Downgrade from Smartphone to Flipphone: Digital Minimalism (iMessage on Android)
Vložit
- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- This Dumbphone Smartwatch combo changed my life: The ultimate guide to going back to basics & back to the 80s / 90s with a digital detox, losing your smartphone all without losing Apple Messages / RCS. Check out PCBWay.com - great PCBs from $5! 🚀 And discover Retro Recipes PowerUp! at / perifractic & / @retrorecipes or click ❤️🔥 Thanks under the vid 🙌 Your support is the secret ingredient that keeps ЯR cooking 🔥
👹 Follow: / chrisimpsonline | / perifractic | / perifractic
👍🏻 Sub: youtube.com/@RetroRecipes?sub_...
❓ FAQ: retrorecip.es/faq
🌎 Web: retrorecip.es
RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Includes affiliate links for which the channel may be compensated, but all opinions are unbiased
• LG Wine Smart 2: ebay.us/D1bGAX
• AirMessage app: airmessage.org
• Beeper app: beeper.com
• Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 (Single SIM): ebay.us/vxKaTV
• Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 (Dual SIM): ebay.us/fnijPw
• CAT S22 Flip: 🇺🇸amzn.to/48qVodU | 🇬🇧ebay.us/O30q68
• Brick: getbrick.app
• Retro Widget: apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-w...
• Blank Spaces: apps.apple.com/us/app/blank-s...
• Nokia 5310 iPhone Case: ebay.us/Z8q3gv
• Motorola Razr 5G: ebay.us/DTVpm6
• Nova Launcher: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
• My Razr Wallpaper file: drive.google.com/open?id=1zMt...
• Schok Classic Flip: 🇺🇸amzn.to/3ZnY5Zx or ebay.us/giZItB or www.bestbuy.com/site/schok-cl... | 🇬🇧www.newegg.com/global/uk-en/s...
• Schok Classic Belt Clip: 🇺🇸amzn.to/458NJhu | 🇬🇧amzn.to/3ZmXTK5 or ebay.us/Ujkoul
• 5% off CNICK Tesla Key Rings: portal.referralcandy.com/RTPT...
• I now recommend the Sony RX100 over the HX99 Camera: amzn.to/46prLHK
• And the Fuji Instax range: amzn.to/3ThGv8w
🪛 Get the gear we use*: 🇺🇸 amzn.to/3LkYSF9 | 🇬🇧amzn.to/30y05lg
MUSIC CRUDITES: (songs used under CZcams revenue sharing model)
• Feels Like Heaven by Fiction Factory (Karaoke ver)
• Knight Rider music by Stu Phillips & Don Peake remixed by: / @enzomusic_de
• Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol remixed by: / @metalsonic19891
• What's On Your Mind by Information Factory (Karaoke ver)
• More Than This by Roxy Music (Karaoke ver)
• I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock Of Seagulls (Karaoke ver)
• Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac (Karaoke ver)
• Space Age Love Song by A Flock Of Seagulls
• Other music by Perifractic: retrorecip.es/music
OTHER SAUCES & CHEERS:
• Jan Beta
• The 9-Bit Guy
• @GAMECLOSET
• @JoseBriones
• Racontour.com
• Prof. (Dr.) Prarthita Biswas
• www.phonearena.com/news/These...
• Redrum0486
• www.thetechedvocate.org/motor...
• androidauthority.com
• / @creativereviews
• / @cnethowto
• Stunts: Michael Fight
• Wikipedia
• Special thanks to Ladyfractic & Junifractic!
• All other media is marked as public domain on Google Images or used with written permission or shown under fair use law
MENU:
0:00 Intro
0:54 Why ditch smartphones
3:24 Back to the 80s
4:04 Solutions / LG Wine Smart 2
5:02 How to keep Apple iMessage / RCS
6:43 Samsung Galaxy Folder 2
7:15 Cell Tower Band Incompatibilities
9:25 CAT S22 Flip
10:10 The Brick
11:05 Retro Widgets/Launchers
11:46 Ericsson R320s / R380s, Nokia 3310
12:05 Cellphone Radiation & Cancer
12:45 My 90s phone inventions
13:46 iMessage on a 90s phone?
