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My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by zibzab »

As the author points out, buying a simple a android phone and disabling most of the "smartness" is a much better option.

This is what I did and it works surprising well. I still have a decent camera and can use my banking app etc.

You could say that I actually have a pretty decent phone I just disciplined myself to use it as little as possible.

Edit: the part I am really missing is the compactness of a dumb phone. Years back I had a tiny Xperia Mini and liked the size of it. I would love to see a successor at around $300-350.

Please make it happen Sony

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by hughrr »

MrJagil wrote: post #28

Just a tip -- I use my apple watch and leave my phone at home. I can listen to podcasts and music, call and read emails and texts, use maps and the fitness app. I save up all my emails and texts for when I'm sitting down and with my ipad. Turns out, when I'm with friends or my girlfriend or commuting i don't need a phone. And when I'm at work or home or in a cafe I have my ipad or computer. It's not for everyone, jus…

I do exactly this when I’m out running. The Apple Watch is a great bit of technology when paired with some AirPods.

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by hughrr »

zibzab wrote: post #31

As the author points out, buying a simple a android phone and disabling most of the "smartness" is a much better option. This is what I did and it works surprising well. I still have a decent camera and can use my banking app etc. You could say that I actually have a pretty decent phone I just disciplined myself to use it as little as possible. Edit: the part I am really missing is the compactness of a dumb phone. Ye…

I think it’s perfectly healthy to use it all the time as long as you don’t sit there doom scrolling on instagram. It’s not what it is but what you use it for.

This morning I’ve had mine in my hand since I woke up. I’ve done my schedule for the day, worked out a food and exercise plan, organised an evening out with my friends, done my finances, edited a couple of photos and given my daughter delivery estimate for her new iPad. It’s just gone 08:05 so I’ve got half an hour to shitpost on HN :)

I am completely set up for a productive day.

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by FpUser »

hughrr wrote: post #30

I tried moving to a proper dumb phone, a Nokia 105, a few years back. I found out that it’s a massive social disadvantage, very isolating and means you have to carry more crap around all the time and keep more context in your head. It’s ten times more difficult to adapt to changes without information at hand. Experiment ended after three months and I’m glad it did. I get the ideological thing here but realistically s…

Ouch. I do have smartphone but do not have data plan. Use it strictly as a phone, camera and offline GPS. It has close to zero social value to me. If I want to socialize I either talk to my friends on Skype from my PC or just visiting in person.

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by vardagsnytt »

> If you are looking to keep your smartphone life, don’t get this phone, or any dumb phone for that matter. Instead, get a budget Android device.

This is exactly what I did after trying a dumb phone. I have to say asisd from all the diversions, smarthpones do bring very nice features. I just wouldnt want to miss E-Banking, 2FA for some of my apps and so on. This is why I bought a Wiko Y81 for 60$ and I continue to love this phone. It is so painfully slow that it truly allowed me to get my social media habbits off. However while being slow it is still a solid phone, reading, listening to spotify and doing emergency stuff (like retrieving a lost boarding card from google drive) works fine. What's even better is due to its weak screen the battery lasts forever! It's so refreshing to just leave the house with 15% battery for the day and still getting through.

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by jabbany »

smarx007 wrote: post #36

Is there a way to install an OTP auth app on a Nokia feature phone?

If you're talking about things like TOTP token apps, I'd expect there to be a possibility to do that.

The protocol isn't that complex, so worst case you can write your own. (I've ported the TOTP protocol to get a 6 digit nixie clock to generate my tokens, lol)

The more fancy ones that pop up a message (like in iOS or with Google Play Services) probably won't be supported.

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by throw8932894 »

MrJagil wrote: post #28

Just a tip -- I use my apple watch and leave my phone at home. I can listen to podcasts and music, call and read emails and texts, use maps and the fitness app. I save up all my emails and texts for when I'm sitting down and with my ipad. Turns out, when I'm with friends or my girlfriend or commuting i don't need a phone. And when I'm at work or home or in a cafe I have my ipad or computer. It's not for everyone, jus…

How long battery lasts, 20 minutes?

Re: My first three months with a Nokia dumb phone as a daily driver

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Post by Lamad123 »

FpUser wrote: post #34
hughrr wrote: post #30

I tried moving to a proper dumb phone, a Nokia 105, a few years back. I found out that it’s a massive social disadvantage, very isolating and means you have to carry more crap around all the time and keep more context in your head. It’s ten times more difficult to adapt to changes without information at hand. Experiment ended after three months and I’m glad it did. I get the ideological thing here but realistically s…

Ouch. I do have smartphone but do not have data plan. Use it strictly as a phone, camera and offline GPS. It has close to zero social value to me. If I want to socialize I either talk to my friends on Skype from my PC or just visiting in person.

No music?
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