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A "dumb phone," and ditch the smartphone.
by ryannevius 13y ago
A "dumb phone," and ditch the smartphone.
- jedrek 13y agoTo what end?
- hsx 13y agoSome people find that they're able to get more things done when they don't have the distraction of a smartphone in their lives.
- stevekemp 13y agoYeah I reverted from an Android to a Nokia 301. A week of batter life in my usage, although the specs claim a month or something silly like that. But these days it probably doesn't matter what phone I use, as I leave the thing at home as often as I take it with me. Now I'm no longer on-call, via SMS, I just don't need the distraction.
- lowmagnet 13y agoLacking in discipline/highly distracted, tbh. I have an iPhone 4, which is more than capable. I often go days without checking anything on it. Then I go into the kitchen at work and see people getting coffee while checking their email. wat.
- ereckers 13y agoI've been thinking about this a lot lately. I'm just not getting value out go my smart phone and the only times I seem to want to use it my connection is terrible to non existent. And I live in San Francisco.
- matt_s 13y agoOr a dumb smart phone. If your phone plan has expired, unlock the device from the carrier and move to a pre-paid carrier. Yes it will cost more per text, call and MB used but it will give you convenience of smart phone with a $10 or $20 month bill instead of $75 or higher with unlimited data distractions. It made me think about the bandwidth hog the corporate email was too, even for casually checking. So I removed that account from the phone. When I choose I can listen to internet radio or surf the web and if I use too much the annoying balance notification is a good indicator that I should be doing other things.