14:08 Motorola Razr 5G
18:33 iMessage to Email gateway / Ericsson R520m
20:26 New Nokia 3310 4G / 6300 4G
21:42 The solution? Schok Classic Flip
25:15 Cnick KITTesla Ring
26:22 Life-changing Smartwatch Combo
28:23 Real Cameras
28:40 Conclusion & Supporter Credits
CORRECTIONS
4:01 UK 2G not 3G will be on until 2033. 3G is being turned off from now to 2025.
28:24 Note, you have to keep the Apple Watch paired to an iPhone for it to continue syncing 
THANK YOU MODERATORS:
• Conrad Vogel
• / @cubiclenate
• James Langridge
• Lee Volante
• Mauricio Tonnera
SOME INGREDIENTS BY:
• MattGrandis.net - designer of perifractic.com site
• / _gazmarshall - some graphics
• PaulKitching3d.com - some 3D models
© All original music & content Copyright & TM Retro Recipes™ LLC 1988-2023.
#digitaldetox #digitalminimalism #retro #phones - Věda a technologie
Ready for a behind-the-scenes ЯR experience? 👾 Check out Retro Recipes PowerUp! 🚀 perifractic.com/powerup 📼 Dive into bonus videos, get an early start on main vids, jam out to ЯR music, see your name in lights & more! ✨ By supporting the heart and soul of ЯR you help us keep the channel & nostalgia alive 🙌
It must be an age thing. I am also from January 73. I can't get rid of my phone yet as I want to be able to share my moments with my mother that lives 2000 km apart from me. But getting rid of facebook already made a huge difference. And if I really want to have quality time, I just switch off my phone.
The funny thing is, I am a tech enthousiast and used to buy a phone every two years, but now I am already on the same phone for over 4,5 years. Maybe age does eventually calm down the fomo :D
During Covid, I made a consscious decision to not look at any news for a month. I did think you know 'isn't this burying my head in the sand?' but but no, its actually a recognised mental health practice to clear your mind and start the day in the best possible way. There is definitely such a thing as too much information. Everyone needs their personal space to enjoy life, not endless notifications. :
@@mattjames6349 Absolutely agree. We're also not designed to receive bad news from every village on the planet. Communication has developed much faster than our brains have. Switching off as you did is extremely healthy and self-aware 👍
coulda gone cheap route with a TCL lol , the flip2 of em supports the bands ure mentioning , albeit its not rugged as the S22
One of my friends got that CAT phone two weeks ago and won't shut up about it. He's thrilled to be back to a flip phone.
That's great that it made him happy. That's all that matters really!
@@RetroRecipesDid you consider the “Alcatel Go Flip 3” it’s a 4G LTE compatible flip phone
Only thing I heard about CAT phones were that they broke after a few months. 😵💫 Hope that’s not true.
Oh God it's a cool concept, but this channel is tanking for me.
This is a funny coincidence but I'm actually watching my CZcams videos on a modern cat
phone
I remember when phones were getting smaller and smaller and I was waiting for the day we could a tiny phone like in Zoolander, but then those damned iPhones came out and changed the whole landscape and phone's became big giant bricks again. The other awesome thing about those old Nokia's is the battery would last for days between charges, you could nearly always just step out and not have to worry about how much charge was remaining.
I will admit that, even though I had a difficult time with the phone keypad, I have also had a tough one with virtual keyboards on smart devices. If they could revert to building flip phones that were loaded with (most of) the same tech that goes into smartphones or tablets, it would not be a backstop. It would - just be right.
The thing i loved about the old phones was they all looked so different from each other. Modern phones barely change as each new model comes out and they all look the same..... Souless
Same thing with cars
@@davidhdez-gil1857 agreed
BigTechigarchs want us in just as orderly and souless of a fashion as the time vampires that they produce
Oddly people always look back on the past and say things like “I didn’t need that when I was a kid”. When I was a kid I heard that about my C64. Times change, people change.
Thugnar don't need phone, Thugnar just use sea shell to make loud noise to give friends latest gossip #basedandtedpilled
"This is exactly what I need and would be doing", said my brain while I was sitting in my chair and continued to watch CZcams and my Facebook feed....
There really is a big challenge to reduce the phone (and TV) addiction, both at home and away.
Nice thoughts and good ideas to still be able to live in the society and what it forces you into have.
