I used a dumb phone for 30 days.
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Are dumb phones the solution to our screen addiction? I traded my iPhone for a Light Phone for 30 days to try and find out.
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"how to consume and buy new things and say its escaping from consumption"
@AlanEoff
Жыл бұрын
How did he spend more time in front of a screen these 30 days?
@vladob9024
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@KARA.LupinHold
Жыл бұрын
That’s his job to show us and for us to choose 🤦🏾♀️
@ranyaadraoui9413
9 ай бұрын
Nailed it 😂
@tattvmasi
7 ай бұрын
U can't avoid complete consumption u just reduce.
The only real thing I would miss about my smart phone is GPS 😂
@bepisman7273
Жыл бұрын
Yeah i know i asked about this to the worlds top scientists and enginerrs. They said there is no way to fit a device inside a modern car which can act as a gps and tell you the road. They said its physically impossible and it would cost nearly upwards of 500 millon dollars to put a 5 inch display to a single car.
@rymsu
Жыл бұрын
@@bepisman7273 you know people use GPSs outside of cars right?
@bepisman7273
Жыл бұрын
@@rymsu thats what you say gps boy
@andreiiosifescu
11 ай бұрын
@@bepisman7273what?
@Ashortutorial.
11 ай бұрын
I recently asked several people directions and nobody really knew it (it was 1 minute away) only time I reget not having GPS
You should have used a Nokia phone for this experiment
@bottle3124
10 ай бұрын
You realize Nokia makes smart phones also?
@tonyvercetti8056
10 ай бұрын
He already tried a flip phone
@arianna1906
7 ай бұрын
@@bottle3124 they meant their feature phones.
@Princekr09876
2 ай бұрын
And the title should be I used this old nokia phone untill it breaks😂
Wait this looks like it would be a good options for kids/teens if you don’t want to give them a smart phone
@crazystemlady
7 ай бұрын
Reality is kids will poke fun of em which sux but probs can let them use it when they need a tech detox or grounded w o them being completely cut off. When I was cut off I’d just find other ways or sneak it
@RusticRonnie
5 ай бұрын
@@crazystemladyprobably not, but only because it looks neat. Kids would assume its a specific thing thats cool. Teens on the other hand will make fun of it because its not a iPhone
@michaelbevan1081
4 ай бұрын
No links for it or where to get it?
Good god, just googled it and its a $300 phone
@Bloncalma
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. It's seemingly really nice, but the real way to avoid phone addiction is to persistently keep what makes it addicting off of it, more and more, to the point where you're basically on a feature phone but with high tech tools like maps and the camera.
@ChildOfYahweh13
Жыл бұрын
@@Bloncalma have you found an exact phone that you just described? Would help a lot😅
@Bukki13
Жыл бұрын
yeah you can get a samsung a23 or even a pixel 6a for that money
@spymorp6024
Жыл бұрын
ripoff
@bluboyd3637
Жыл бұрын
Dumb phones are more expensive than smartphone here in my country
Using the Directions tool in GPS mode for extended periods of time (~35 mins, depending) will begin to make the device warm and have a significant impact on battery life. When the E-Ink screen's built-in thermometer gets warm, the screen slows down as a precaution to prevent damage, and this can cause the tool and phone to become much less practical to use, or hardly usable at all after enough time, situation depending. Please consider switching to Offline mode in the tool's settings or using a standalone GPS navigation device for such long trips.
At the airport: "Oh whats this device sir?" Oh its just my light b-🔫👮♂️🔫👮♀️🔫👮
It isn't meant to be a replacement. the intention is to keep technology simple. No podcasts, no directions. Just calls . A phone!
I think this could be a good phone for ur kids. Just the basic function without social media or apps that can consume their time
Why are there so many copied comments 😭
Using grey scale on my redmi works just fine 😂
I'm 4500 years old and STILL have never used a smartphone before, just cheap flip-phones. I'm still alive and doing fine, without having a tech leash tied to me.
