How to get away from owning a smartphone

posted 5 days ago

🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.world

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Hey everyone, I was entertaining the thought of going away from owning a smart phone.

I already have a modded ipod classic that I use as my main music player.

I also know how to use a paper map.

I also have the Microsoft authentication app for work (I could just use my phone on wifi mode for this)

The last issue I have is WhatsApp where I communicate with friends and family around the world.

Is there a way to use WhatsApp on a non-smart phone? Or should I just buy a pixel and install a secure rom?

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u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org

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4 days ago

Android-powered flip phone

That doesn’t quite sound as a dumbphone to me.

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Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org

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4 days ago

I disabled pretty much everything and dumbed it down for the 30 days to nothing more than what a modern “dumb” phone would do.

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