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Why are “dumb” phones making a comeback?
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I believe that flip phones might be the solution to phone addiction on many people. What do you think guys?
1:52, or they are as dumb as their phone.
I am panagiotis amd i am writing this from my 160€ new SMARTPHONE!!! 350 isnt cheap linus!!! We still love you😁😁😁
i wen't back to my moterola razer a while ago, as i got tired of my smart phone. T9 texting doesn't take longer at all once your used to it, i grew up with it so i still can text with it as quickly as i can on a smart phone with a QWERTY keyboard. I can check my social media on my PC when i get home and i also have an android tablet which is pretty much used for work( i'm a mobile engineer) or on holiday. I've always been a tech geek, as in been online since 1995, i love computers but they have their place. Like, not on you 24/7
"checking social media every 12 minutes"
WHAT?
I check YouTube when I got home from work, to shitpost. Then Reddit, to shitpost some more. After that I play some games. No Facebook here, sorry folks.
Phones are a distraction. Whenever I’m feeling bored, instead of doing something productive or even just a hobby I enjoy I’d rather whip out my iPhone and stare into the abyss for thirty minutes until I realised I just watched thirty minutes of YouTube videos, essentially wasting thirty minutes of the only life I’ll ever have.
So I can see why dumb phones are making a comeback. It’s like a hard detox. Self-control is great and all but if you’re addicted to your smartphone then one of the best options is deprivation.
My Nokia E73 Mode can last several hours on the last bar of battery. I can go a week without looking at my flip-phone and it will still have 50% battery charge. I'm 13 by the way.
Who else got an iPhone advertisement before the video ?
Linus: a big Red Cross on iphone
Google: this is a good spot to show an iphone 11 ad spot… #facepalm
buy a cheap android …. put it on ultra power save mode …..sorted
T9 4 lyf
I don't have any social media yet I still watch YouTube on my phone 8h a day
My problem with those phones is the lack of options for encryption and security. I’d love a phone that’s a combination of: dumb, secure and private. Seems like at the moment you can only get one of the three at any given time.
i havnt used my last smart phone in about 8 years lol, so yes u do get burned out on it.
And then there's me, using a Flip phone that runs Android, specifically the Galaxy Folder 2 (not the overpriced and overly fragile $2000 beta phone named the Galaxy Fold).
My dumb phone costs me $7 per month.
I talked more to my friends using a "dumb phone" than I ever did with a smartphone. Like actual talking because texting long messages just wasn't a thing. I think social media ruined friendship.
Someone has forgotten KaiOS devices.
The laptop gets tethered to the phone, not the other way around.
Trap phones….
lol jokes on you i dont have a money to buy phones.
Just delete Facebook and Twitter. You don't need this garbage in your life.
Motorola Startrek
Another important point, "dumbphones" can't get security leaks like Facebook tracking your location and listening on your conversation even while they're not open.