@thelastmelon9446
Жыл бұрын
I envy you and your 4500 years of happiness
*misses turn, Blames the gps
Seems like they need a "medium" phone haha
I had a Light phone for a little over a year and stopped using it because I accidentally dropped it in a cup of green tea (yeah it’s not water proof 😂). I wouldn’t trade the lessons I learned from my significantly less screen time and being a little but more off grid, but it did make it a lot harder on my friends to communicate with me. That was the main reason that I didn’t get another one and have gone back to my smart phone. Great experience though and a great company 🙏🏼
Well i have my iPhone kinda setup like that, i have a digital free time everyday between 13-18:00 everyday and also for every whole Saturday. I have made a focus that would only allow me to use 5 apps which is Clock, Spotify, Phone, Camera and Weather.
@TheMusicLauncher
10 ай бұрын
how did u do that
@someonewho8240
7 ай бұрын
@@TheMusicLauncher Go to settings → "Accessibility" → "Assistive Access " → "Set Up Assistive Access" → "Continue"
These bots are going crazy.
I wonder is there are any “ mediocre phones ” that are not that “ dumb” available where It’s in between the smartphone and dumb phones for purchase? 🤔
I was thinking to get back to the old nokkia for a while lol
@smileychess
8 ай бұрын
Did you give it a try?
Next try 30 days w no phone.
The only thing I want from a dumb phone is spell check when I'm texting. Oh and a way to upload pictures because it quickly gets boring with the generic background's that the phone comes with. I had a dumb flip phone and I enjoyed it but those two things
What's the name of the phone??? Or direct link to buy it out??
How tf did people these days already forget about the existence of flip phones 💀
@smileychess
8 ай бұрын
Flip phones suck to type on. When they have GPS, it also sucks.
Need one of this
Let me join the trend: I’m 45 years old and STILL have never used a smartphone before, just cheap flip-phones. I’m still alive and doing fine, without having a tech leash tied to me.
@andrecezar8016
Жыл бұрын
Kakashi likes the books, the real thing
@bexjean
Жыл бұрын
Would you like a cookie?
@MiguelPerez-fx9jw
Жыл бұрын
@@bexjean yeah your cookie
@MiguelPerez-fx9jw
Жыл бұрын
@@andrecezar8016 that’s the only way
@MiguelPerez-fx9jw
Жыл бұрын
@@orangejuice1845 no shit Sherlock. That’s why I said “let me join the trend”
The phone you're really looking for as a replacement to your smartphone is called Unihertz Jelly
Nobody noticed but he shoots video with a smartphone during the challenge 😂
Set your smartphone (Android) to maximum battery saving mode and you're limited to about 6 apps of your choice which is quite good.
Just set limits and use monochrome. Solves >50% without buying an additional $300 phone.
Let’s be real, we all know u didn’t use it for 30 dsyst
Ur audioooooooooo Its toooo good
I'm 45 years old and STILL have never used a smartphone before, just cheap flip-phones. I'm still alive and doing fine, without having a tech leash tied to me.
@smoke......
Жыл бұрын
Good keep it that way you got so many advantages
@orangejuice1845
Жыл бұрын
Copied comment 😭🤡
You should’ve just use the Nokia phone. It’s easier to use and for texting.
Real dumb phone: any cellphone that you don't change for a new one in six years
Bro me be hearing some old Siri it’s screaming just keep your iPhone
Pretty sure the phone was made to be used alongside a typical iPhone, not to replace but to use when trying to use less screen time? Idk there’s a vid on yt with the guy who made it and im pretty sure thats what he said
Him recording it: *NOBODY'S GOING TO KNOW*
Apple should have really kept continue makin the iPhone mini
Man, if only... I think I need this phone. Where can I buy the one you got?
@harbiye24
11 ай бұрын
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Where can I buy that dang thing
How's being too dump is a bad thing for this phone. It's the hole point using this phone.
Purchased from where?? What exactly its name?? I want it too 🤧
What phone is that !? I wanna buy one.
