What I've Learnt Living With a Dumb Phone for 2 Years
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2020
- So the Nokia 3310 has been my minimalist / dumb / brick (whatever you want to call it) phone for the last couple of years. Hopefully I can keep this streak up.
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dumb phones are for smart people.
True indeed
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@Nicolás Löwy true, and that hurts
@Nicolás Löwy A smart person would also find good benefit exploring many features available on a featurephone, for example, the fact most of them has Java brings a lot of potential, but sadly, most people, like the guy on this video, don't find them and gets restrict to a "phone for only calls"
@Nicolás Löwy it's cheaper
I'm a programmer and a tech savvy and one think of my job is always being connected to social media and job apps. It got to the point that I was coding from my Iphone 14 pro at 2am and checking all of my social media at the same time. I decided to pull the plug one day when my wife and I where sitting down in the living room and we where both in our smart-phones meanwhile our 3 year old daughter was playing alone enjoying every single moment and us loosing out on her happiness, I felt disgusted knowing that I was missing out from my daughter's most valuable moments and I said enough is enough! Every since I have been using a dumb phone Nokia 6300 and have only been working from my laptop going to 4 months and I feel great with no worries, no stress, no headaches and the most important I get more sleep in and quality time to spend with my family.
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You are awesome 😎
headaches and all were fine but losing quality time with family is a serious crime , well done sir.
Excellent decision. I am planning to do the same.
Guys. Those are no dumbphones back in the times their name was keypad or candy-bar
"Nobody is texting on these things". Actually, until a whole generation before you, were texting like crazy on the original models of your phone. And even without looking on the screen. Writing sms was still more common that calling someone on these feature phones (also cheaper).
Your so right I remember you could get up very fast speed texting on the non smart phones.
I was a T9 master I could write anything without looking at the screen while driving my bike or without taking my hands out of my pocket. Still waiting for a dumb phone with a good camera to make the switch.
Yeah, I could text under my desk without looking at the screen. You just needed a quick glance to see a reply. It's pretty easy and intuitive once you learn it.
Indeed , I still do that with a basic phone at times . My first phone was in 1999
@@webmasale they can easily make that. But if they do, they sell a hell of a lot less expensive smartphones……So they don’t.
I'm downgrading to a dumb phone today and I thought I'll listen to some wise folk before. You're the most relatable person I've heard in the longest time. We should be friends
I want to downgrade too but I’m still kinda scared x))🤦🏻♀️
Dont call it a dumb phone. Those who own them that dont think they are dumb like me can get very offended
@@trainman86trainstramsandmore like rht785 said below : dumb phones are for smart people ;)
@@kartikuchil yes i agree but just dont call them dumb phones plss
Stop getting oFfEnDeD over nothing
yay a sensible young man and I See BOOKS lol
Are you on your smartphone?
I have a lot of books.
@@AragnathBlack I am a book.
What is Book?
Books have me.
Yesterday my phone decided to dive into a toilet and I'm addicted to it.
I usually spend about 10 hours per day on it, I was considering quitting for a while.
so hopefully, that is the sign and the push that I need to really quit this addiction.
THANK YOU FOR THE FUN VIDEO :) wish me luck guysss
how is it going? started last week but im constantly reaching for my phone only to realise that theres nothing interesting to look at. still gotta change some bad habits
I’ve been noticing how much I waste time on my phone during the day and almost use it as an excuse to avoid people, which is horrible. I want it to stop, so I’m going to switch to a “dumb phone” to see if I feel like I’m happier
How’d it go
@@brucewhite7943 I think he will not answer ...
