Having been in IT security for 20 years I never bothered with a smart phone in the first place.
I love my flip phone. Anyone who texts me knows full well they are going to only get a one or two word response, and I don't do MMS or the internet on it :D
The best part about downgrading is that you can retain your old smartphone to be used in airplane mode, then you can turn on wifi as you need it. in this manner you control backdoor users... it is like that ad: "Alexa I am leaving home" implying: "Alexa, feel free to use the computing power of all my devices and Internet of Things possessions for whatever nefarious purposes that you care to..."
this one is made by the Amish. No tracking devices, no internet, but you do have voice-to-text and navigation. $200
The Orchid has:
Contact storage
Calculator
Alarm Clock
Flashlight
Calendar
Notes
Voice Reminders that function like recorded alarm notices
SOS button on back of device to allow for quickly calling for help
Camera
Audio player
SMS and MMS texting
Weather
Navigation
With the additional Premium Services subscription, the Orchid also adds the following functionality [$3.50 month]:
Voice-to-text input when composing text messages – so you simply speak and your message is accurately typed up for you.
Extended forecast and radar in the Weather feature
Point-of-interest search in the Navigation feature – simply enter, for example, the word “pizza” to quickly find the nearest bite to eat.
The smartphone culture is just a symptom of the larger "instant gratification" culture and "The whole world is waiting with baited breath for me to update them on my life" culture... Flip phones often still have cameras you just lose the instant gratification of being able to look at your photos right away on a bazillion pixel display, and the ability to instantly send them to the whole world at once... though you can still text a photo to a few at a time...
Good! I was given my smartphone as a present; has its uses but I will happily go back to a brick.
Having been in IT security for 20 years I never bothered with a smart phone in the first place.
I love my flip phone. Anyone who texts me knows full well they are going to only get a one or two word response, and I don't do MMS or the internet on it :D
The best part about downgrading is that you can retain your old smartphone to be used in airplane mode, then you can turn on wifi as you need it. in this manner you control backdoor users... it is like that ad: "Alexa I am leaving home" implying: "Alexa, feel free to use the computing power of all my devices and Internet of Things possessions for whatever nefarious purposes that you care to..."
that's assuming airplane mode does what we think it does. Don't things like amber alerts and EAS come through even when in airplane mode?
I never get them on a phone that I use in wifi mode but does not have a simcard installed..
this one is made by the Amish. No tracking devices, no internet, but you do have voice-to-text and navigation. $200
The Orchid has:
Contact storage
Calculator
Alarm Clock
Flashlight
Calendar
Notes
Voice Reminders that function like recorded alarm notices
SOS button on back of device to allow for quickly calling for help Camera
Audio player
SMS and MMS texting
Weather
Navigation
With the additional Premium Services subscription, the Orchid also adds the following functionality [$3.50 month]:
Voice-to-text input when composing text messages – so you simply speak and your message is accurately typed up for you. Extended forecast and radar in the Weather feature Point-of-interest search in the Navigation feature – simply enter, for example, the word “pizza” to quickly find the nearest bite to eat.
The Orchid does not have:
Email
Web Browser
App Store
https://sunbeamwireless.com/product/sunbeam-f1-orchid/
I hate reddit, but I just came across this subreddit completely dedicated to dumbphones: https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/
The smartphone culture is just a symptom of the larger "instant gratification" culture and "The whole world is waiting with baited breath for me to update them on my life" culture... Flip phones often still have cameras you just lose the instant gratification of being able to look at your photos right away on a bazillion pixel display, and the ability to instantly send them to the whole world at once... though you can still text a photo to a few at a time...