Anyone using a "dumb phone"?

[Bestbank Tiger]

The two main benefits to a smartphone are having my coordinates if I need to call AAA, and being able to log into eTrade if a buying opportunity occurs during market hours.

Otherwise I could easily live without it.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

I hate having the internet in my pocket, I can't handle it & waste time.

I gave up (non business) use of the Internet for Lent. Might be worth a try next year.

 

[uppi]

Depends a bit on the country you want to use it in. Here, 3G is (almost) entirely shut down, but 2G will still be operated for a couple of years. And a phone that does not support 2G is probably a heavy brick you don't want to carry around anyway.

I checked, and you can get a new Nokia 105 4G-capable dumb phone for around 20 €.

 

[Narz]

I checked, and you can get a new Nokia 105 4G-capable dumb phone for around 20 €.

Good to know.

My cracked Google pixel still hanging out but no way I would drop $200+ on another smartphone, only reason I had to have one before was I needed it to deliver on Ubereats.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

I still have multiple old skool flip phones that are dumb and still work sitting in my closet somewhere. The only problem is 3G is obsolete and mostly not available.

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

Any phone will work for you if you have the discipline to "just say No!"

What of it for those of us who lack disciple and willpower?

 

[Samson]

What of it for those of us who lack disciple and willpower?

This is something I have wondered. I think it depends how much your lack of willpower will combat your laziness. If you had a modern phone without a web browser installed, how much time would you be willing to spend to get one?

I think you should be able to jailbreak the phone, break enough to stop you using say anything but whatsapp and maps, and then "un-jailbreak" it. That would be a load of hassle to get it to do anything else.

 

[Birdjaguar]

What of it for those of us who lack disciple and willpower?

The same applies to those who drink too much, drive too fast, are selfish, over eat, etc. When personal issues overwhelm us, we look for work arounds. Overcoming our own shortcomings can be difficult. AA has a 12 step program.... YMMV

 

[Narz]

The same applies to those who drink too much, drive too fast, are selfish, over eat, etc. When personal issues overwhelm us, we look for work arounds. Overcoming our own shortcomings can be difficult. AA has a 12 step program.... YMMV

Workarounds are better than thinking one can overcome all ones 'defects', better to focus on a few main things about oneself one doesn't like and seek workarounds for the rest.