Converting to Dumb Phone

After having a smart phone for a good while, I think I've come the conclusion that I Android AND iOS are both complete shit. I'm ready to make the switch. Is there any thing to look for in a dumb phone?

Just give up cellphones altogether

I tried this.
It is retarded.
Still having signal/telegram to be in contact with important persons is nice.
also for train times n shit.
Just get a new number, tell nobody and just hand it to important people. This did the trick for me.
Also do not install any unnessesary bloat

Not ideal with wife and baby :/

>Just get a new number, tell nobody and just hand it to important people.
And that's how I ended up with an empty contact list.

Lmao story of my life

Kyocera makes an awesome basic phone. I recently got rid of my android for a kyocera flip phone. Battery lasts 2 weeks on a charge :D

Switching to dumbphones works when you have nothing going on in your life
Try running a business these days without a smartphone, it's damn near impossible and every time you're away from emails and group voice calls is money lost

I use a Nokia 101 mainly to deter myself from distractions and normally I get online at night, check mails, messenger and whatnot and it works well.
I'm a university student tho, will getting a decent job put some breaks on this idea?

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Yes. Suppose you're a member of a project and someone sends you an email about it and needs something done and responded to as soon as possible. If it's some code are you going to say that over a phone call or text it bit by bit?

>sends you an email about it and needs something done and responded to as soon as possible. If it's some code are you going to say that over a phone call or text it bit by bit?

While I'm not into programming and such that argument still stands. Thanks man, I guess I'll enjoy pseudo-anonymity while it lasts!

>business
so which are you, drug dealer or prostitute?

>Just get a new number, tell nobody and just hand it to important people.
people still use the call feature on their pocket pc?

Both. People pay to me shoot them up with brown sugar and I let them dry fuck my asshole

>I recently got rid of my android for a kyocera flip phone.
what model fam

Just buy a damn old Nokia and get over with it.
You guys are idiots, nobody cares about your bitch or needs a smartphone that bad.

this is how you get burnout, being availability all the time kills your productivity in the long run

i wouldn't use a smartphone for that either, if it's something small and really important i would dictate it over the phone but everything else can wait until i get access to a proper computer

Tell that to the CEOs of the world
>need to secure a $7 million deal with a company in Japan
>need to be available at 3 in the morning whenever they want to call
>Otherwise they'll fuck off to a competitor who's more than willing to pick up the pieces
It's also why you rarely see women in these positions, they stop in their early 30s to have kids and figure there's no point in living that kind of life when your husband already does it and makes enough money for the both of you

Of course this applies to small and medium businesses as well. I guess the only jobs where you can get away with dumbphones are the ones where you're not paid enough to care about what happens outside of your work hours

That sounds terrible. Why would you want to live a life like that?

DuraXA. that's CDMA but there is a GSM version as well

You realize those won't be able to connect to modern cell phone network without 3G right?

Iunno money? You could argue that more money doesn't make you happier past $70k a year, but the middle class is shrinking and job security is less and less likely

But what are you even going to use the money for? You have no time.

pretend more faggot

Get one of those old people phones with the big buttons.

>someone on Sup Forums with a wife and baby
gtfo larper

>pay off your debts
>live in a well constructed home on a nice plot of land that'll last generations
>invest in other properties and businesses
>put your kids through good schooling
>train them well so when they're old enough they can inherit your wealth and continue growing it
>retire and live comfortably instead of in a retirement home filled with elder abuse or an LA storm drain because there's not enough money for pensions to go around
This is what people mean by "the rich get richer"

People have this misconception that the boss man is some mustache twirling villain smoking fat Cubans while his employees are groveling in his filth. The reality is employers are working on and off the clock at all time to keep the business healthy while providing payment and benefits for employees
All of that money reinvested over years and decades expands the business and creates more jobs for more people

How are you going to raise your kids well if you're working all the time? Even if you had kids at 30 you'd be at least 55 when they are old enough to not be total retards. If you're lucky you'll die at 70 from all the stress you've built up from working so hard. That's 15 years you'll get to actually live your life.

That's why a lot of high income families have stay at home moms
And the older you get and the more mature your business is you can afford to take time off every now and then

>die from stress at 70
That's not how it works

No, but they do invite you into unnecessary whatsapp group to post funnny xD pictures

>DuraXA
Well certainly not what I expected. Looks bulky.

What do you think about the newly released Torque X01? Worth getting over Duraxa?

I want a dumbphone with a physical keyboard but also whatsapp and messenger.

Ehh forget about it. Seems like Kyocera doesn't sell a single one of their feature phone models in Europe.
That sucks

It's built like a tank, but surprisingly comfy to use with lots of nice features like microsd slot and 5mp camera. I can't speak to other phones, but I'm happy with my kyocera.