Get a Brick. Look it up
I loved watching this. Would be great if someone like LG or Samsung saw this and designed a phone to suit.
Technology was supposed to make our lives easier by freeing up our time, but instead it demands more and more of it. Totally the wrong direction IMO.
Some networks are already turning off 2g in the UK.
That’s not fun.
Nice to see Puppyfractic enjoying the outdoors.
We try to give her a good walk every day. She also loves going for a drive. When she's in KITTesla she can even sit in the driver's seat.
I scrolled up for a little while in this comment section and my hope for the future now exists again. Especially the part about coming out with new flip phones preferably without cameras in them and the part about older tech having offline/off grid huge use capabilities.
I read it on my phone... irony
Got a drawer with half a dozen old Nokias in from the noughties. I just open it from time to time and remember the fact that I also knew my friends mobile phone numbers. I have trouble remembering my own number now as you simply send numbers around. If I ever lose my phone, I’m toast!
This looks fantastic. I remember when I had my beautiful razor. It still looks futuristic! Thanks for your great work. Always a trip back to my childhood when watching your videos!
It's clear you put a lot of work and research into this. I really like the video and the sentiment behind it. I've been using my phone with mostly (I have a few select ones enabled so my kids can reach me and stuff) no notifications for many years now and always try to minimize the amount of distractions. I'm currently writing a BBS-server to control my smart home from my C64 as well, haha!
Digital Minimalism is a great book. Well worth the read, even if you don't go hardcore into it.
Wow Peri you really deep dived into this! Hats off
ive started to replace my "always on/smart" tech with retro alternatives and mainly going back to old tech like my handspring visor, my casio calculator watch, i bought a real camera about 3 years ago now and i recently bought an old ibm laptop that has no ability to connect to the internet and no wifi or bluetooth. im beginning to realise that all this new smart tech has a dark nefarious intention. i will soon be properly etherneting my house and turning off wifi altogether. you know something is wrong when a lifelong tech nerd freak starts abandoning new tech for old!
I totally agree. I'm 53yo. I've been a teck geek since I was a kid. First in school with a portable computer (Radio Shack PC-1), first to have a word processor (Commodore 64 with Paperclip), game watches, etc. In adulthood, I was the always the tech go-to guy solving problems and setting up systems, etc, etc.
Now I've resurrected my original C64 system, my Apple watch is now a retro Casio, my stereo is a vintage 100% analogue 2 channel system with tons of my original vinyl to go with it.
Life is good once again. 😉
@@roberttoews2775 yes im going back to physical music media too like records and tapes and have been looking for a good 80s stereo setup for a while now (im fussy hehe) with todays streaming services artists only make $0.007 per track play, so even if your song was played 10 million times, the artist has only made $7k in royalties, a far cry from the old vinyl/tape days and what artists got! everything about today is upside down and inside out and this is forcing me to return back to retro gear.
Great update, I like the behind the scenes showing all the hurdles. I was a little disappointed by the new Razrs too, and like you said the current models just look like a Samsung. I had a Krzr(krazer) back in the day, slightly thinner, more powerful than the razr, loved that phone. We even had a Sony C905 at one point, with 8 megapixel! camera on it and great sound with megabass!, it was mega-cool :) Love the point you're making about 'unplugging', even for someone super tech oriented. Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What a fantastic journey mate! I love how you did this! I use the CATS22 Flip, with RCS google messages and Sunbird for iMessage. I also have Spotify on that flip phone, and I'm looking for the perfect pocket camera like you said. I am 19, and I am so inspired by you and your dedication to digital minimalism sir! Also 10/10 video, with editing, and your authentic presence. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
I absolutely love that you are getting to live your dream through owning your very own KITT. I have to say that I'm absolutely a basket case, and can't believe that this video jerked tears out of my eyes. Thanx for sharing your journey.
This was wildly unexpected. I've been researching this on my own for years. Thank you for sharing!
Brilliant!
Here in Japan there’s a new retro phone called Mode 1 Retro 2, it has just been released, its the perfect blend of the old design mixed with new technology
Such a great video. Was awesome to go on this journey with you. Digital minimalism at its best
Glad you enjoyed it!
