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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!).
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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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
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!
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.
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.
My first flip phone was a LG VX5400 from Verizon and I remember dropping it in the heater vent a couple weeks before I got my second phone which was a LG Venus and that one was my first touchscreen 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.
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'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 TH-cam or on a Discord call. As for my dad, he's started to scroll through TH-cam 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.
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.
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 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.🤨
If someday there can be a smartphone that gets made in the same fashion like the old school flip phones, I would get something like that. I don’t like this new age design where it’s nothing but folding glass in the front. Many people have had too many problems with creases forming in the middle and the glass being more prone to breakage in the middle as well.
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.
Watching this on my iPhone made me feel guilty realising how much time I waste everyday on Tech in general.
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.
Great job, Boris. I was honored to be in your movie, and I look forward to watching your future work.
DUMB PHONES FOREVER!
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.
how do you have only 158 subs, and also why am i only being recommended this now?!?? this is a great video.
@@MeelonXothaei Thanks! I wish I had the answers to your questions.
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 love all the handmade music and art by the dumbphone people! Great doc, thank you.
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!
This guy deserves more subs
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!
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.
I absolutely loved this film. Brilliant interviewees, beautifully presented.
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!).
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 need more such movies ans interviews please
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. :)
awesome documentary, il be reccomending it!
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.
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.
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.
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.
This was a great view of having a dumb/flip phone. Great work!
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!
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!
Incredible film, agreeable sentiments all around, very artistic. I hope this gains more views!
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
i never leave any comments, but this video was so well made, truly interesting to see all these different perspectives! thank yo!
Great documentary!
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!
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
Really dope work man!
I felt so guilty watching this on my non dumbphone. Excellent film.
This is a fantastic Doc, very good production quality too
What a lovely documentary, was shocked when I saw how little views this had!
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 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!
We shouldn’t have to do anything we don’t want to! #bringbackflipphones
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.
5:11 I would gladly pay an extra $200 to get that phone. I have the less beefy model of Kyocera.
good job! it was fun to watch such a documentary.
No chips in my head!🤨😡😳
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.
damn such good content and video quality you deserve a million subs
I dont usualy comment but this was a really good video well done!
this video deserves way more views
amazing work!
great work!
Great work!
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.
great video. inspired me to go back to my old nokia :)
Got a dumbphone, Sony Walkman and a analog camera. Im to much of a hipster.. xD
Someone said they feel guilty watching this. I feel trapped.
I miss my fliphone, had it for 6 years until I forgot it under the rain 3 years ago... Rip
My first flip phone was a LG VX5400 from Verizon and I remember dropping it in the heater vent a couple weeks before I got my second phone which was a LG Venus and that one was my first touchscreen phone
nice documentary
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 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.
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.
Watching this on my Z Fold 6
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 TH-cam or on a Discord call. As for my dad, he's started to scroll through TH-cam 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.
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.
The girl had a old phone
I was still using dumbphone in 2014 😅
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
You should look into the cat s22 flip. It's an Android smart flip phone
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.🤨
If someday there can be a smartphone that gets made in the same fashion like the old school flip phones, I would get something like that. I don’t like this new age design where it’s nothing but folding glass in the front. Many people have had too many problems with creases forming in the middle and the glass being more prone to breakage in the middle as well.
Does anymore know if there are any Dumb Phones Who support 5G?
voicephone
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
Most UK networks are turning off 3G by the end of 2024. But 2G will work until about 2033
@@jrewillisO2 is currently the last one to shut it down
@ well read my comment before replying. I already know that.
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.