Hope you are using dumb phone now.. :)
Stumbled across this video after deleting social media for good and making the switch to a Nokia and I'm so glad there are other people my age on this same mindset!! Kudos to you for recognizing what's real in life and not settling for the bs. You seem like someone I'd totally be friends with; chill, intelligent and not afraid to be yourself. Cheers!
ahahaha i agree. In buying a nokia and im literally 17. Like I have all the possibilities to get a "better" phone but I know the horrible effects of social media and smartphones
theres lots of us 1.4 b sales last year
@@squidwardphobia657 Now we are not alone in that.
gotta hand it to u. living with it for 2 years. wow. just wow
This is what I call: I FOUND A NEW CZcams CHANNEL! And I'm glad I did 😁
I used one of these for the summer. It made my life a lot more jam-packed, because I became more spontaneous without the distractions, ESPECIALLY started cooking a lot. I didn't even have a job in that time and always had something to do. I tested the waters of using an iPhone again. It was nifty, but I started slipping pretty easily again. I'm just turning it into a glorified airplane-mode Alexa spotify machine now, and just switch the SIM whenever I actually need it. The convenience of talking to my all-iPhone family was nice, but I don't use it enough to justify carrying it.
Yeah it is the biggest slippery slope with smart phones; hard to separate wheat from the chaff. It could maybe be doable with using app blockers for all of the procrastination apps but even then it doesn't have the same sense of freedom as a dumb phone.
Back to 90's, and a lot of books back there,
If a dum phone is a brick. A smartphone is a slate.
I just bought Nokia 3310 3G and from tomorrow on i'm gonna use it as my daily driver and use my tablet whenever i need the internet. It's all thanks to this video. I love your personality man! Great video! Thank you! ✌️
I use a Kyocera dumb phone. I can’t believe how freeing it is. Dumb phones are the wisest thing anyone can do. You are absolutely right about everything ,”disconnecting is leveling up to better connections”(read that again). Wonderful video!
Hate when people take out their phones and start messing around. I have a smart phone but I don't use it all the dam time. I use it like... 4 hours out of the day (on and off).
4 hours is actually quite a lot
4 HOURS A DAY ??!?!? Do you not work or study?
@@DanceAddikt also depends 4 hours on what though.
I'm about to embark on the same journey. I've been wanting to do this for too long, can't wait!
How did it go Tyler?
@@SunnyWinterz I failed pretty miserably after just over a week. It's surprising how difficult it is running a business etc without a smart phone.
@@Uncommon_Sense01 The amount of times I've failed is insane, over and over and over repeatedly. For ages it was like a snowball of stress with every failure beating myself up, until I slowly realized that no matter how much I failed, I still continued and didn't give up each time (regardless of the time between failing and continuing), and I still fail but never stop completely.
I've wasted so much time on smartphones and it's delayed so much of my life. I've repeatedly failed miserably at self-control with routines, hacks, home screens, so many strategies. But I just ordered a dumb phone to ditch the smartphone and once again, I know I will fail big or small somewhere, but bounce back quicker each time and stick with it.
Whatever area it was that you failed with, switch your mind to the solution, and that'll reinforce your strength and systems/habits. The most successful people are often those with little self-control but efficient systems and habits, eliminating the things that would distract them so that they don't need to make those self-control decisions.
I'm also in the beginnings of my own business that will require social media which I do not like at all and may be a rabbithole of distractions and failures, but you are more important my friend. You are more important than 99% of the crap we spend time on on our smartphones, and you can figure out any obstacles as long as you keep moving forward and decide that your life and time are worth more.
This may also be enlightening in regards to running your business, social life, etc. without a smartphone, particularly the part about how much it's costing you and your business: czcams.com/video/5N8XTUUGYhc/video.html
@@SunnyWinterz thanks for the kind words my friend, i'll check out that link soon. Best of luck to you on your journey 🙏
Glad you were able to make the switch. I did the same thing and can report the same results. Here is a solution for the keyboard/testing problem. Write your message on a piece of paper, take a picture of it and send it as an attachment. It works pretty well.
Dont text your friends. Talk to your friends, you know real conversation
I feel like I'm watching a video recorded by someone in 1998 not in terms of the video quality but the energy you present. I think these types of phones have a positive effect on people
Have a flip phone on order and going to see about transitioning away from the smartphone. My work is probably gonna wonder why I don't respond to email on my days off! 😁 Ha!
