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Use a dumb phone
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why?
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>>109524907
just get a pixel and install grapheneos anon... no need to use tech like a boomer
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>>109524907
Why?
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Why?
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Why?
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>>109524958
Just get a fairphone
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>>109524907
>not owning a modern pocket computer
ngmi
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when they make one with a removable battery and a headphone jack I will
and it needs to charge with usb c as well, god I hate old nokia's proprietary charger bullshit
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>>109524952
Because you won't stop using your phone unless you have one

>>109524958
You'll still doomscroll

>>109525022
Phones have never been good at audio playback.
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But why?
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>>109525068
I don't install cancerapps like tiktok or instagram
Sort your own shit out before you tell others what to do
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>>109525144
You'll waste time somewhere if you have a smartphone instead of looking around or taking in the moment.

If you've looked at it more than 2 times a day without purpose you've failed
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>>109524907
>a phone who can do 10% of what a smartphone can
Let me also replace my keyboard with one that only writes on sundays
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>>109525174
A portable phone is a utility you need simply because of the power it wields and the safety it grants you. You can call in backup and essentially have access to an infinite force of police to assist as well as other services. They know your instant location when you call. It's required in this world, but you shouldn't rely on it just because you need it.
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>>109525022
>removable battery, headphone jack, usb c
Most dumbphones nowadays tend to all have these features, including the one in OP's picrel (AGM M9).
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I don't understand the luddites hate for technology. My fucking phone is amazing.
I can monitor, start, and stop my 3D prints from anywhere.
ssh into my server.
Look up big assed Latina porn.
Take photos.
GPS
Talk to people
Buy and sell shit
Do investing
And a hundred other things
If you're a Chud who gets addicted to doom scrolling, that's on you for being a weak willed, weak minded simpleton. The rest of us are going to enjoy the convenience of our tech.
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>>109525156
sounds like I don't need one then
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>>109525156
you must be one of those people who needs ozempic to lose weight
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>>109525156
sounds like projection to me
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>>109525366
IM GOING TO PROJECT MY FAT MESTY COCK IN YOUR TIGHT LITTLE FEMBOY ASS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>>109524907
>User-friendly
>T-9
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>>109525277
It doesn't have anything to do with willpower or the average strength of a person. Smartphones are designed to be addictive.

They are inherently evil and not good for you.
I would say the same for PCs but less so because you can't use them in bed, if you use a laptop it won't be comfortable.
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>>109524907
No reason to, I barely use my phone as is.
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>>109525156
why would i look at my phone if i have no reason to?
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>>109525007
Anon.. I-I see her butt.
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>>109525068
doesn't matter whether it's good or not, if it's got >64 gigs of memory (y do modern phones have so much anyways?) I'll use it as a dap
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>>109525388
And then you'll use it for 8 hours a day to scroll 4chan or social media
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>>109524907
but me no dumb!?
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>>109525378
>Get alert, Cardano is up to $0.25 from $0.09 - sell big and profit thanks to phone.
>Hey bro we emailed you your contract can sign and send back. Open email on phone, sign and return.
>Calendar alert... Oh shit I almost forgot that appointment, thanks phone.
>Man I need a recipe for this fish... *Pulls out phone* ding ding ding
>NOOOOO YOU CAN JUST HECKEN USE YOUR PHONE TO MAKE LIFE EASIER ANS PROFITABLE NOOOOOO PHONES ARE EEVVVVIIILLLLL AAAAAIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE
KYS faggot>>109525379
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>>109525781
>drop phone, lose it, wet it, or even merely sit on it
>1000 usd in the red.
no fanks. i go through 2 phones per year on average
when i had a smartphone i never carried it with me which completely defeats the purpose of the device
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>>109524907
these things are sold on alibaba (and i mean exactly the same) for tens of dollars per unit. same keypads, screens. anyway,

this runs threadx, it's an ancient real time os written using c. is interesting. so.. not quite that dumb.
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>>109525393
I have the mental strength not to
>>109525809
Are you a retard?
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>>109525848
no.
i actually go outside sometimes.
you should try it, its fun
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>>109524907
No. I barely use my phone. But I will continue using a normie android phone. It's just easier.
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>>109524907
why?
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>>109526125
The OP has given several reasons, respond to those instead of asking why.
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>>109524907
Then all your texts get routed to the Bad Jews that the Honorable Louis Farrakhan has mentioned many times
HOW DARE YOU DEFEND OUR ENEMY