'Feels like heaven' 🎶 I used to work for an IT company with Kevin Patterson who was formerly a member of Fiction Factory and sang this song. Nice to hear it as your backing music, takes me back.
My solution: i don’t take my smartphone everywhere i go, and even IF i have it in me, it’s basically on silent mode if i have family & friends around. I have some settings activated so that ill family members can reach me, and if you call multiple times (= urgent) you get trough eventually. But messages, normal non-urgent calls, apps & stuff? I don’t care. I read it later when i have time for it, and if necessary call back. That works perfectly. (My small one has an tablet, too - especially for kids. But use is limited to 15-20 Minutes a day, and only if an older family member is joining. Works great, too) PS: Schok phones are marketed to the older generation here in Germany, that’s why they have the big symbols and the charging dock. Not a bad device 😁👍
Clearing-out the closets of an old house I'm staying in, I discovered a TCL flip phone that has Google functions on it. Mind you, I don't really look forward to reactivating it for service as a personal phone... but I do enjoy the fact it's enabled for both FM & web streaming radio service.
Best phone I ever owned was the Sony CMD J6. Stylish, one of the 1st phones you could use songs for call & message tones & most importantly the jog wheel, the single best phone input interface ever invented.
I truly loved that phone & it got so much attention because it was different to the Nokia's that everyone & their uncle had.
Second best was the Nokia 5310 Xpress music (actually the phone the case represented in your video). The best music player of any phone I've used, amazing sound quality. Also a very stylish phone. I still have the Xpress, I need to find a charger for it.
I'm in the UK and my Nokia brick (3330) still works! It's not quite minimalism since I tend to carry both that and a modern phone, that way I call and text with my SIM in the Nokia and take photos or satnav on the smartphone (also internet when there is WiFi), but it feels good to not be buried in what everyone else is doing when I'm on holiday, for example. My main issue is that the Nokia was left with the original battery in it, and over the years it did something chemistry and actually corroded holes in the copper pads on the PCB where the battery pogo pins touch. I did a bit of repair because the pads are nice and big and took solder, but if you squeeze it just wrong (like when texting) you can sometimes momentarily disconnect the battery and the phone dies. I need to look inside again and try a better repair.
Dead right Peri.
I remember looking up as I was walking through my local town centre and easily 90% of people were either buried in their phone or checking it regularly. The level of dependence we seem to have as a culture is worrying!
I ran into similar issues with a few japanese flip phones, the first one i got was 3g which was shut down a few months before i bought it so it would fail to connect. and then the second one i got which at least had wifi had the older 4g standard which also doesnt work anymore with most providers.
I did like that even though it didnt have a touchscreen, the entire keypad area was also a trackpad and gave you mouse inputs
I've been using a Nokia 6310i since a year now. (It also has bluetooth for my car). I only use my iphone on specific occasions like a holiday with the family. I use applications like whatsapp or social media only on my PC when i'm at my home office. In the beginning it felt like I was missing out on something, but now it really feels like the best decision, because a smartphone never made me happier than I already was before I used one.
Keep up the good work, best Ferdinand.
I’m doing this at the end of the week. Super excited!
Watching this video I felt so relieved that my temporary obsessions only include learning new things, instead of BUYING new things.
Your videos are always so inspiring and informative.
Or, we can just leave the phone home. Like the old days, when people would leave home, go on a drive or a long trip and nobody knew where they were until they came home. Now thats real retro and truly freeing.
That's a great goal! In our case we have an elderly (Edit: sickly) grandmother so there's a necessity factor, but I totally agree with the principle.
@@RetroRecipes Sadly, here in the UK BT is getting rid of the landlines. This will cause a lot of trouble for people reliant on the older technology. This will include people with burglar alarms that ring out.
Still, I do not miss the dials which needed someone with extremely strong fingers to turn them.
@@RetroRecipes Yea I get it for sure, But on the other hand, grandma's for thousands of years have managed to go at least a day before comms. We have grown accustom to instant communication regardless of if its the calling or receiving party.
PS. Im glad you notice what this tech is doing to kids and trying to be proactive about it.
Also dangerous😂
Great video! Thanks for showcasing that it is still possible to live with these technologies in a mindful way!
Hey Jose, thanks for saying that. I have watched a lot of your videos along the way. I've added your channel link as thanks in the description. That was me asking you lots of questions about the Schok on Reddit ;-) Keep up the great work!