Poor UX 😅
For a maximum of 100$ it might have been nice . But they are ridiculously expensive for what you get.
Do a siemens gigaset next.
This phone is $299? Holy mackeral!!
It looks like a cool phone, but it makes more sense to use a normal smartphone and just limit your apps.
A dumb phone that has spotify. And was cheap would be great
@ehmzed
Жыл бұрын
Nokia feature phones
I wouldn’t say 3 Apps more like 3 options lmao
this guys not young enough to not remember what phones looked like ca. 2002
I tried a flip phone for 9 months!
do people really not want a camera? like I feel I would still want a convenient OK camera. I know you can get a nicer dedicated camera, but its not convenient
which phone is this ?
I would say you're better off buying an android phone and just using a launcher such as Nova launcher.
Again?
This is more like a dumb smart phone 😅
I’m 45 years old.
Is like 300$. No way
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That’s neither a smart phone nor a normal phone. It’s a dumb phone. I’d stick with a Nokia if I didn’t want a smart phone.
U still expect how much u get he viewers, that's intant gratification
Smartphone means no internet. Unless somebody decided to change the definition. That couldn't happen, right?
@lamayoplays
Жыл бұрын
Huh?
@sixtwoinak
Жыл бұрын
@@lamayoplays Are you not familiar with the definition of smartphones or did you not know that definitions get changed over time? I'll give you 3 examples of words that changed over time, gay went from happy to male on male love, a recession went from two calendar quarters of negative GDP to who knows what, and finally, vaccine definition changed one little word and made it a very different description. I hope this helps if you wanted it or needed it. A full explanation should be much better. These definitions changed so that laws and policys could be changed with a work around or loophole. Nasty political games. Please don't fall for this. They want the people divided and angry. If we fight each other, we won't notice what they are getting away with. 👍💪🙏
If that is dumb.. what was the flip phone .
First - there's nothing inside the phone to make it worth 300 dollars, it's clear to see there's a huge markup. Second - if you really want to help a certain group of people to get over their addiction, you would try to make it more accessible to the group. The only thing that I don't like about it, is the company which hikes the price to make it seem like a premium thing.
I'm honestly appalled by this "marketing": I don't see any minimalism in buying such a device. What then? A second car without Android Auto just not to be distracted?
This isn't a dumb phone It's less smart, not making it dumb
E ink is terrible
Getting a nokia would be better
Using damb phone for 30 days and record it on my actual phone
Just delete social media apps from your ordinary phone. Theres no need to buy anything
Has he ever heard of Nokia? like the old old Nokia? It’s like $9 Nokia 3310 for example
Makes you dumb enough to life without it
Consider getting a smart dumb phone. Basically normal phone but very very small
Have you every heard op a flip phone
tbh i think the issue here isn't that it's too dumb, but rather that the phone design completely de-prioritized user experience. IMO, you hated the phone not because of what it couldn't do, but rather because it sucked at doing what it *could* do.
i want one, bigger size😊
Send me link!?
I would pass on this phone 😊
Now windows phone
Bro ehat is that phone
Hey Matt, saw you at the theatre on Valentines Day, hope you had an amazing time!
Bro my friend has dis piece of crap
Why din't he just used nokiya 😂 it cost only 15 dolars and work better this
#dumbphone
First of all that makes no sense you don't buy that phone to use all those apps you buy it because you don't want to use those apps
Pov it cost $300
That's not even a dumb phone
Just get a flip phone
The most stupid overpriced thing in existence just use your normal phone and develop a bit of self control
well alright... GenXer phones came back... XD
Bro thinks he is Jose Briones.
Idea is good but execution is awful
Im sure you couldn’t wait to get back to your smartphone 😅 these phones are designed to be simple on purpose. It’s a sacrifice to live a different quality of life
You literally ruined the entire point with those apps. Shame.
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couldn't you technically make any smartphone into this? just hack any smartphone delete all the other apps you dont want and done?
Just buy nokia 105
Didn't you downgrade 2 years ago?
Matt, stop doing this to yourself!!