Smartphones: C or D?

Anybody else checked out "Pinpoint" by Greg Milner? I loved the "Death by GPS" excerpt I read somewhere, and his previous book on recording technology was really good too imo

and he can't date really because he doesn't get emojis in texts

rip

thus was ended the house of flip phone

I switched back and forth between regular, non-internet capable phone and smartphones. But the past couple years I've been using a crappy flip phone. I love the internet (and technology in general), but I'd rather use that $50 data plan somewhere else in my life. There are specific moments in my life where I miss having a smartphone. But those moments add up to like an hour or so a week.

My thought process usually goes like this:

If only there were a limited feature smartphone that just had like texting and email...and uh, directions. Definitely would want the directions. And a really good camera, snaps of the kids, priceless. But no facebook. Oh except then how would I share the pics of the kids with family. But no browser. Except maybe a limited one that could look up the answers to questions. And some sort of restaurant finder app. Would need a way to hail Ubers once in a while....

Actually one of the surprising things about smartphones though, I think, is how few different apps I really use on a regular basis. It's almost like when I go over some certain number (maybe 10?) I just forget they're there or have a purpose.

even if I gave up a personal smartphone my office has started issuing the iphone 6 as standard gear, so y'know

My thinking is, I never asked for all that stuff. I never wanted a computer in my pocket before it existed. In fact, in the pre-smartphone days I still desperately wished I used the Internet less. So I feel like I was dragged into this era against my will.

I understand how you feel. People who say it's all up to your choice underestimate the ways norms limit the parameters of our choices. Report back on how it goes. Sometimes the internet is my alcohol, so I guess a smartphone is like a pocket flask.

fucking hate that i can't permanently remove all this android shit. cant even move it to the sd card, so my phone's always running out of space and periodically i learn i've been signed into some fucking chat service against my will

yes i've tried rooting it etc

Can't choose the era you were born into, just have to accept it and be glad you don't have polio

So true

You can choose everything. I am the curator of my life.

new on ios10

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204221

remove builtin apps

time to upgrade

"The apps built into iOS are designed to be very space efficient, so all of them together use less than 150MB. "

lol this is part of why companies are so deranged about letting you remove them -- they're thin wrappers on top of system frameworks that everything uses so it makes no sense to them that you'd want to "remove" "notes"

like yeah buddy let me wipe that lil' icon right off there

hell, I'm fine with removing the app store icon even, as long as there's some way to bring it back. maybe an "install app store" link in settings

Dude at the williamsburg verizon store wouldn't do the deal I had made with a midtown Verizon salesperson yesterday - a $1 downgrade, using the upgrade on this device called a "jetpack" that's fallen out of use. He said I couldn't upgrade that and so would need to pay full retail for a flip phone, which seemed insane. Headed back to midtown tomorrow to see if I can find that salesman again.

Should have pulled the trigger on this yesterday but was too afraid of never recognizing emojis or being part of group chats.

Foolish.

Might just order this online and have the Verizon people hook it up

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E9W7SN2/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1467143216&sr=1-9&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

verizon might be among the most expensive ways to have a flip phone plan. if you need verizon's networks try looking at a verizon mvno, which are typically much cheaper.

otm, if you just need a flip phone and no features, just buy a friggin burner from a discount store

been trying out a new app called "Freedom" and i quite like it so far. fulfills my dream of having GPS, Texting, and the non-Social Internet at my disposal without the stuff I don't want access to. it also syncs with your laptop/desktop. it's nice to be able to take advantage of a momentary impulse to ban yourself from the internet.

finally ditched the iphone for a flip phone

the LG Revere 3 to be precise.

http://ensignal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lg_revere3-555x555.jpg

Looks nice!

1998 called

and it wants TO PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999

got brick breaker?

so i've reached that horrible time in my phone's lifespan where it is basically obsolete and apps can hardly run on it and the battery dies fast

been getting gradually worse, but holding out just because i don't like smartphones. still need gps and some type of mp3 player though, and i'm not a fan of clutter, so the sad irony is i will probably buy a new smartphone, possibly the latest iphone lol

me too. which version are you on? 4s for me. everything was actually ok until a few weeks ago when the phone froze with a full charge and then completely shut off. i couldn't get it to turn back on so i had to restore it, which forced me to finally update to the newest iOS. i had resisted the new one for a couple years because i assumed my 4s wouldn't really be able to handle it, and i was right. :(

i've owned iphones before but my current phone is actually a samsung galaxy s4

i can't run dolphin (browser) on it and i've been using firefox for the last few months and i do not like it one bit

i'll probably wait til apple announces their new model some time this month

which one are you getting?

announcement most likely tomorrow's press conference fyi

w00t

that's nice to hear

I had a samsung galaxy s2 until a few months ago and am still bitter that eventually I was forced to buy a new phone because nothing worked any more and nothing was supported. I've got an s5 now because I don't like the idea of a sealed-body phone. It's much better in some ways but I swear it's slower than the flip phone I had 10 years ago. I just restart it every so often.

finally ditched the iphone for a flip phone

― Treeship, Sunday, September 4, 2016 5:40 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, looks almost identical to my new one. I've never had a smartphone, seems too stressful.

still really happy with Freedom and i highly recommend it for anyone who wants to keep a smartphone but also wants to cut down on how much they use it.

I had a samsung galaxy s2 until a few months ago and am still bitter that eventually I was forced to buy a new phone because nothing worked any more and nothing was supported. I've got an s5 now because I don't like the idea of a sealed-body phone. It's much better in some ways but I swear it's slower than the flip phone I had 10 years ago. I just restart it every so often.

otm

looked at new phones the other day, all sealed units, and the sales kid was very excited to tell me that some had "excellent battery life" of not even two days, which to me is distinctly not excellent

basically I am old now so mobile phone generations seem like approx 5 minutes to me and I don't want to do anything that I couldn't do with my phone several five minuteses ago so why is doing that stuff so expensive and sluggish and battery-hungry

yes old

toss em in the ocean

Get a job

nb i am still using tinder on my old iphone on wifi. now i just wait until i get home to answer messages.

that can be your new line: "can I get your number? I would like to text/chat but have a flip phone"

oh man, texting on this thing is awful. have u noticed that now ppl text in full sentences and paragraphs? the evolution was so seamless, i didn't realize how reliant i was on the stupid touchscreen keyboard

my new phone is best equipped to type messages like "l8r" and "where r u?"

but u can't do that when ppl text you wanting to discuss articles they've written and stuff

still really happy with Freedom and i highly recommend it for anyone who wants to keep a smartphone but also wants to cut down on how much they use it.

― ryan, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 5:59 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark

real dudes go to system32/etc and set all their favorite websites to 127.0.0.1

^ fortunately that news does not crush my sense of self-esteem

yeah flip phone sounds like a nice idea until you think about texting on it

you shd make one of your tinder profile pics a picture of your flipphone, or you posing/talking on your flipphone w an expression of ecstasy

idk. i don't want to make the flip phone that central to my identity