Question, you are using iMessage with your email not your phone number correct? Thanks very cool video @@RetroRecipes
Love this video. Thank you.
Fun as always and very insightful! Thanks, Peri. (And thanks to Junifractic too! She had a great role in this video. 😃)
Cheers mate! She loved getting out and about for this one. We try to give her a good walk every day, but this one was extra long!
Love this episode! Your idea to go back to basics has really something. In our actual world we live in we are used to so many commodities connected to a smartphone, but is that really smart? As a semi professional photograper i never understood why a smartphone is supposed to replace a camera, so at the end of the video i had to smile that you consider carrying a nice Sony camera with you. Regards to Ladyfractic and Babyfractic (to be) and carry on!
Glad you liked it!
'More Than This' playing in the background. Great choice ! Great video :)
Good ear! I tried to be mindful of the song choices. Full list in description.
Love the background music most of all in this episode. Near the end, when the instrumental "Space Age Love Song" kicks in, it really took me back. New Wave is my mood.
You definitely bring back nostalgia in phones. Miss the Nokia N series.
When I’m old, I’ll revert back to simplicity to Nokia if still works.
Enjoying usa than Uk?
for as long as I've had a phone, I've never had my mobile data on. I've just never found the need to be permanently connected to the internet. however I too have been looking for an older phone, however in the era of flip-phones a lot of them were locked to specific providers, or even a specific sim card.
Such a beautiful video in every respect. Truly food for thought.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
If you could figure out how to get those apps on a sidekick I would def go buy one. That's the retro I miss. I appreciate this flip phone episode tho, I was thinking about that last year. Nice to know it is possible.
Delightfully chill Sunday morning fare. Thank you.
I don't think you need a flip phone or any retro tech to do this, but I hold the sincere belief that in 20 or 30 years, the people who're mindful of how they use technology and somehow manage to retain a healthy relationship with it will be the only ones with any chance of employment.
These kids browsing "phantom phones" that're not even there will likely end up completely useless tech zombies unless there is some sort of major outside intervention.
With every passing year I realize more how blessed I am to have been born in the 80s and grown up during the 90s.
When I hear that a lot of kids can't even grasp the concept of folders on a computer nowadays I think that eventually anyone with programming skills or any knowledge or expertise that allows them to do any sort of maintenance work will be regarded with the same level of awe that a literal wizard would be.
The rest will be browsing through thousands of mundane TikTok videos every day, brains completely fried while AI somehow keeps them alive.
So anyone who keeps themselves in decent shape and develops their mind and skills until then will be walking as a god amongst eternally slumbering, utterly worthless sheep.
Using a kindle to read is a way to detach from your phone / tablet and just focus on reading while still taking advantage of modern tech.
Hagenuk is my first mobile phone ever I still have in my old phones drawer, nice memories!
You should ask Mr Mobile/Michael Fisher about his RAZR, oh it's a funny story, he had to send it to Australia to get repaired 😂
As a mobile developer, it was painful to watch your unnecessary/avoildable frustrations with Android API versions, ceullar bands, "unapproved" phones, and MVNO's. But I'm happy to see that you eventually found a satisfactory solution!
❤❤ I was looking for a device that can still get iMessage and block distraction - also so it would force me to break out my DSLR more on small trips instead of just snapping with the iPhone !!! Thank you for your research into nostalgia !!!!!
The Kyocera 902kc/903kc is also an option (though admittedly it seems the Schok Classic may be better in quite a few ways). It is certainly a lot more fiddly with initial setup, some parts requiring a computer for mirroring. Once it's running though, you have most of the same features in a gorgeous Japanese flip-phone style. IMO it's a great looking phone and I've been really happy with mine. Most lightweight apps that I've used work great, though apps do need to be side loaded (again, with a computer) to be installed.
Last year I got rid of my touch screen phone and picked up a flip phone. I still have modern tech around me, like a tablet, PC, stuff like that, but I don't take anything with me other than the flip phone.
Glad you found a solution for yourself.
Personally if it’s something where I don’t want to be distracted/disturbed I set up the focus modes so DnD and sometimes I’ll even turn theatre mode on my apple watch on as well.
