I used a flip phone for 30 days 

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miss u

That sorry is so relatable even for smartphone. When you throw your phone to the bed and it bounces and accident happen- LOL

Just hearing the sound is satisfying

I miss doing that, lol

As a 17 year old, you're family shouldn't think your crazy. Most 17 year olds (as you know) are so deep in this tech stuff they don't know anything different. I applaud you man for getting out of it at a young age like ourselves (i'm 18) I'm thinking of doing the same, instead of drinking coffee at my computer, just go outside sit down, and enjoy my coffee outside where i can see the sun coming up and the birds chirping. It's something i'm really considering.

@@hunteradkins7024 Thanks, I would definitely say you should give it a shot. You can start off with trying it for a month and keep your smartphone in a drawer/closet incase it isn't the right fit and you want to switch back. I recommend at least trying it and I have really felt better without having an easy distraction in my pocket at all times.

Hey! I am 15 and just made the change to a flip phone today. I want to live a distraction-free life and be more connected to the world. Glad to see other teens have the same idea!

@@irelanddickey1538 Good for you! I am now over one year with mine and I still highly recommend it, it is difficult for the first month or so as you get used to it but after that it just becomes your new normal

@S I am glad my story has helped!

S C A, me too. 67 years and counting. Provider just told me my 3G will stop working everywhere in the few months, but said they can replace it with a new simple flip. I still spend too much time on YT.

@@lornathorpe1632 You will hate the new flip..nothing like the older ones and are not user friendly... I ended up throwing away my At&T alcatel flip and found an old LG online like I use to have..

@@damnright4 I think the replacement is an LG. Does the old one you found have enough Gs?

@@lornathorpe1632 It has 3 Gs and im fine with that, however AT&T will be ending 3G one year from now so im not sure what I will do, maybe find a carrier that still uses 3G But if you get a new flip from AT&T its the alcatel and it sucks.

1.) Buy a good GPS. 2.) You should always print out all your travel documents in multiple copies. Everyone in your immediate group should carry copies of the immediate groups documents. 3.) I don't know if I could go back but, I enjoyed your trial run.

You nailed it with this post.

I went to University 2005-09. I am so glad that there weren't* smartphones during that time. On the one hand there would be a lot more photos of friend and things if there had been, but a lot more wasted time and embarrassment. *affordable for a student.

Yet another reason why sometimes I wish I was born a decade earlier

The short text actually led to people being unable to spell the actual words over time.

Exactly! Roll the clock back to that, when laptops were freakin' amazing, still are, and keep yourself to phone as phone and camera only. Use smartphone for everything only when cannot have or don't want (theft/activity) to have laptop.

2030: "I manually drove without Tesla autopilot for 30 days"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

year 2080: humans go extinct for 30 days, then come back

@@serenes Earth: "After 30 days of no humans, I feel much better, I can breathe, I feel refreshed. Now that the experiment is over...I'm going to be sick again... :(("

@@grafando i think it will be forbidden to drive without autopilot

Rotary phone and a pager would be a good one.

Lol!

"Smart glasses are really distracting"

Year 2040: “My smartphone used me for 30 days.”

Time traveller here, I tried that but I realized I am too used to these Quantumphones now.

Top comment, asap.

So true. I gave up all tv when covid hit. I am amazed at how much OTHER STUFF I get done.

Very true. I gave up news about 15 years ago, and the world looks very different.

Gonna try this now

I'd be willing to bet THIS would be harder for me than going to a flip phone!

Well yeah its incredibly difficult to text on a touchscreen when t9 is quick

Was she using blackberry?

