuinely good cameras.
  - h0l0cube 2y ago
    Sure, but if you’re only reason for taking the phone is for the camera, it’s not on the same par as a dedicated camera with a decent sized lens and sensor (esp. in low light), and compacts fit in most pockets. But if you really want a iPhone camera without the distractions, you can just get one second hand and leave out the sim card
- marcus_holmes 2y ago
  I tried this, and found that all my photos stayed on the camera. The shitty camera on my Fairphone takes objectively worse photos, but I can send them to my wife or WhatsApp group(s) immediately. So they're massively more useful despite being worse.
  - h0l0cube 2y ago
    Well if OP wants to share photos but also not have the distractions of social media, they’re back to muting notifications and relying on their own willpower to not open the apps. Most cameras have a dedicated app for image transfer and browsing, but of course it’s going to be a more clunky experience
FpUser 2y ago
While I do not leave a phone behind and use it for many things (not social media) I still often carry my old trusty OMD EM-5 and sometimes feel sorry that I sold my Nikon D800
Brajeshwar 2y ago
Hello, brother from a different mother. I read this and, “someone is describing me.” I have my phone on silent mode for over 10+ years (I remember, because I wrote an article in 2014). Since the Phone 6+ (or so), I have made my iPhone as the Camera. However, of late, I have taken on a keen interest in getting back to an actual camera and I’m likely to start soon. I’ve also kinda started a white lie when people start probing into why I don’t do most of phone calls - “I’ve a condition where I can’t do VOICE on the phone.” It is kinda of a lie but also not NOT a truth.

Zambyte 2y ago

Regarding the camera, I recommend buying a dedicated camera if you can allocate the funds. I bought a Sony ZV-1 as a pocketable compliment to my DSLR, and it has ended up being the camera I use the most - even more than my phone.

macintux 2y ago
I have…6 or 7 medium format cameras, a 4x5 view camera, a film SLR, plus a DSLR and a compact digital or two. The iPhone is vastly more convenient than any of them. I’ll often use something else when I’m going out specifically to take photos, but the iPhone is always with me for spontaneous shots.
- Zambyte 2y ago
  My point is that I carry my camera in lieu of a smart phone. Your iPhone is not more convenient if you don't have it.

h0l0cube 2y ago

Sub-compact cameras are still a thing. And by comparison use actual glass for their lenses, have real telephoto capabilities, and won’t distort your pictures with AI hallucinated nonsense

macintux 2y ago
I love a real camera, but I’d guesstimate 75% of my favorite “art” photos are from iPhones, stretching back at least 10 years. They’re genuinely good cameras.
- h0l0cube 2y ago
  Sure, but if you’re only reason for taking the phone is for the camera, it’s not on the same par as a dedicated camera with a decent sized lens and sensor (esp. in low light), and compacts fit in most pockets. But if you really want a iPhone camera without the distractions, you can just get one second hand and leave out the sim card
marcus_holmes 2y ago
I tried this, and found that all my photos stayed on the camera. The shitty camera on my Fairphone takes objectively worse photos, but I can send them to my wife or WhatsApp group(s) immediately. So they're massively more useful despite being worse.
- h0l0cube 2y ago
  Well if OP wants to share photos but also not have the distractions of social media, they’re back to muting notifications and relying on their own willpower to not open the apps. Most cameras have a dedicated app for image transfer and browsing, but of course it’s going to be a more clunky experience

FpUser 2y ago

While I do not leave a phone behind and use it for many things (not social media) I still often carry my old trusty OMD EM-5 and sometimes feel sorry that I sold my Nikon D800

Brajeshwar 2y ago

Hello, brother from a different mother. I read this and, “someone is describing me.” I have my phone on silent mode for over 10+ years (I remember, because I wrote an article in 2014). Since the Phone 6+ (or so), I have made my iPhone as the Camera. However, of late, I have taken on a keen interest in getting back to an actual camera and I’m likely to start soon. I’ve also kinda started a white lie when people start probing into why I don’t do most of phone calls - “I’ve a condition where I can’t do VOICE on the phone.” It is kinda of a lie but also not NOT a truth.