- Shop for insurance.
For those who cannot stand the thought of going back to dealing with the atrocious UI and crappy camera found in most dumbphones: cancel your data plan. Disable data on your phone. Turn WiFi off and leave it off. Presto, instant dumbphone. Extra bonus: you’ll be astonished at how much longer your phone’s battery lasts.
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What do you have against lakes?!
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Just hook it to my veins!
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Years ago, I tried to upgrade my flip phone to a smartphone with no data plan. But AT&T said I’d have to pay for the data plan. I told them to take a hike.
I wonder if they still have that policy, but I don’t really care because the flip phone is plenty good enough for phone calls and the occasional text. For everything else, there’s computers and cameras. To amuse myself while waiting in lines, I strike up conversations with people staring at their phones by asking them what’s new on Twitter.
And with all the money I’ve saved, I can pay for health insurance. (j/k)
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inorite?
Why would your phone be in the living room?
Besides, “by the bed” is where we keep the .45.
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You might be “forced” to migrate… AT&T just killed off their 2g service in L.A. – they had sent my wife a few notices in the preceding months letting her know that her phone would no longer work.
No worries. The flip phone uses 3G.
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hah but more than half the reason I have a phone is for instagram/fb and um pokemon go (don’t judge me!). Twitter? what’s that is that place where angry men shout into the abyss? because fuck that place I haven’t really used it in almost a decade. fuck is it really that old?
Mistake #1, talking to the carrier. Don’t tell those greedy bastards anything. Just buy a used phone locked to your carrier, or buy a new unlocked phone. Put your SIM card in it, enjoy your smart phone without a data plan.
If the SIM doesn’t fit or doesn’t work (I recently learned that decade old sims will not necessarily work with new phones even when cut down to size), tell the carrier the SIM got lost/eaten by a dog and pay for a new one (usually a $10 fee here in Canada).
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Yeah I guess I’ll just quit my job too. I actually need push email and notifications to do my job.
The privilege of this is galling.
Also, turn off “all notifications”? How will I know when someone is calling me?
The whole point of a phone is to notify you of things.
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My phone is my alarm clock. But it’s usual on DND after 7pm.
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Calling you isn’t a “notification” and wasn’t meant as such in the article. You’re looking for an excuse to complain, it seems.
If it doesn’t fit your life, don’t do it. These are suggestions. No one will make you follow them.
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- Get a life. You know, among people.
What, and get an alarm clock like some kind of pleb?
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Sleep in!
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And be late for work and/or school? 
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Uh, when you call me, my phone issues a notification that I have a call. Turning off “all notifications” on my phone means it will not beep or vibrate when I get a text or call.
I think maybe you just have a more limited view of what a notification is than I do.
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