Im jealous. My hubs is hunched over his phone all day, any spare time he gets, I almost have to fight for attention. 😔 He started to get the picture when I had to hide his phone from him.

how does he drive without a maps app? I would get lost haha

Yes, my father bought iPhone for watching the weather too 🤣

@@kylie-joy looking around and getting used to major roads while driving normally

Good man 🦸‍♂️

I am being humble when I am telling you that I am the most powerful strongest coolest smartest most famous greatest funniest Y*uTub3r of all time! That's the reason I have multiple girlfriends and I show them off on my ch*nnel all the time! Bye bye gon

Me with 9 or more :)))

I try to stay under 6 lol. But that is because I am on break and don’t have school work lol

Same :(

@@Productimothy 😂

True indeed people are just lazy these days

This is Maria. I’ve never had a “smart phone”. I have a laptop and an iPad. We also have no TV and no cable bill. We do have internet. My husband has a “smart phone due to work. I have an old Nokia and cats. Cats better than a smartphone.

...it was because it wasn’t standardized. now it is. Having a phone is important for modern life

@@teccash3507 uh that’s not how it works

ok boomer

As we watch a video about how someone else didn’t use a smartphone for 30 days

But if you don't, you will miss out on information to improve your life or even survive!

@@anonwithamnesia Right... Because before smartphones ppl never improved and were constantly in deadly danger lmao Wake the hell up & stop making excuses for your bad habits!

​@@annamoore6304 ah, got me. But everything has its pros and cons.

Yes so true! After getting rid of my social media two years ago I would take really great photos and only keep them for myself because I don't owe it to anyone to share this and don't need validation that it's good. My mental health has really improved well until my husband shows me his phone of what someone else is doing and I'm like "well crap" lol

Also the way how he only spent 3 hours a day on his phone i- 😭

@@SamuelSamuelSamuel1 to be honest I'm a pretty productive guy I always get stuff done everyday and I spend around 12-14 hours a day on My phone

@@jacksonberch8075 same

quite* but yeye

@Tom Garnett always between 6-8 hours

Try setting the screen to black and white, the "pull" will reduce heavily

^can confirm, making your phone screen greyscale does help. The only problem is that you can undo it. This is actually making me consider getting a flip phone too

@@DAMfoxygrampa get cat s22

Get a cat s22 flip phone maps gps android auto

I completely agree with you!

@@FinixFunny Thanks man.I appreciate it.

I have lots of friends and the tech, win win for me.

@@ProAvgeek6328 Thats what you say.

@@lazarusblackwell6988 that's the truth

They are still being sold. I own one.

Samsung already has mate

I used to be able to text super fast and without looking by using T9. It was great.

@@esmeraldarodriguez1722 I miss thatttt! In fact your comment just made me look for 123 keyboards on the app store, I don't wanna use the qwerty anymore 😄

it has come in motarola and samsung

ROFL!

Literally laughed out. But it wouldn't be a lie.

@@KittyKat94 Galaxy Z flip is just as bad because it's basically a gimmick and pro gamers never go out side to begin so the flip phone challenge is easy because they just use Skype on then PC.

💀😂

@@monicagambino318 Thing about regular flip phone not foldable smartphone is that its so primitive that ads don't load on the RU-vid .

i like the new pfp

It's really just in our minds if we can control it or not. If you don't realize your addiction, you'll never escape it. You need to stop utilizing your phone as a quick dopamine fix and realize it's there if you truly need it for calls.

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Agreed - sent from my iPhone

Man, you are everywhere... Love your videos!

There was a different setting on my flip phone that could guess your word as you typed, so I didn’t have to push the key until I got the one letter. It was always funny how surprised people were when they saw how fast I could text 😂

@@mckaysteffler9618 Flexing your skills with the T9 keyboard was the hottest thing to hit my school for a while before the slide phones came out with the full qwerty.

that's why it's a cell phone. cell = a prison cell lol

@@ESPHMacD Man, I remember there was this girl in one of my computer classes who was able to text without even looking at it anymore. She'd just read the message, hide the phone under the computer desk, and just type. She typed so much faster on that than some people do on a standard smartphone.

As General Ackbar famously said: "It's a trap!" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4F4qzPbcFiA.html

@@hampter2407 I bet you have been waiting years to finally get a chance to use that unoriginal insult huh? Basement dwelling mamas boys are so cringe.

