Non-smart phones

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Who here still uses a non-smart phone? Or has anyone given up a smartphone to go back to a basic mobile phone that is just a phone?

I have used iPhones for the last four years or so (first a 4, now a 5), moving from a traditional Nokia prior to that. I find I annoy myself with the amount of time I spend just fiddling with or looking at nonsense on it. I don't use Facebook so that helps, but I find myself constantly just reading the news, checking email, looking at my Twitter stream (don't post much myself though), checking saved eBay searches, reading this site and so on. Little that is urgent, but I just do it because it's there in my pocket and I succumb too easily. I like having email with me for work and so on, but pretty much everything else on the phone I could live without.

So I am considering going back to a non-smart Nokia (they still make new S40 phones which will do email, or maybe find an older model on ebay) and getting an iPad to take with me on the occasions I think I'll need more than a phone and basic email, but less than a laptop. Has anyone here done this? Regrets? Or has it given you a new freedom from device addiction?

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sjg said:

You'll waste your time playing Snake instead.

Damn, I forgot about that! In fact, about the only game I have on my iPhone is a snake game that actually lets you play on a representation of an old Nokia...

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soad said:

I wouldn't go back to a basic phone (had a few with no internet or email capability).

GPS comes in handy too.

Simply don't log in to ttter and fkBork? Or spend more time on them, you're not a female...

I don't use Facebook, but I find Twitter quite useful/interesting for various work and car related accounts. I could live without it however.

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williredale said:

Samsung slidey phone. People laugh at it and reminisce fondly about the last time they had a phone whose battery lasted longer than a day!

Have you tried a smartphone and gone back, or have you just stuck with it through the years?