Use encrypted services
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>>109525022
The Nokia 2780 has all that and an SD card slot
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>>109524907
Is there even any dumb phones with GPS? that's the only thing I use my smartphone for
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>>109526869
There are lots of them
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>>109524907
Girl discovers enlightenment after 2.5 years of dumb phone usage.
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>>109526914
I am glad at least a single terminally online child is happier offline
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>>109526914
>Girl
Looks like a dude lead singer from an 80s hair band
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>>109524952
>>109524965
>>109524969
>>109524978
>>109525136
>>109526125
It's already explained, zoomer faggots.
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>>109527417
Except the explanation is luddite level or retardation.
I'm sorry you're so poor and can't afford a smart device. I bet if you did a little copper diving in Ganges, you could save up enough rupees to get a used one!
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>>109527447
>Except the explanation is luddite level or retardation.
I'm sorry your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills are stuck in elementary school.
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I got a $20 bucks nokia but it's pure shit. The UI is even more obtuse than back in the day; it's like they learned absolutely nothing in 20 years. I don't even understand how it's possible.
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all our problems today are because people would rather communicate through a screen instead of talk to others face-to-face
this doesnt fix that
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>>109527474
>just resorting to insults instead of defensible positions
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>>109527841
>people would rather communicate through a screen instead of talk to others face-to-face
And that's a good thing
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>>109527872
>>109527447
>buzzword insult
>called him poor
>implied he was indian
>did not address any actual explanation

Isn't that exactly what you did in the post he replied to? Ironic for you to try pull that card
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>>109527920
Found the retard
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>>109524907
Great way to get socially ostracized. If you need a castrated phone with buttons in order not to rape your brain with shorts, that's on you.

>>109525144
this
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>>109527931
Okay lets assume you aren't lying. Why are you defending someone else's retarded comment? Are you dumb?
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>>109525277
why would you need to have the ability to do all of those hundreds of things all the time anywhere you go?
that's what an office is for. i don't need to be able to "do investing" when i'm at the pool with my daughter.
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>>109528299
Your wife's daughter will be perfectly fine with her real dad, Captain Cuckold. No need for you to "fill in."
No run along and pretend to be based somewhere else.
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>>109527920
Retard.
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>>109527417
Okay, fine, then it's a shit explanation and not convincing.
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>>109527931
>>109528576
retards
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ngl my old me from 2010 would think this was the peak phone back then.
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>>109528654
BS. In 2010 you were like 2 year old.
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>>109524907
>use a phone instead of a portable hand-computer
Nah. I prefer to have more power at hand.
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>>109528767
If it's power you want, I have a 10 inches hog you can handle and play with. I know your kind gets excited for that.
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>>109528822
Nigga, you watch porn because you're a sorry arse loser.
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>>109528715
nta but I was 13 in 2010 and I would have thought it was cool
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>>109528851
I have to watch porn my cock is too big for any ho. 12 inches long and as thick as a family size can of spaghetti o's. No ho can handle it.
Wut do?
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>>109528579
The explanation was, like dumb phones, simple. Not our problem you live a life of bloat.
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>>109528856
we're almost 30...it's over
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Why would I?
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>>109524907
thanks but I'll stick with my moto g5
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>>109524907
Is it of vintage characteristic
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>>109524907
Millennial here. I use my phone as a dumb smartphone - only for calls, navigation, and immediate tasks. I only browse the internet at home on my PC like a sane person. I do not use social media at all, as when Facebook and social media got big I recognized that they were norm e social status mmorpgs. Really shitty games for shitty people.

Now these Normie video games have consumed the world. Welcome to hyper-normiefication.

The coolest thing? The normies have designed a new vidya that's making them grow mad from self-delusion.

