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As a flip phone enthusiast: you get much better mileage with just dumbing-down your current phone. Modern flip phones are riddled with the kind of headaches that don't actually benefit the minimalism aspect.
The thing is that I kind of hate my smart phone? Like, it's fine I suppose, but yeah, I'd much rather just not have it? But at the same time getting a cab or whatever is a lot easier with it, and I'm ssh-ing over tailscale into my dev rig all the time with it... so there are advantages? But if it has a real browser and it's in my pocket, I'm kind of wanting to be done with it. It's just too easy to get sucked into th…
still, ios MDM or android ADB on your existing device can restrict it to your liking without needing to buy more hardware. greyscale screen, strict timelimits on the sometimes essential browser, inability to even open the appstores, removal of tracking apps, etc.
needs just as much self control as any other dumbphone, and genuinely less painful to set up.