DUMB PHONE: The Last Holdouts
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In a society where you need a smartphone for just about everything, a dwindling few still refuse to ditch their flip phones. Are they dumb? Just plain stubborn? Or are they onto something?
If you find yourself struggling with too much screen time, this short documentary may be just the medicine you're looking for.
Instagram: @boris_in_the_usa
email: bosapozh@gmail.com
Great job, Boris. I was honored to be in your movie, and I look forward to watching your future work.
DUMB PHONES FOREVER!
Watching this on my iPhone made me feel guilty realising how much time I waste everyday on Tech in general.
Haha 3:57 "When you leave it anywere, you can come back and get it, cause no ones gonna steal it" what a fantastic line. I love this video, thanks for sharing! It's neat to see the perspective from folks who never switched, as a person who switched back to the dumb phone a couple years ago.
That punk dude. I wish I could have that level of passion for a subculture. Nothing really captivates me anymore. I bet overuse of screens is part of why I am this way.
Thats what true punk is.
Excellent work! I enjoyed every second, and now I'm feeling like I need to put my phone in the drawer more often. It seems that dumb phones make for smarter and way more interesting people!
I was extremely surprised when I saw that this amazing video has only 2k views. It crealrly deserves more. You did a great job in picturing how switching to a dumb phone can be accesible for a variety of lifestyles. Usually people tend to think that only really old and country-side living people use flip phones, but that doesn’t have to be necessarily true. I have an smartphone but with only the basic apps (Whatsapp for messaging with family, bank app for when I don’t have any cash, and Spotify for music), and the amount of hobbies and pleasures I’ve got back since deleting everything else is amazing.
I love all the handmade music and art by the dumbphone people! Great doc, thank you.
Awesome documentary, Boris! I got a light phone last summer to break my phone addiction and while I'm not perfect (e.g., I switch back to the smartphone for traveling), it's definitely helped a lot. It's really distracting to have a smartphone within arm's reach at all times. No GPS is inconvenient but not insurmountable, and my mental map of the city has gotten so much better. I'm also reading SO many books now, like I used to when I was a kid. I hope the dumbphones are here to stay!
@@keldeshong That's great to hear. I keep a flip phone that I used to switch to for a month or so every year year but it is tough to argue the convenience of them. In the end I decided I just need to discipline myself to not overuse it
You can always get a car GPS (they're sold for as cheap as $59). But, if you get one, always make sure to hide it after parking, as someone could break into your car to steal it.
I absolutely loved this film. Brilliant interviewees, beautifully presented.
This guy deserves more subs
awesome documentary, il be reccomending it!
I'm holding off getting a smart phone as long as I can. I like my dumb phone. It's good for .... phone calls.
I'm in my 20s and I also have a dumb phone. I get why people do it. Part of the reason why everyone's so depressed and nihilistic nowadays is because they substitute real relationships and conversations with online interactions only. That and we're overstimulated to the point where we waste the whole day without even knowing it. My friends complain that I'm hard to reach and that I don't text but I find it weeds out people who hate putting ACTUAL effort into talking with others. Do I think I'm better than people who use smartphones? No, to each their own. I just can't stand how dependent you become with the things.
So good! one point that is overlooked here: pornography is instantly accessible and limitless on smartphones, thus making them more dangerous and more addictive. the endless and free access to porn anywhere and anytime via smartphone rips us of our innocence and focus.
When they did away with 3g I started using "smart" phones. But I work on a farm. I went through 3 of these devices. One couldn't stand the weather, one ent black- internal damages. The last one couldn't handle the vibrations (it was a "rugged" phone) and went into constantly ghost clicking, bringing up so many apps that it became useless. So I am back to a flip phone, an obsolete Cat S22, and it works just fine.
My wife, on the other hand, does mostly indoors work, and she lives on her smart phone.
The only reason i have a dumbphone is that it's a backup phone which i use to make calls in case my smartphone breaks. Thats all it is meant to be.
Incredible film, agreeable sentiments all around, very artistic. I hope this gains more views!
There must be a way to keep dumb phones alive, i absolutely hate the idea of a phone that has no concept of privacy, when did we say this was okay?
I also use the so called "dumb phone" myself! Hate how everyone is on the internet 24/7/365 these days.. nothing good will come out of it, that's for sure. People don't feel.. real anymore, somehow. Unfortunately, technological alienation getting more annoying by the minute.. This was a great little documentary. Thanks!
No chips in my head!🤨😡😳
We shouldn’t have to do anything we don’t want to! #bringbackflipphones
Really dope work man!
5:11 I would gladly pay an extra $200 to get that phone. I have the less beefy model of Kyocera.
nice piece. good editing, makes me want to revert back to a flipper myself. would probably still need gps on it tho.
@@nateordie thanks dude. Yeah the gps is usually the deal breaker for people. Wish there were more options for dumb-ish phones
I felt so guilty watching this on my non dumbphone. Excellent film.
Someone said they feel guilty watching this. I feel trapped.
good job! it was fun to watch such a documentary.
My job made me addicted. Before that, I wasn't bad. But having to look at a screen for 8 hours a day killed my attention.
Great work!
Oh! how I wish I could just get rid of my smartphone and return to using the old dumb phones! but unfortunately, my job requires me to have a smartphone
I've cut back on smartphone usage by a long shot and plan on getting a Nokia in the future. My father and sister, however, are addicted to their smartphones. My sister, when she isn't on her computer, always has earbuds in her ears, and her iPhone either playing a video on CZcams or on a Discord call. As for my dad, he's started to scroll through CZcams Shorts during his spare time when he's not playing video games or watching anime. I also have no friends who are my age that live in my neighborhood, and no way to make new friends, so I'm kinda isolated.
I hate how we've innovated so much in terms of technology that our puny little monkey brains couldn't evolve fast enough to be able to handle this technology and that those big, greedy corporations are using the fact to their advantage by intentionally designing smartphones to keep our attention for as long as possible so they can monetize our attention, as well as the data sent through our attention.
Still have my dumb phone, because I get phenomenally frustrated with touch screen. I still manage to waste lots of time though.
I can get by with a flip phone and a laptop, that’s it. I’m switching back to a flip phone after the new years.😊 technology is supposed to be a tool, not make it… so you’re on there for hours on end.🤨
I have a "gimped" smart phone.
I had plenty of distracting apps on it that I used for awhile, but over time I noticed how depressed and lazy I was becoming with them, so I left social media entirely, deleting a lot of apps including the internet app, and now it's just this gimp that lives in my pocket that I only bring out for phone calls, brief text interaction, taking picture to email to my PC, and check my bank account. That's it.
Take your brain back. Experience life.
The only issue is, it becomes lonely because everyone is on their phones.
@@Hero_Of_Old
If I can wake up and gimp my phone,
I assume others will too.
I was still using dumbphone in 2014 😅
The girl had a old phone
Sometimes.
Sometimes it looks as if my posts are modified slightly and when i reread them, I am confused as to what I am reading.
I was ok at report writing. I did ok in university and college. People could understand what I was trying to get across.
3g is dead. hmmmm not in uk and i know if 3g goes then ill fall back on the 2g as my sony erricson is a 2005 2g and it works flawlessly