Also I optimised the apps that used to distract me the most so that I look at them significantly less.
However I used to occasionally switch to a feature phone a month just so I could detox from a few things.
My main takeaway was one I missed having all my music so occasionally wanna buy an iPod… also I didn’t quite realise how reliant on the internet I was.
Not sure if someone already suggested it, but you could use a mobile (3G/4G/5G) router with those Korean fliphones, together with some VoIP app. You'd have to carry around two devices (which is not ideal) but you bypass the device's reliance on any bands because the phone is connected to the router over wi-fi.
I recently got a schock classic flip because of this video. Ive seen recently online that there is issues with battery life, have you noticed such issues? havent had mine for too long so just wanna know
Great episode! My wife and I were thinking if we ever abandon smartphones, we'd maybe try Justine Haupt's "rotary un-smartphone" kit.
The last generations of Motorola razr flip phones were gorgeous. Small. Lightweight. Are any of them still supported and useable on current cellular frequency bands?
I have seen a lot of videos about people trying to use less their phones and testing several devices trying to find the middle ground between what they want versus what they really need.
Honestly I solve this problem (for me) by disabling all non-essential notifications, everything that isn’t literally a call from my mother won’t make a noise on my phone.
A distinction I also made is having 2 phone lines, one personal for family and one for work, each line with their respective ringtones to easily known what the call is.
Using the focus mode on iOS (or having multiple users on android) would be also a interesting option, like on work mode/user only work apps are visible and on person only my person apps are visible, maybe a family mode with only the basic apps like câmera and phone so won’t be tempted by social midia during the lunch.
I keep everything Google and social media on one computer and there only; I found that many people now think they are entitled to notify you and none of them is truly important; focusing on your child is the way to go
I got away from most of what a smartphone brings by using a Lumia 950 for 5 years from release until the iPhone 13 Mini came out. I only swapped then because for about a year at that point the screen had a crack from hitting gravel (not visible during use really nor could it be felt), but mainly the battery was getting pretty bad and the replacements I found (yes, easy to replace battery just popping the back off like the good ole days) were new old stock and didn't really last long either. Using a Windows phone gave me a solid web browser, email client, text messaging, phone, Microsoft and Google's authenticators, and everything else I truly needed without much else offered (I don't use social media so that wouldn't matter).
Tbh, I miss the 950 and Windows phone. It never slowed down, Edge worked really well on it for CZcams since Google wouldn't release a CZcams app, and in general it was a great user experience for me over the Android and IOS devices I had before. I want an Android flip phone like those from Japan, but with a physical keypad/keyboard with the same setup as the blackberry pearl for typing. Give it midrange hardware on par with the Redmi Note Pros, sell it for around 250 USD like the Note Pro, and I'd buy one in a heart beat.
15:00 You can use KLWP to make this wallpaper fully functional. Or at least more usable. You can have a fully navigated UI that you can switch to or even emulate the old Razer UI. I can help you make one if you want. I love the idea of having a retro themed functional wallpaper. I think i might even do that for my Flip 5 lol.
In any case, that was a great video! Love the nostalgia
I love Information Society!
Hack was my fave album too. Nice soundtrack.
I often go out without taking my phone. I actually struggle to remember to take it if I'm going to a store where I might want to look something up.
I definitely recommend a real camera. It's surprising how much better than phone cameras they are. A big bonus is real zoom
Just seen the pic with the polaroid instant camera. This was our family camera back in the 80's. I recently bought an expensive spool from Polaroid and the results were disappointing. Pics looked washed out. I still have pics from the 80's which are clearer. Back to digital for photos.
Long time watcher, second time poster. If you view technology in its proper form as a tool in your life instead of as being your life, then you can enjoy your life without teathers or annoying popups.
Agreed! That's exactly the goal here.
Make tech a tool again!
@@RetroRecipes
Absolutely agree with you, the amount of things I've got ridd of from my life because it wasn't helping in any way.
That reminds me my old Nokia N900. My first Linux phone with a sliding physical keyboard. I wish someone could come with a modern similar concept :)
I hope they make a comeback, people want simple again.