@@hampter2407 open your mind and ears instead of being emotional. His comment was an insight from another perspective. We can learn from those and should. His suggestion is not a command. We have the freedom to consider it or not. Your response probably only serves to support his opinion on your generation. Why not try a different method besides responding defensively? Might be productive.

@@hampter2407 "doing things in the modern way", what, becoming shut in alienated pieces of crap unable to socialise? So many young people are becoming that today, and so many older people tend to become less social and this tech is to blame. The intentionally addicting nature of it, that makes people think it's okay to shut yourself in this way. Real world social communication is what is natural, good for your health and brain and what phones are teaching people not to do. Shame.

I also bought a GPS and it works just fine. I am trading my Iphone SE for a 4GLTE flip phone.

I also choose to still own a flip phone....I just don't want to be looking down at a device 24/7. I would MUCH rather talk to someone than text to someone. Works for me so far.

Friggin right! So cool to hear others like me. Lol. Im mid 30's and never owned a smartphone. I have an old LG from about 6 years ago that i am about to retire and get a new flip phone. The biggest reason i don't have a smartphone is because i have a very expensive computer setup at home that i spent enough time in front of as it is, i don't need one in my pocket too. When im not at home, i am free from devices! Well besides my old Garmin gps that i occasionally get out when im on my country drives.

My dad kept his flip phone until the service shut down lol

Yeah of course! If you use T9 😂🙌🏻 isn’t that what it’s called?

@@jaketryban8772 I hated T9 on my old flip phone and always chose to text using the Abc option. With my current GZ'One, I usually use T9, though I'm just about as fast with Abc still.

So fast!!

It will be a bit slower, but enabling T9 will make you able to text proficiently enough. You'd still be faster on an actual keyboard on the computer, i remember. Logging on to MSN messenger, if you were actually gonna have text conversation, and not just a quick message, that sms is intended for

Jesus loves you all and He saves and He knows you🤍😊

Same!

7? Try 10

@@mohit-ng6sw hahahaah samee

@@mohit-ng6sw oh my god that’s the next level brooo

HA! Funny try 19😎

RU-vid is my go-to social media too. Even before the smartphone i would spend hours on here, learning new stuff

@@Kyle1444 at least youre learning

RU-vid is way better then other social.

RU-vid is my life and i hate that Google made the old browsers have no access to youtube i have to find the links of the videos and download them i have polish cow downloaded lol

RU-vid aren't my enemy because I feel bored easily on RU-vid

Noticed this as well

exactly

"The race is long, but in the end it's only with yourself"

literally 😭

same

Same

same

PLEASE do it, it will really change your life hehe

I didn't know you could do that. I would love to be able to turn off notifications. How do you do it?

@@lisachapman6492 it’s in your settings, there’s a section for notifications. You can turn it off for certain apps or just turn them off entirely

omg same

Get a Samsung galaxy z flip

I miss that 😂

Or you buy a Samsung Galaxy Z FLIP

@@awastedminute2258 THIS

Omg, I googled it and this is my dream phone!

@@julianagtf you're welcome lol. I tried buying this phone but it's out of stock. Also, it's 235 pounds lol. I'm actually in the process of making my own version of this idea that's a little cheaper but has the great build quality and all the other standard features. Still research phase atm but I'd be interested in your opinion as to what qualities the phone should have. Let me know if you're interested in hopping on zoom - my friend and I would love your opinion on the subject.

Thanks for this heads up and I’m loving this!

Uuuhhhmm - can't you make ANY phone a Boring Phone by just throwing out the apps you feel distract you more than they add value (social media, especially?)

@@shorifulhaque5137 DEFINITELY it should be able to handle group messages, and preferably also emojis. (Signed, a flip phone user.)

Not enough people are talking about this

I may sound stupid but instead of recycling wouldn't it be better to sell it off to someone in need??