Good job!
(Also they're called "days off" for a reason. People should keep keeping that in mind.)
"You won't text anyone on this"
Dude, you just need some T9 training lol
Not gonna lie, love your content man. Think I’m finally sold on going the dumb phone route cuz of you, so thanks! Liked and subscribed btw!
I'm considering going back to a dumbphone. I have never liked touchscreens and my Android is getting increasingly creepy due to eavesdropping, knowing things it shouldn't know, etc. Back in the mid/late 1990s I was actually pretty good at T9 texting.
You are so so so positive I swear I first saw you and I was affected by positive energy
I WANT YOU AS MY FRIEND, seriously you get me. My friends think I'm weird for wanting a dumbphone. They just can't get why I would give up the convenience of new technology for an older model. You are the only person I have found that explains exactly what I'm thinking 😅
I have the Nokia 800 tough, it's indestructible! There are lots of benefits to the dumb phones and I very much relate to the no snapchat thing when I'm out. Also I recommend using an old smartphone as a GPS, because it can use google maps offline (not for buses and trains, but great for car routes), and just charge it in the car. But yeah my battery life with my nokia brick is also 1 week, it's so good!
What dumbphone do you use for offline gps?
I have just replaced my Smartphone with the Nokia 800 tough as well first I got it just for an adventure phone I can bring with me on hiking and biking but I really like the idea of escaping the madness of smartphones we see all over atm and so far I love it and whats not to like if I get really bored I can always play a game a snake :) and it does have the few needed apps even tru its slow but it gets the job done and the rest I can do on my pc when im home anyway
I agree! Love your channel❤️
Considering governments will eventually implement dystopian systems through the smartphone everyone should ditch them for a Brick Phone.
EXACTLY. My Android has been increasingly getting creepy with what it does that I didn't realize it was doing.
"eventually"
I got rid of my Samsung galaxy s8 plus because it was just stressing me out so much. I went through a box of older phones I had from over the years. I settled on my Nokia 6230i. Original battery from 2006 and still get 5 to 6 days out of it. I have stopped phone surfing and now sleep very well. I don't use social media anymore. Thks for a great video.
May I ask you how is your experience in that topic since your post 3 years before?
@@chrislisten87 hi. I am still using the same phone. Bought a new battery. No anxiety or stress. Still no social media. A peaceful life.
@@playeroflife Thank you very much for your reply. Thats interesting to hear
Glad there are other people out there with brains and not being a digital slave. My family and I've never had such a digital drug and never will have. No smartphone, no digistress, lesser chance of a burnout, etc... like in the 90's.
Miss the 90s. I started the basic phone journey. Its been fine so far but early days.
Good old days
I personally found it liberating and I'm now able to literally think more clearly. My smart phone was literally sucking the juice out of my eyeballs! There's a dumb flip phone from the "Sonim" company that was so tough it was used as a hockey puck for a round of street hockey. After the game was over, it still worked fine! A simple phone is all you need. Trust me, I grew up before cell phones and we entertained ourselves by beating the crap out of each other. Aaaah the good old days!
I smiled when you took a photo
i feel a basic phone is a life upgrade.. started using a flip phone a month ago ..and I won't go back..while I have a so-called smartphone I use it as a tablet only and use my lap top for most things ..the smartphone gets left behind as for maps?..I use a GPS stand alone
I am replacing my smarty phone with a non smarty phone when my contract runs out in about a month. Regards to directions I will do what I used to do before I had a smart phone which was go to Google Maps for example and sketch a rough map with street names on a piece of paper (in in my small notebook) from say the train station I was exiting to the destination. Can also print out directions/map and take that along. I was worried about losing interrnet banking but then I realised I can do that on my ipad or Mac. I do scroll through news items all the time and that ceratinly is not good for mental health . I had a list of apps I thought could not go with out like banking but one by one crossed them off as realised can all be done on my Ipad or Mac. The other grear thing of not having a smartphone is my monthly bill will go from atleast £30 per month to £6 to £10 a month!! Maybe having a smart phone is not so smart. Really worth thinking about.