I have a really nice modern mirrorless camera setup (Lumix G9) with a collection of great expensive lenses. I love it, but I wanted something a bit "retro" that was the same mount for lenses and harder to use (fun photo challenge....) So I picked up a Lumix GF1 locally for ~65 bucks in great shape and it is interchangeable lens. I then got on KEH and bought a super tiny/thin 14mm "pancake" lens for it. It has been the perfect "in pocket" camera, with great looking pics that are usable in any modern application. I enjoy it's limitations (fixed focal length lens, limited iso performance, mechanical shutter.) and I am in the whole setup for less than a couple hundred bucks with the benefit of it using my existing lenses if I ever wanted to.
Nice! Since editing this I've discovered the film simulation cameras like the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 and the Ricoh GR III. Very tempting! Just a bit out of the current budget.
Would love to be able to use my Motorola Sliver (Slvr)...I think it was the L6. I still own it and loved the small size of it. It had a small color screen but it was the size that I loved. As a runner (well, as I get older I think I need to find a new word to describe what I'm doing) it would be perfect to put in my pocket for emergencies. I recall it had a browser and on runs I could pull up a radar map to see how long the downpours would last.
It would be great if the Xiaomi Qin models came out with a flip version, the f21 pro is just worth it despite no flip though for less hassle. you should have mentioned them for the people wanting to not tinker too much, and also for those who just want to give minimalism a try you could turn on ultra power saving mode, works really well on Android and most of the times you can add the apps you can't live without
I had that Fisher-Price garage and I absolutely loved it.
Loving these deep explorations while you're on ma/pa/eternity leave!
This is so much more interesting than the whole Apple event was. Keep it up!
Or the whole Samsung event.
I'm curious why you didn't decide to use your apple watch as your daily driver! Especially with the Ultra! I spent a very long time looking for a LitePhone/Flip phone style device to reduce distractions, and I had similar criteria - I wanted to be able to dictate messages, connect to iMessage while doing so, able to make NFC payments at restaurants and stores, and offer public transit directions to get around my city. I looked and looked, and every promising find was missing an essential function in the end. Then I realized I had a device that could do all of that already, with much fewer distractions than my phone, and it was literally strapped to my wrist the whole time! I keep my phone plugged in at home and leave the house with just my apple watch and my airpods. It's been remarkably freeing.
This is exactly what I wanna do.
Well in many ways the watch is my daily driver now. I rarely take the flipphone out. But I do like it, for example to send a photo message using its okayish camera. Or to Google something etc.
@@RetroRecipes I wish the watch had a camera! It's the only thing I miss, but I'm thinking of picking up a small camera to take with me on runs - I ALWAYS see something I want to take a picture of, but I don't want to have the rest of the distractions from my phone.
@@gnocchidokie Check description for my updated preferred cameras!
Nice use of the 555 area code for dialing a number. Which in itself is retro now, because it's been assigned and no longer fictional.
You hitted the nail in the head when you said that until 2007 tech was going the right way. Nothing has been the same since that year with tech.
im so impressed with how much play time you gave fiction factory - feels like heaven! prob the most of anyone in the last 25 years :)
Retro Recipes... Driving around in horse and buggies... oh wait? Too far back? LOL... Wow this takes me back, I had several of those phones, Nokia, etc... but I liked the Motorola RAZR flip... but I also like the touchscreen and integrated tech... I don't use my phone for much because I see what you're seeing: A lot of addicted ppl to their phones. I panic if I lose my phone or the phone crashes. I need it for 2FA at work and I like the camera so I can take pictures and videos, but I don't live on my phone. This is something that I hope catches on and maybe there will be new phones, with retro features. Cheers.
I used the nokia 2780 flip since the start of 2023 until i recently switched to the duraxv extreme and honestly i really love it and it’s so much better in every aspect, I wouldn’t knock it until you try it!
I love you guys SO SO SO much, I can tell you grew up playing amiga games & games like WORMS 1 from Team 17 by your sense of humor & the sound effects :) lol MUCH LOVE !!!! keep it up, I do not feel so alone in this world because of you guys understanding the same stuff I love as well :)
Thank you so much!! Search up my Cris Blyth vids. He’s a mate and helped make Worms! He has a cool channel too. @CrisBlyth
Man I wish I could do this. I think this is the WAY forward so that society can be sociable again! :)
After seeing all the trouble and barriers to getting a retro phone to work in your modern world... I reckon it would have been easier to convert your Delorean into an actual time machine and go back to the heyday of those phones. Enjoyed the journey, it is inspiring me to get a retro phone going again, my smartphone really eats my time.
