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For me, an incredible middle-ground has been getting an e-Ink phone. Which was an upgrade for the now ancient Moto G5 smartphone, which struggled greatly with almost any task. I can take pictures, navigate, listen to music, read articles and answer texts on it. But it does not feel like a doom-scrolling machine, in due part from it not scrolling smoothly. Like with my previous phone, I will ride it's older Android version out until it no longer manages the tasks I need. This as a Networking & Security Engineering student, for security I have made my Linux laptop my point of cryptographic trust instead. My Steam Deck forms the primary amusement device, which is smaller thus less intrusive in life and leading to shorter sessions. This comment was written on it, using duel-trackpad typing, after commenting this I feel done with it for the day.

watched this video, scrolled down expecting millions of vires because of the quality, and found severe underappreciation. amazing watch! * edit: "VIEWS", not vires. not even sure how i managed to typo that bad.

I dont usualy comment but this was a really good video well done!

how do you have only 158 subs, and also why am i only being recommended this now?!?? this is a great video.

I think I've found an okay middle ground with my pseudodumb CAT S22 FLIP. It's got a touch screen but it's barely useable. It works. :)

This was a great view of having a dumb/flip phone. Great work!

Watching this on my Z Fold 6

this was beautifully executed!! i'm making the transition to a dumbphone this week and this honestly helped solidify my resolve o7. things are slowly changing for the worse and we need to start doing something about it

Great documentary!

I wish I could fully get rid of my smartphone, but I need to have my bus ticket on there, because otherwise I can’t get my student discount. That goes for discounts period, lidl plus, s-mobile, student card, etc. I would be spending hundreds of euros extra without those. I have dumbed down my phone a lot, as much as I could, but I feel it’s still not dumb enough.

i never leave any comments, but this video was so well made, truly interesting to see all these different perspectives! thank yo!

Getting the dumb phone is one of the best things I did two years ago, the pros out weight the cons massively. Personally I enjoy the moments by myself and how I get to be by myself, I feel like boredom is a new luxury yet it is so easily attainable. Not being able to be alone and letting your wander is important for our mental health, it also sometimes is helpful for thinking what you're gonna do that day. Previously before I got rid of my smartphone, my daily use time was about 2hrs, which is below average I feel, but it used to make me sad and was a massive weight on my shoulder...That's 60hrs, 2.5 DAYSSS every 30 days that I was spending on my phone, think about the experiences and the things I can learn with that time - so I self taught myself piano and I'm reading a lot more. A point I found funny in this video is the action of going somewhere, get lost is beautiful, whether that be in a city or not, you'll meet some lovely people, go somewhere you would never usually go, and you'll just discover more. You can also, like they said, write down directions. A big thing I hear about people is music, I'm a firm believer that no one needs constant access to the internet, Spotify or any sort of media comsumption, buy an MP3 player and appreciate music more, support the artist, or...Just pirate that shit. You'll appreciate the music more and get more from it. Personally I've just modded an iPod Classic and am enjoying my music through that and its beautiful. I'm worried for the future and the fact that the smartphone will be the new flip phone, when it comes to that, I don't know what I will do. Smartphones for me personally really dragged me down. I still do have one in my drawer, and it comes out when I'm off to a gig and need tickets to scan. Other than that it stays in my drawer. In terms of taking pictures, usually I have a friend around who takes pictures and I ask for them. This Xmas i think my partned is getting me a digital camera so that will be nice. Downfalls?...It's a bit annoying when some business's require you to scan a QR code. The massive one which really saddens me, is when I'm chillin with my friends or housemates and all of a sudden everyone is one there phones just scrolling? Like, c'mon we're all hanging out, get off your phone, most times I call people out when this happens and make a little joke about it, but overall I find it very upsetting.

I need more such movies ans interviews please

What a lovely documentary, was shocked when I saw how little views this had!

What a beautiful video! I've recently made the decision to ditch my smartphone for a flip phone. I'm ready for it to change my life! I just wanna be present again. This video gives me hope!

great documentary, id like to abdicate having a smartphone, but it truly is sort of required as that punk dude said, especially as a younger adult :(

I really enjoyed this short film, thank you! :) I'm not switching to a dumb phone, just making my smart phone dumber. It's working for me!

nice documentary

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Does anymore know if there are any Dumb Phones Who support 5G?

This is a fantastic piece of documentary media. Thank you for your vision and execution. I'm on the journey of unplugging my life and this is good brain food as I proceed with introspection on how to go about it. Bravo!

damn such good content and video quality you deserve a million subs

I miss my fliphone, had it for 6 years until I forgot it under the rain 3 years ago... Rip

This was a brilliant documentary! Thanks for creating and sharing! (I've used a Unihertz Jelly for 1.5 years and have pre-ordered the Light Phone 3. Cannot go back to a 'normal smartphone' now!).

great video. inspired me to go back to my old nokia :)

I got a blackberry classic which is still technically a smart phone but since most social media apps no longer work with BB OS, it works as a dumb phone. I only have my main email on it, WhatsApp, Telegram and spotify. So I am still connected when I need to and can listen to music. Camera is meh by today's standards but I actually dig the look. Getting it is one of the best decision I have ever done in my adult life, helped me with disconnecting and going to bed early.

amazing work!

This was a great short film/documentary. I just bought dumb phone couple of days ago also, this time with same sized SIM-card than my iPhone so when I rarely need navigation I can switch my SIM card to iPhone for that time and then switch it back :) So far have not needed to do so, but that is not a surprise since I have driven only ways where I know the route without maps, but sometime in future at least I have a possibility to do so.

great work!

Got a dumbphone, Sony Walkman and a analog camera. Im to much of a hipster.. xD

This is a fantastic Doc, very good production quality too

this video deserves way more views

Boris, Thank you for this film! This is a beautiful project. I love the atmosphere that is shown in each of your scenes. It sets a notable tone for each conversation. I look forward to seeing your next work!

The girl had a old phone

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

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.

We shouldn’t have to do anything we don’t want to! #bringbackflipphones

No chips in my head!🤨😡😳

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.🤨

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.

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.

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.

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.

I absolutely loved this film. Brilliant interviewees, beautifully presented.

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.

Still have my dumb phone, because I get phenomenally frustrated with touch screen. I still manage to waste lots of time though.

I'm not a "holdout," I was on that Google G1. The internet is completely different now. It was an open tool before, where only very savvy corporations could comprehend the very organic, human trends. Now it is completely under control, algorithms have locked us down and its not a useful tool anymore outside of very strict lanes. I don't want to be led and brainwashed anymore, no more contrived depression.

for me its not the "smartphonness" itself is the problem but how narcisistic its interface programming got. Thing just keep demanding attention, constant self updating, changing where everything is and how interact with it. what i did is flash cheap android phone with minimalist custom system build. its feels very similar to "dumbphone" after. no endless updates, things stay where they are, no ads or annoying notification of things i didnt ask for. its just like "dumbphone" with big screen then. dont use or have any "crAPPS" there only browser in case i need to google address or see

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.

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!