Do you remember the days when instead of having google maps people just had these things... called maps?
You helped inspire me to switch to a flip phone!
I’ve been wanting to quit social media for a while, and I have! I did keep Facebook though in case someone needs to contact me. But, I got rid of Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc. Now, more than ever, I’ve been wanting to switch back to a “dumb phone” and start living life.
I’ve been using a flip phone on and off for like a year. I don’t think I’ll go back. I do want a qwerty keyboard though so that may be something I’ll get in a basic phone in the future
Hello!! I had purchased a model that did not read the sd card !! have you tried to insert it? Is there anything special to set up?
I used to use smartphone to talk with my girlfriend almost 24/7 ... That's suck and also waste lots of money for just talking ( for using smartphone, I already bought unlimited talk plan).. I also need to charge 2 time/day just for talking ! So I bought Nokia 130 which just cost 22$ and extra 2 battery ( seem original battery with Nokia branding exactly the same as original ) which just cost 2$ for 1 extra battery ... I need to charge 1 time / day , what's good is I don't need to worry to charge everyday anymore , I have backup battery ... Very cost-effective long battery ( need to set GSM only because 4G talk drain lots of battery while 3G talk doesn't compromise call quality at all.
Where are you in Oz? Thanks for inspiring me to chuck out my smartphone
Dude, you gotta cut down on the coffee! I texted successfully on all my old Nokias
The most real thing I have seen in CZcams this week
Thanks for posting. I relate to this a lot.
it's my day 3 of using a dumb phone, I'm a college student and honestly I'm an overthinker whenever someone calls me until now I don't pick up my phone, Gotta beat my overthinking
I have nokia 216 and i' m in the same situation as you I broke my iphone xr, it was sad. It is much batter this way becouse I was addicted to my phone, since 2 days ago i broke my addiction and i'm soo happy 😀😃
does the nokia 216 have whatsapp?
ROMAN HEI app, are whatsapp?
Google Maps. That's why I'm scared to give up my smartphone. Though it would be nice to use a physical map.
Buy a satnav?
why not uninstall all that app instead of switching to dumb phone? so you can still use the map
I've never really owned a smartphone for an extended period of time (can't keep from breaking the damn things) but the times I did have one I was miserable. Constantly burdened with stupid crap that I normally leave at my computer desk. I went back to my Nokia 3390b (the original 3310s american counterpart) and I'm never looking at smartphones as a viable option again. If they phase feature phones out entirely I'm just going landline only.
Downgraded my phone to Nokia 6310 (India) since 2 months... It has been great... absolutely no issues personally or professionally...
i got a new dumb phone recently and have been texting on it like no tomorrow lol, just like back when i was in highschool , took a few minutes to get my typing speed back up but muscle memory never disappeared
I have the orange Nokia 3310. I love it.
Nice review bro. Do you still use it? It's kinda inconvenient when using today
I was forged with those phones, and yes we texted in groups mid convo on that dial pad
You’re so right.
In my country ppl would probably think you're a mobster if they see a phone like that on you
Just got a TCL flip. It has a map feature that works ok.
Great video!
I had to get a flip phone as a secondary phone because calls won't come throu on my Smart phone but the broadband works well on my smartphone so I decided to have an additional proprietary phone because i Don't call people that much .
My biggest thing is maps. I want to switch to a dumb phone so bad but I literally use google maps on a daily basis to get to new places I have never been to before. I know you said you just memorized it but like I live in an extremely big and busy city so there is just no way I can memorize a route like what you mentioned.
