Looking forward to this one. I want to get away from the world of constant notifications and Googling on the go. So I got this. It has zero apps and no Wi-Fi capability.
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Iâve been thinking about making the very same downgrade.
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Iâm predicting a life of liberation.
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I miss my flip phone.
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I had a Light Phone for a few weeks. It was nice. But it worked really poorly with my provider. Loved the idea though.
But ultimately, virtually everything I DONâT like about my iPhone, I have the choice not to use/enable. Or I can leave it at home. (And the convenience of music, navigation, and the cross-compatibility of text/iMessage is nice.)
A big part of me really misses the simplicity of days just a couple decades ago where everything wasnât streaming and immediately available, you had to talk to people to communicate, maps were made of paper, mix-tapes were on actual tapes, and the yoyoâs were (almost) all fixed axle 
But things change and todayâs ok too (I mean up till 2020 lol).
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Why not keep WiFi turned off and go into setting and turn off notifications?
PS⌠I am getting tired of driving waaaaay too fast, too often.
So I was thinking of buying a brand new car with a simple 4 cylinder engine.
I currently have a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle with a Moroso built 396 racing engine.
I seriously thought about itđ¤
But I just decided to just drive slower in the car that I have.
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Checking and using my phone constantly has become a habit. No better way or breaking it than removing the problem, I think.
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If you turned off WiFi and turned off notifications. You would eliminate the problem.
Of course if you really feel you have to completely change phones instead of just taking 15 seconds to stop WiFi and notificationsâŚ>
Then perhaps the dumb phone was your best option.
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That looks like my phone Glen!
Have a look at this Neil Postman lecture. Delivered in 1997 itâs more relevant today than ever.
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Iâm not sure your understanding the problem, Doc.
The problem is that I have formed a habit of being on my phone. Simply turning off notifications does nothing to eliminate my habit. Itâs easy to turn it off and equally easy to turn back on again.
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Well, if you have such limited self control. Then you are certainly better off with your new phone.
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No need to rude man. As you say it take 15 seconds to turn notifications and WiFi off. So that means it take 15 seconds to turn it back on. Therefore very easy to end up being back on your phone.
Somehow youâve got this far in life without developing a habit of any kind so donât understand how hard it can be to kick. Let the man do what he needs to do
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Donât look now, but Glen and I happen to be friends. You may not have noticed before you responded, that the one âlikeâ I got was from Glen. Glen is not at all shy. If he has any problem with me. He lets me know.
You may not like my style of responding. And thanks for sticking up where you thought there was a problem.
Fortunately, there is no problem. Just old Mo jerking his friends chain.
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Its all good, Doc. I agree with you in that I should have the self control to turn things off and just âStop It!â but I seem to routinely be lacking in that particular character quality.
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The âdumb phoneâ is small and slips conveniently into your pocket. A flip phone is just tougher all the way around. What I would miss most however, is my GPS.
I sort of miss a flip phone, sometimes itâs all you need. As long as it has a GPS and can text.
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One time I used a 7" tablet with network data as my âphoneâ! I used Google Voice and Hangouts to call and text. I did that for a year! I finally gave up when it wasnât reliable enough.
My wife would walk away from me, and pretend she didnât know me if I ever used it in public! 
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I was excited about the 2020 Motorola Razr because I miss having a small flip phone. While the new Razr is still a flip phone itâs far from a âdumb phoneâ now as it has full smart phone capabilities. Then I saw the price of it and, well, I guess Iâll admire it from afar.
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