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What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? (tim.kicker.dev)
submitted 1 day ago by tim@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I’ve been using a flip phone as my daily driver for a while now. The smartphone is still around, but it mostly sits in a drawer until bureaucracy or banking apps force me to use it.

For me, the benefits are clear: less distraction, more focus, better sleep. But I know for many people it’s not so easy. Essential apps, social pressure, work requirements… these are real blockers.

I’d like to start a discussion (almost like an informal poll):

  • If you thought about switching, what’s the single biggest thing that holds you back?

  • Is it banking? Messaging? Maps? Something else?

I’m genuinely curious because if we can identify the main pain points, maybe it’s possible to work on solutions or even start a small project around it.

So: what would need to change for you to actually give a flip phone a try?

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 day ago

Stuff I use the phone for in rough order of importance:

  • maps and GPS
  • messaging (signal)
  • emulators and other quality games (none of that candy crush slop)
  • ebook reading
  • Wikipedia / quick research
  • Lemmy

I could drop lemmy from mobile because it's just a time waster and news source.

Wikipedia is important because too often people are interminably arguing something that can be settled with a 30 second search. Like, you don't need to spend 5 minutes arguing about the population of NJ just look it up.

Games are nice. I don't want to go back to carrying around a second device for games like it's 2001. I could bring a steam deck everywhere but that doesn't fit in my pocket.

I don't have any notifications turned on except like direct messages, so I don't find it much of a distraction.