Blackberry
my iphone just broke today and I already had a dumb phone backup, so I'm just not gonna get another phone. just gonna stick with this dumb phone and see how long i stick with it for. i know living without maps is going to be difficult but i am moving to chicago soon and i know my way around chicago pretty well. at least to and from the places i need to get to. and of course I can always write down the instructions in advance
I bought a basic flip phone because all of my smart phone are in pawn. It broke me but i don't have any other choice but to pawned it.
Get one with KaiOs for maps and shit
Why do I love how goofy it looks
Oh you got the blue one too!!
I just use my blackberry classic... It's so sleek and classic!!!
How's the battery?
I had one of those original ones…omg i wanted to buy that but they shutdown 3g last year I read so bummer
Yea umm imma take me a flip phone, an amazing phone
Solid dude, good move
I got very good texting with those type of keys back in tge day
The only thing I will miss and partly the reason I ever had one to start with is the convenient camera, slim digital cameras are a crazy price likes £300 for a basic one the cannon g7 ii is like £700. I've tried cheaper ones and they are worse than my galaxy.
Just get a physical camera!
@@diyabahukhandi6632 I want convenience to capture spontaneous moments, it has to be small, and if you are thinking I'm going to get some old fashioned thing that uses film, that's out of the question as no one prints them any more where I live.
@@audibleadventures9004 they make small digital cameras like a canon powershot 360 u use a usb to connect it to your laptop then transfer the photos from there
The memorising maps thing is a good point. I swear my memories got a lot worse since sat nav
The Nokia 3310 3G has Java so you can download some pretty sweet games transferred via bluetooth install files. It works great.
i love this idea i kinda wanna go and join but at the same time wouldnt it be just as good if just treat my smart phone like a dumb phone 🤔 like i might have all the possibility and all those app but im not really interested in scrolling on instagram and tbh if im gonna waste time i can waste it on my laptop too
I love how he chose a dumb phone over a budget android phone 😂😂😂
Remind me of the phones from 1997 Nostalgia phones
This is one review video which I really, really liked. just somehow i dunno..
Great video
Where is he now? Why he hasn't posted in a year?
You can go get a KAI OS phone which add maps and essential apps to the dumb phone. its a sweet spot.
This needs a hotspot
Switched from a OnePlusNord2 to a Samsung guru 1200 ( DUMB PHONE ) yesterday. Gonna try and stick to it for the next 2 and a half years. Essentially, i was wasting too much time on my phone so yea..gonna use my laptop for Instagram and CZcams now
Also if you text on a 10 key pad enough you can master it. takes 1 minute or less to punch out a paragraph when you really get to it
I am 25 and I’m like, I am too old…I grew up using a non colored screen phone and now they call them dumb phones
I have nokia 3310 i love it
Great vid
in my junior school i used to use this phone mainly for texting. that's make me a cool kid even in 2017😎
Everyone has the same dumb phone as me. Thanks for choosing Finnish Nokia.
No one mentions the music… the only reason I won’t switch to a brick phone is bc I don’t want to download 2000 songs on it
having a laptop defeats the object
i guess you have to use nokia 130. Additional feature: You can play music in mp3 too there.
please never stop making videos :)
doesn't the Nokia 3310 have maps on it? I thought it Kaios which had some basic apps like whatsapp and maps and such.
My version doesn't have maps or anything (maybe I'm missing an update), the only way I can think of how to get maps is using the finicky web version
@@jack_scollay the 3310 isnt running kaiOS, the 2720 however does
Jack, you should buy a gps for your vehicle. You can find them pretty cheaply on eBay.
you can text people with this phone.. the t1 easy typing is extremly good
Don't know if you still uses this brick phone, but if you do I'll recommend Nokia 8000, a brick phone with 4G and Google maps
texting with t9 is not really bad.
Now i feel betrayed, i really thought he wasn't on any socials😂
Hey try out phones running Kai OS, They are basically dumb with limited smartphone capabilities and they are really good best of both the words I suppose.
Useful :)
Dang you cute 😟 anyways I’m seriously thinking about getting a basic phone !!! This smarts phone are annoying me, all this social 💩 is annoying , thank you for this video