You can buy them cheap on ebay and ship overseas. They have quadband GSM so should work on any network.

This.
You get maximim frustration because your phone OS is shit which is not made for all that stuff. That's why I always carry an old and trusty MB Air.

>That's not how it works
of course, there is no such thing as death by stress.
but you will die of a number of other illnesses that are made far more probable by stress

People with money can afford quality health care

Look at Trump, he's the older US president ever and looks younger than Reagan ever did

Just kill yourself and you won't have anything to worry about

Don't pretend you're some kind of billionaire CEO who needs to be available at a moment's notice.

>y-your a poorfag too!
You sure showed him

if you get to that level sure but do you actually believe that his live is stressful?
He has reached the point where he is so rich that he doesn't have to care about being available nonstop because people want to make business with him not the other way round
this same thing goes for all the big companies like google microshit etc, but if you are a small to midsize company you will never reach this kind of earnings

I used a Samsung Rugby III for a while. It was ok.

Of course his life is stressful, he turned a couple million into $3 billion. And he's the president of the US now on top of that
Businesses don't just run themselves

>3G
See pic related. My 3G UTMS Nokia dumb phone from 2010.

I severely doubt that, now the presidency i give you but his businesses run themselves do you actually think that he is doing most of the work? he puts someone in place and then makes the important decisions if necessary he is long past the time where he actually has to participate in the active running of the businesses, which anyways would be impossible considering how many he has

Board meetings nigga, especially with multiple ventures all over the world. It's why he has his own 757, so he can actually fly cross continent and across the Atlantic for meetings on a moment's notice

Versus rappers who blow their net worth on smaller private jets to fly from NYC to LA to show off to other nigs

no, all in the spec. You will love your battery life. Sometimes I wish I had a camera on mine, but no biggie and I can only block 10 numbers for whatever reason.
People will always ask about your patrician taste in phones if they happen to see you use it.

if you are Sup Forums probably you are 5 mins from a PC you can use and online most of the time anyway

What model is that?

And if you need to answer things quickly while on the road you're gonna have a laptop anyway. Phone is too small to get anything done efficiently.

Evidently you have no life or work.
No need to use calendar, or google keep, no need to have a contact list always up to date. No need to be able to literally stop your car and work on a document....

Nothing really. Just get a cheap one with 4G capabilities.
There's two different kinds of jobs, working with people and working with things. When you work with things, you need focus and flow, free from distraction. When you're working with people, you need to maximize your time and jump around as much as possible.

I.e Manager vs Developer time schedules, a la Paul "Manchild" Graham

>No need to use calendar, or google keep
You know, there's this great thing called a notebook, they even have pocket versions too. All work great offline

>no need to have a contact list always up to date
A dumb phone has contact lists as well

>No need to be able to literally stop your car and work on a document....
Laptop can easily do that with a WWAN card, probably more efficiently than your """smart""" phone

Cant you read? C2

Can you not get a dumbphone with email but no browsers or appstores? Then you could hop on a computer if your coworkers email you something important.

Oh, didn't notice that, sorry

Yes, lots of dumb phones have email and browsers included (although they're more costly than the basic burner dumb phones).

You don't seem to realize that everything is synchronized. You meet 10 people in 1 day, you have to write down their contacts once, and then it's DONE, forever, on all your devices.

Probably you don't have to meet 10 new people every day in your life, probably you don't have to take 10 appointments every day. But for busy people (which is almost the entire population) that's a major factor.
Probably you don't have the responsibility to replay to all the incoming emails as they arrive. Which is exactly what i stated: Evidently you have no life and no job.

>If you're not officecuck you're unemployed loser

Modern day dumbphones cost as much as cheap Android phones

Just don't use the app store, it's not that hard

Officuck can do everything from their computers in their cubicle\office. That's exactly not the case.

>just carry around all of these things that do the same thing as a smart phone which can fit in your pocket

This is how I know you don't leave your mom's basement

>You don't seem to realize that everything is synchronized. You meet 10 people in 1 day, you have to write down their contacts once, and then it's DONE, forever, on all your devices.
Laptops can sync just as easy as a phone. Especially thinkpad tablets like say X220T, much more comfy than a """smart""" phone and probably more productive, since that seems to be your only focus

>Probably you don't have to meet 10 new people every day in your life, probably you don't have to take 10 appointments every day. But for busy people (which is almost the entire population) that's a major factor.
>Probably you don't have the responsibility to replay to all the incoming emails as they arrive. Which is exactly what i stated: Evidently you have no life and no job.
Nice ad hominem attack. I actually have a job as a data analyst. Anyways, I couldn't imagine being that busy that I have 10 appointments a day, do ppl actually live like that? I just kinda do my own zen thing and chill and get my work done. No hassles.

