Why is this $399? IIRC, Nokia 3310 was around $80..
Yeah but the Nokia 3310 had a Facebook app. On some carriers this phone came with Facebook.
New phone can make calls and send texts, but it cannot access social media
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#52I need a connected phone that isn't built for addiction. For example, I need Uber for the rare cases where I'm in a jam at 3 AM and need to get back home. I need maps for when I'm looking for directions. I need a web browser to access my bank and the occasional Google search. I can live with or without Whatsapp or Signal, that depends on how much you use it I guess. However, I don't need Facebook, Twitter or TikTok o…
I simply dont have facebook, twitter or tiktok installed on my phone.
For subtracted difficulty (opposite of added?), I don't have accounts on any of those things anyway. I find the easiest way to win is not to play.
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#53I think the dividing line for features on a minimal phone should be is the message that comes into the phone intended for the recipient and not for a mass audience. Feeds, nope. Podcasts, nope. Music, nope. Any sort of "News", Nope. Slack/Instant Messages/Tinder/Email Specifically Emailed to You OK.
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#54I need a connected phone that isn't built for addiction. For example, I need Uber for the rare cases where I'm in a jam at 3 AM and need to get back home. I need maps for when I'm looking for directions. I need a web browser to access my bank and the occasional Google search. I can live with or without Whatsapp or Signal, that depends on how much you use it I guess. However, I don't need Facebook, Twitter or TikTok o…
Yeah I came here to say something similar. I feel like there's a middle ground, but this isn't it. Almost like a Firefox of phones that gets rid of the unethical, unhealthy and addictive junk and keeps the essential stuff. Maybe it's more of an operating mode that we can enable on existing phones.
Stuff I absolutely need when AFK: Maps, slack, whatsapp, windy, tides, gmail, expensify and a few others. Stuff I don't need: Facebook, twitter, news apps that "ALERT!!!" me when it's nothing important, etc.
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#55I keep all social media apps off of my phone. I do have messaging apps on my phone, such as slack. I find it helps keep me from mindlessly staring at my screen.
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#56I need a connected phone that isn't built for addiction. For example, I need Uber for the rare cases where I'm in a jam at 3 AM and need to get back home. I need maps for when I'm looking for directions. I need a web browser to access my bank and the occasional Google search. I can live with or without Whatsapp or Signal, that depends on how much you use it I guess. However, I don't need Facebook, Twitter or TikTok o…
> However, I don't need Facebook, Twitter or TikTok or any social app. So... don't install those apps? I guess that's easier said than done. I keep an `/etc/hosts` list of distracting websites (includes HN) and route them all back to my hobby trello task board. Message to myself being, "hey, distractions from work are fine, but wouldn't you rather be working on one of these things than screwing around in a comments s…
Cal Newport in “Digital minimalism” has a plan of attack for addictive loops.
1) force yourself to use the mobile web site vs the dedicated app
2) at the end of the session log out, increasing the friction of using the app mindlessly
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s because people demonise “wasting time”. People take themselves too seriously.
When it ends up consuming days or weeks on end then yes, something is wrong.
Does it end thus for you? In that case, indeed, something is wrong; help needs to be sought.
I'd wager it is an extreme case, however. Most people don't seem to be consumed by consuming social media days or weeks on end without remit.
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#58Looking at the official website trying to understand what's the value of this mobile phone over any cheap feature phone from Nokia: https://mudita.com/products/pure/ . The device has an e-ink display and claims to have a very good speaker. The operating system has a meditation app and an "inspirational quotes" app. I'm still curious about which kind of person would purchase a device like this instead of a feature pho…
The focus on radiation is... strange. It even shows up under the SIM card section: "Although we would have liked to only use 2G, the least harmful radio frequency, it is currently being phased out around the world. We spent a good amount of time trying to find a flexible, modern and global GSM module, which could be used for travelling anywhere in the world. With the user’s health in mind, Pure always chooses the low…
It's revealing of what segment of the market they are targeting...
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#59Recent and (somewhat) related:
Dumb Phone - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28246636 - Aug 2021 (150 comments)
The Light Phone: Minimal Smartphone - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28184006 - Aug 2021 (157 comments)
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#60I need a connected phone that isn't built for addiction. For example, I need Uber for the rare cases where I'm in a jam at 3 AM and need to get back home. I need maps for when I'm looking for directions. I need a web browser to access my bank and the occasional Google search. I can live with or without Whatsapp or Signal, that depends on how much you use it I guess. However, I don't need Facebook, Twitter or TikTok o…
The Apple Watch is the right form factor for this. You can do almost anything but certain things are so annoying you wouldn’t bother. Voice control is the best way to use it which makes it great for getting directions, making a call or etc. but you wouldn’t consider scrolling reddit on it.
This. I seldom, if ever, carry my iPhone with me anywhere. But, for that one time that I actually have to make a phone call, I can.