Your phone addiction is a very real thing, and I can relate. I'm very lucky to be SO unpleasant in real life that I can use my iPhone once a week to delete all SMS messages...which are from no real persons😆🤣! No real people call me, either. I don't even carry a phone with me at, really, and the phone lies turned off in a drawer when not it use. It was a hard transition...I even have to limit my CZcams watching. I always watch you folks, though, but very little else. It's always fun to you all of you. Aloha.
Aloha!
yo! I am on a similar journey to try to get away from the doomscroll. so far I have a regular ol digital watch and the blank spaces set-up; I'm looking to get a good go-bag so I don't have to carry my phone in my pocket. I also started carrying a little notebook to write down my ideas instead of going to the notes app. thanks for the new ideas!
I was using a Palm Centro for about 10 years until the 2g network switched off in Australia. There is a Palm emulator on Android but I haven't paid for it to test.
Thank you for a very interesting video with some great ideas. I do not miss the phone keyboard for the purpose of texting. Good grief, that was a chore. Other than that retro phones were brilliant, although WAP was a bit rubbish.
It would be interesting to see you design your own retro-style cell phone in concept to see how you would envisage your ideal phone.
I would have to have one with a qwerty keyboard (a real keyboard, not a virtual one) and ideally use a micro-mechanical switch arrangement or a scissor-switch mechanism. Maybe hidden behind the screen in a sliding mechanism.
Great Job, Mr. Kite,, because of you and the team the future is definitely retro.
Considering what film was playing in the background, what does AT&T stand for?
All Talk & Transactions
I'm glad I've never been a smartphone addict. No matter how big of a screen I get, I don't enjoy doing anything on them at all. However, I am computer addicted though and have been for 30+ years 😂.
The modern touchscreen phone is such a miserable form factor, isn't it? I use mine where absolutely necessary (and having a terminal to ssh home to check various things or obtain info is often invaluable) but NEVER if there's a proper computer available. I still cannot fathom why anyone would squint for hours at a phone screen to watch youtube etc when they have a nice laptop within reach but that's exactly what happens in this house every day!
@@fredjones100 I do like the technology of it all. But, it's really kids and teens who can actually focus on small things and be fine with it. For me, I'm 51 years old and use a 42" monitor on my main computer. 😄
'Flip-fones' are cool! I still have my Ericsson T28 World… one of the original flip-phones.
I've got one sitting right here as I type this!
8:20 am I the only one singing more than this? Oh, the nostalgic 🥲
I often go one better to avoid my phone and fire up the CB Radio up,believe me it is the future,well maybe not but great fun and retro…thanks for the video..👍
Another classic video! Great watch, I mean flip phone…! 😅
Imagine how simple his situation would be if Apple supported RCS.
That's the ultimate goal of course! But considering how many people stick with Apple because of iMessage, I don't see them giving that up.
I can't think of a better way to start this video! 😂
Great vid! I reactivated my Motorora RAZR V3 - still love it! But it didn't work as 99 % of my contacts prefer WhatsApp. As there is no out-of-office notification possible, the project died... 🙁
Nice, miss my old school flip phone
Dear Peri! Thank you so much for your video. I have a question though - would it be able to get screen reading and stuff on this phone? You see, I am blind and I LOVE the tactile feedback of buttons and such. But most old phones did not have screen reading capabilities. New phones, on the other hand, totally lack the tactile feel of buttons. (Modern iPhones does not even seem to have a "Home" button...)
As a blind person, I still have the same problems as you, integrating the new tech in my life without being steered or manipulated by it. So i LOVED this video. Thank you!
You're welcome! Update: I just checked the phone and it does indeed have a "Readout" option in settings, along with various speech controls, so the Schok Classic might be a good option for you. Just make sure you don't get the Schok Flip which has several crippling bugs. If you're in the USA look up Schok Classic Flip on Best Buy and they'll ship the correct phone. It comes with a dock and headphones, plus a spare front and back cover. Have fun!
I love the view very pretty ❤ Another excellent video 👍👍👍👍