Attention is all you need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco91kroVgQ
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>>109524907
i enjoyed playing j2me games fifty thousand times more than any of android mobile games.
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>>109532199
based and G5 pilled
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>>109525277
Just say you are enslaved by your phone. You may never know freedom from that hell ever again.
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>>109532265
i narrowly missed out on j2me games. i played a couple on friends' phones but i didn't own a fancy enough phone back then. only time i ever used j2me myself for any actual purpose was when i used a j2me emulator homebrew program on my psp to run the j2me version of opera mini, which was probably the best browser ever runnable on a psp
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>>109524907
Other than a smart phone I'm a Luddite. No social media, no smart tech, drive a mid 90s dumb car, and do most of my internet usage on my gaming desktop. Ya know like god intended.

Smartphone is

1. A camera
2. A gps
3. A notebook
4. A phone
5. A flashlight
6. A level
7. A translator
8. E-reader
9. Mp3 player
10. Alarm clock

I could go on
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>>109524907
dont wanna
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>>109534205
i'm probably not too different to you. i grew up before smartphones, but even growing up as a technology dweeb modern smartphones were always the dream. powerful computers you could do anything on at any time. and they are, as much as google wants to keep android on a tight leash, given the right conditions it's a reasonable balance between unclean masses appeal and a linux computer in your pocket.
smartphones may not be the /best/ tool for a particular job, but we shouldn't use that to discount how many jobs they can do well enough. your list is just some of them and anyone trying to cut smartphones out of their life will quickly realise their absence. again even as someone who grew up well before smartphones were popular, having a small device that could do so many things /at all/ even if it was far from the best option was amazing.

this all said, for people who /did/ grow up with smartphones, i would encourage them to learn about things or devices that are better options for specific purposes, since i'm sure there's people who have only used smartphones for something that may not know they're an inferior option for that thing. a common thing being photography
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>>109528654
>>109528856
You would've thought a basic ass phone that would've already looked 5+ years out of date like this during the start of the smartphone boom was cool?
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>>109535443
Yeah
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>>109524907
Call? Who even does that? Uncs?
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>>109535467
Doubt.
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>>109527417
I asked before it was explained, retard
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>>109525007
>ultra poorfag trying to flex
Lmao
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I have this same phone. It is very good. FM radio distracted me so I cut out the antenna (it is very easy to access).

It's missing caller ID and tethering, though. Also my 6 key is sort of wearing out. The most annoying fucking thing is there is no way I've found to remove the lock screen.
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im going to buy one of these autism bricks for $99
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>>109535489
It's been explained. Stop coping.
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>>109524994
Micay:
"Fairphone devices don't meet GrapheneOS's minimum security requirements. The team says Fairphone lacks important hardware/firmware security protections that GrapheneOS considers necessary"

find yt video with CEO fairphone and how he talking about long-term support chips as well as about security.
Deadcompany with dead principles. We're choose used plastic and care about our chinks kids who assemble "our" phones.

At the very beginning they don't any idea to niche security (at the basic level) phone.

> dumb phone
SMS - literally cleartext
voice calls - same.
usecase? to train jewish LLM with your voice to blackmail your family?

nophono
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i just use a degoogled chink phone,
uses:
>phone
>firefox
>mp3 player
>sshfs portable storage
>camera
>retroarch for gayming, also ppsspp
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>>109524907
use an iphone
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>>109524907
>Use a dumb phone

"No"
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Is Kevin the worst Fed Chair we have ever had?

His entire career he hasn't even cut rates once.
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>>109524958
But I hate touch screens.
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>>109538572
op said to use a plain phone,
not turn into a homosexual.
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>>109525156
>only looks at my phone when I need to look something up
>ignores texts
>routinely forget it when I leave
>tism having a melty because others refuse to do things how his tism melty demands and spergs in his post.
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I've been thinking of buying one of those 4"-5" phones that fit better in a pocket.
The Bluefox NX1 (4" display) looks pretty cool.
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>>109540149
That's pretty cool, anon. I didn't know about this



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