>Just don't use the app store, it's not that hard
I don't want to use a proprietary operating system on a device I own.

ThinkPad X220T is like carrying a tablet around. It's not much difference.

>let me just carrying around a fucking laptop everywhere I go and bust it out whenever I need to make a note or update contact information
Or just be a normal fucking human being and exchange contact information through NFC, takes like half a second

>I don't want to use a proprietary operating system on a device I own.
So don't. Use AOSP

>ThinkPad X220T is like carrying a tablet around. It's not much difference.
Not even remotely the same you dumb freetard

>NFC
Enjoy your botnet faggot.

>"With software there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program or the program controls the users. If the program controls the users, and the developer controls the program, then the program is an instrument of unjust power." -- rms

kys you homeless freetard

>Nice ad hominem attack

Argumentum ad hominem, which in this situation literally is: replying to a thread about OP personal condition, opened with OP personal statements about OP view of his own things.
You should connect your brain and realize that every reply to this post is "ad hominem".

Do what you want. Keep living an unscheduled life. Good for you that you can open your laptop whenever you want or need and sit and use it. Have it. Or that you don't have to in the first place. But this proves absolutely nothing about the quality or usefulness of smartphones, it's entirely an argument ad personam: yours.

Don't buy one with rubber keys. You will regret how mushy they feel. That's pretty much the only thing to consider.

Epic comeback dude, you must be really smart

Smarter than the freetard who refuses to live in reality

I live in reality just fine. You're the one who refuses to accept why we need free and open source software that respects our freedom, privacy, and basic human rights. I urge you to reconsider your position before it's too late.

Anyone who willingly carries a tracking microphone on them is a dumbass. No amount of money is worth being surveilled.

Fuck off Stallman, go get a real job

But user do you have something to hide :^)

>government finds my encrypted .txt file with the names of all my crushes

>office drones try to convince the whole planet that you absolutely need a fucking smart device to even breathe
lmao

Just get android filphone.

It'll not be comfy enough for time wasting yet you'll still have access to services like maps, im, and mail needed for normal functional life.

Still a botnet

t. basement dweller

t. office shitter

get a more interesting job fam and I can guarantee you'll have no fucking use whatsoever for anything but a feature phone

t. CIAnigger

>Trump's second-hand 727 is for board meetings
>Jay-z's gulfstream is only for showing off to other nogs
breitbart subscriber detected

t. butthurt SJW

>implying I work at an office
So what do you do for a living? And no, shitposting on Sup Forums isn't a real job

>And no, shitposting on Sup Forums isn't a real job
Love how you insist on projecting your own failures onto people you don't know.

I'm a physician and work in an ambulance team.

>Physician
>works in an ambulance team
If you're going to make up stories at least get your facts right

Nice to know you never left the shithole you live in, just proves your "business" and "muh smartphone for werk" is just a made up bullshit to feel better about wasting times poking at your dumbass electronic widget.
Here we have ambulance teams with 3 paramedics or ambulance teams with a physician and 2 paramedics. HEMS crew is usually 1 pilot and 2 physicians. We don't have "EMT's" here either, paramedics are all university trained people.

Like I said - get a more interesting job, you will like it.

>not working with your hands
>not having technology as only a hobby
>not getting tan and swole from all the labor

cuck

So where is here? Because I've worked in US hospitals for the past 5 years and have yet to hear about physicians in an ambulance.

Are you implying that paramedics are physicians? Or are you just a moron?

ITT Subhuman smartphone addicts attempt to argue that their addiction to the botnet is necessary.

>it's an american thinks america = the whole planet episode

Please don't go. The drones need you.

>He lives in a third world shithole

Dumbphone = hipster poser
AOSP = what people think dumbphone is for
No phone = actually cares about freedom

>get fucking told like the obese manchild you are
>b-b-b-b-b-ut shithole

>It's a non-American posting on an American website implying America isn't the country that the whole world and its standards revolve around.

I'm a lowly peasant doing back-office work a cross-border project management company. And when I say at, I mean I work from home. Since I'm not a basement dweller neckbeard still living with my parents, I've got shit to do that entails leaving my home.

I am responsible for a large chunk of the internal communication between project partners. Multi-million € projects literally stall by the amount of time it takes me to translate correspondence between the partners in either of 3 languages. If I get a fucking translation job, I need to know about it immediately. The botnet is my friend.

Sorry if your NEET freecuck neckbeard mindset can't compute all of the above. Even if you have a job, you probably get paid less than me for more work.