Shop E Store There is a bit of a high-tech trend right now, but perhaps it could be better explained Anti-Tech It is symbolized by products such as FAD, Light Phone III and Minimal Phone.
The idea is to allow a hard-to-access, incompatible smartphone to do essentials without getting hooked on your device. But I love concepts and aesthetics, but I’ve noticed that most people who tried it out quickly spend hundreds of dollars on things that are more frustrating than calming them down…
Even Apple admitted in 2018 that smartphone addiction was a problem. Most of us take too long to stare at the tiny glass screen rather than the world around us. It can feel like our iPhone is not serving us, but instead responding to that request.
The company has introduced many features aimed at reducing the use of pocket computers, and has since added more. However, there is little evidence that either of them made a big difference.
Not too smartphone trends
A few people have completely abandoned their smartphones and switched to stupid phones. Others have found themselves seduced by modern alternatives: smartphones that are not smart.
Many of these are now on the market, like the Light Phone III and the minimal phone. (I’m not linking the Wasephone II. It’s actually just a Samsung Galaxy A15 with a custom launcher that sells more hilariously than the original device.)
The thing is… they don’t work very well. In fact, they replicate the original smartphone experience. This is a device that promises a simpler life, but actually creates something more annoying. The experience with mkbhd seems quite typical:
So, let’s say L’M in the studio. I’d like to host an hourly calendar event in the city and navigate there. You can actually place a location in a calendar event, but you cannot click and navigate. So you might think, “Okay, please copy and paste,” but this phone doesn’t seem to be copied and pasted either.
So you go ahead and manually flip into the Directions app, then start typing. And I wish you good luck. There is no automatic correction, so I recommend double checking this address to get it correctly and accurately (…)
I have many conversations happening on other messaging apps: WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack. You cannot have these conversations here. I also happen to use Spotify for my music. Therefore, L’M is not trying to manually move all these playlists and all of these songs into this app.
He also gives other examples of why using this phone as a daily driver is not practical. Adding everything he needs is to conclude that essentially just put it back on a regular smartphone.
Calm your iPhone is a much smarter idea
Rather than spending hundreds of dollars on devices that are more likely to create coronary arteries than zen-like states of mind due to their lack of functionality, my powerful recommendation is to calm your iPhone instead.
It adopted this approach in 2018, just a few months before Apple acknowledged the issue.
I initially decided to try the “Notification Diet.” We’ve dramatically reduced the number of apps that can send notifications. However, when I started looking through the list in settings I realized that I also have apps I would never use. I also chose to extend my plan to the “App Diet.” I also turned off badges on most apps (…)
What are all these outcomes? My phone feels like a calm part of my world. The alert is not flashing at all times. There is no long stream of notifications that scroll through the lock screen when taken out of your pocket. I don’t have a chunk of apps with small red dots that require me to look at them.
It feels like it should be now: the devices there to serve me are there, not in any other way.
Seven years later, I’m still using it. If you want to try it yourself, this is the way.
First, choose 1 Messaging app as your main thing for important people in your life. If you need to contact us urgently, let people know that it is the app you use. Turn off notifications for all other messaging apps.
Secondly, turn off most other notifications. Ask yourself the question, “If I can’t get this notification immediately, could it cause major problems for me?” The answer to most apps is no.
Third, turn off most app badges. These increments are visually distracting and creating stress. For example, you don’t need to know that there are 47 unread emails. Just check it regularly.
Fourth, determine when the setup focus mode can interrupt you. Some people create a lot of different things – personally I think a couple is enough.
Fifth, ull the app. Remove anything you don’t use just to reduce screen confusion (and the number of screens you need). Ask yourself if any of them is an honest time of dissatisfaction when you use the app you use. Digital “Do they cause joy?” test.
Finally, if you have apps you can use from time to time, but don’t want to overuse them, you don’t want to remove them from the home screen (i.e. remove them and accept that option when provided). You can find them in the search or in the app library, but there is more friction than when it was just a tap.
Also, once you’ve completed Cal apps, you’ll want to organize and reorganize your home screen. Below are some video shorts with handy tips on speeding up the process.
Some people are moving further with the icons and tints of the mono app, but in my experience, I liked it aesthetically, but it was a hit with ease of use too much. Finding icons on the screen will dramatically speed up the colors.
If you did something similar or are considering it now, please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments.
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Image: shopestore composite of light phone, minimal company, and images from Lavi Perchik
