Smartphone detox with minimalist phones
Smartphone detox with minimalist phones
Our smartphones are distracting and stressful, but they seem necessary. Michael Zelenko tests out four distraction-free phones, ranging from the palm-sized Jelly phone with internet capability to the business card-sized Light Phone that solely makes phone calls. Find out if one of these phones could fit your lifestyle, or if maps and social media apps are too important for you.
Note: this video was originally published at 9AM ET and has been reuploaded to correct an exporting error.
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I just want to be able to have Uber. That’s my only need. Other than that, I have no need for apps
Great info ! I’d like to get away from smart phone as you can get lock and loaded in them so easily
Caught up between the Nokia 3110 & light phone 2 tbh
I want a fancy looking phone for phone calls without any apps…
Back in the days.. this is our phone and we don’t even call it "minimalist"
wrong guy to review the phones, clearly…
I wish there was a phone that would allow me to have just the USEFUL things smartphones bring. Like Maps, a Camera, and Whatsapp to stay in touch, but WITHOUT all the time wasting apps like YT, instagram, Facebook etc.
Nothing can beat ‘Nokia 10 cent’.
summer 2020 and I am on my Jelly Pro. anything social media can be done on my ipad.
Michael you need the Pinephone!
The light phone is a genius idea. It’s also really high fashion. I like how it looks. Plus I don’t really like using phones.
Samsung make minimalist good phone
I prefer Original Nokia 3310 over new Nokia 3310
Also I have iPhone Galaxy Nokia Windows and Android….Xiaomy and Huawei.
that light phone is gorgeous
VONINO Nono are too good or Alcatel
I also want to do this to get rid of my smartphone addiction.
Nokia has 27 hours of Stand by time btw
I will buy ever minimal phone.Alcatel VONINO Nokia are good for work not for business
I’ve been using the Nokia 3310 as my daily driver phone for a year now and I love it. I will NEVER go back to a smartphone
I want a phone with decent text, Spotify, maps, and call but that’s it
The NoPhone: Allow Me To Introduce Myself.
Buy non ios ,android phone only GNU linux
I just bought an older qwerty slider phone to replace my samsung galaxy S9 so yes. But only If I have that slider keyboard
So you just quit social media, and the first thing you do is make and
post a video about it to get attention and Vent your Issues in a so
called therapeutic way ???Like anyone "woke" would watch after say 4:00
ever heard of taking a walk in a park or reading a book just to name a
couple ?
OR you could just stop using social media and keep the good phone.
the coolest minimalist phone was the Motofone F3 (the newest Flip Phones -Moto Razr Flip- are a great way to REDUCE screen time & still have a smartphone)
Phone calls, SMS, IM (whatsapp, telegram, discord, slack), camera, maps, music, battery life, payment app. hmmm
I want to use my smartphone like a television.
Also Blackberry are too good with phisical text
Am using nokia 3310
Yes The VergeI have plenty of all old phones That realy work indeed
When it comes out I think you should test out the mudita pure mobile for minimalists and meditation. It sounds awesome what with its low sar
Would you give up your smartphone for a minimalist phone?
"In 2018 a lot of our communication happens over test and I don’t really think that’s such a bad thing" 5:45 /// I do. It takes the humanity, the emotion out of personal interaction. It’s so bad that we’ve resorted to putting little yellow circles with faces on them in our texts in an attempt to convey the feeling that has been lost from not talking to each other. I think it’s having/going to have unforeseen consequences to our emotional wellbeing.
Wants to disconnect… installs Instagram and snapchat. Cool.
I use the new Punk. MP02 with my Z Flip and Note 10 Plus. The MP02 provides unlimited data for my mobile computing devices. Love it.
best minimilast phone is the Sidekick LX 2009 PV300. gps fast texting and calling. and some simple apps. no wifi as well.
The jelly is adorable
On t9 we used to text each other in real-time without any delay.
Thank you for the honest reviews, I agree on a lot of what you say.
This guy ripped off the entire script from an article
I just got the Nokia. Now I pretty much just surf the web at night, actually get stuff done in the day. Functions just like my phone before my first iphone. I like it. I remember my dad having the OG as a kid too.
Did this before with the Nokia. Was actually very happy with it sans the lack of internet at home (previously was using Hotspot for my internet needs). Work demands made a smartphone essential so I ended up back in the mix. Now my profession has changed, I’m about to upgrade and I’m sincerely considering switching back to a basic. Camera and music would be my only losses. I’ve been an old man since Pre K so I don’t do the memes and/or gram life.
The light phone is a great phone for parents to give to their children to help them grow up
Kids are defintely gonna be whipping their Punkt’s out in class n text bc teachers will think they’re calculators
UK gov love smartphones loaded with near field and gov APPS like national emergency app
where you can be tracked & traced all day long ,so i use the smart phone for appointments ,council ,doctors hospital ect then when i go out i take my little PAYG Doro just a phone no internet if they track that they need 3 towers and that is only appx area unlike a smart phone where its is tracked within 3 ft + the doro is turned off unless im expecting a call or need to use it . fkem nosy bstards !
I kept thinking he was going to throw one of them into the water for some reason.
The last phone is just a joke. *do not buy that everyone* get a cheaper phone that does the exact same thing.
Nokia 3310 runs KaiOS, and it’s not owned by Nokia.
Revisit this again with KaiOS phone, Light Phone 2, Mudita Pure, etc.