As a video editor I'm on my way to this struggle too. I TOTALLY understand.

@@buppy4976 for real lmao It instantly brought all the "Jimmy has 47 watermelons" (who the fuck is Jimmy and why does he casually have 47 watermelons lying around??) problems to my mind lol

@@cr3atur321 I know LMAO

lol

but to other cars, not making a strenuous effort to read all the signs and get the right exit.

Those were the days. Pretending to pay attention in class while texting under the desk hoping the teacher won't walk over at that moment

Yes!!!!

I have a 6s as well and refuse to give it up...just got a new screen and battery today! What’s a plug in jack??? Lol

Lol people in the comments for this video need 🤣 Camera phones are a godsend compared to the way things used to be

I feel like this too, sometimes instead of pulling out your phone and taking a picture just being in the moment is better

Did you do it?

@@mya5582 I did not do it. I have found more freedom in setting my phone down and walking away. I've also silenced a LOT of time-suck apps.

Totally agree with you on everything you wrote!!

your self control has to be abnormal to be able to resist all of the things companies try to distract you with to get you to use their products. The notification tip is a very good one though, disable all. Your phone should look like a toolbox when you open it up.

That's kind of funny, because people are genuinely addicted.

@@ferryvantichelen6521 Exactly. Self-control is overrated, these phones are designed to be extremely convenient and attention-grabbing

@@escapeaq People are addicted, but any addiction can be overcome. And it's not like most people this kind of video is aimed at are people so addicted they can't tear themselves away from the phone. Outside of extreme cases like that, it really does just come down to self control. I get notifications and ads for things vying for my attention all the time, sometimes I cave to it but more often than not I can determine it's not worth my time or attention. Which can be helped by turning notifications off things, or even deleting the apps entirely

Yup

@@JasonLE89 I have Flip phone ☺️ I use it for calls 📞 I have smartphone just data only

I noticed something interesting that you can buy, it is digital drawing pad that can take notes and you can obviously draw, l think this is good for taking notes maybe and passing time maybe without using other apps like smartphone gives you. I think we got pretty addicted on the technology and that made us kinda antisocial. While I'm not addicted to my phone I'm addicted to being on PC. And when l'm not l just pass time on phone, l think it is pretty bad for me. I don't know what to do.

or actually remembering the directions.

Or just use your "old smartphone" only for that. Take "Here We Go" instead of Google Maps with complete Offfline Maps, GPS is in ya Phone. So let you smarptphone with that an offline music in the car without a simcard, and all your "problems" are solved. :D See it as an better "ipod" with navigations, GPS & music player.

@bnza10 shut up

@bnza10 Be kind

love the logo oh yea yea

Dude.. you are all over the place

@@Mizu.41 hahaha where else did you see me

@@he-ch1559 Yeah those are what I used to use. Small MP3 player I'd bring with me to the gym. My grandma bought me one of those garmin GPS things for my car, etc. Then I just had an old sprint flip phone to make calls and text. That's it. Life was much simpler back then without all of this social media contagion and being glued to a screen

@@he-ch1559 I'm basically back at it now. I just bought an old used droid turbo for texting and phone calls with a cheap red pocket $10/month plan. Then I got my GPS and tiny mp3 player for the gym or when running. And I use my mom's nice camera she bought from QVC lol

Exactly

Well good news you don't have to. Modern feature phones like Nokia 2720 flip run KaiOS and come with Google Maps, Assistant and WhatsApp.

Couldn’t agree more! Deleted the apps from my phone and limit my use of their services to when I am on my laptop. Has been a game changer :)

Absolutely, because remove all the apps, it’s just a...phone.

Also the news

18 was my worst

Matt really missed the opportunity

I don't really take.photos with my phone. So if I went back to a flip phon I wouldn't be missing out. I gotta get a computer first so I can back off the phone

That makes you a living fossil😁

Me: I used a landline all my life.😅

lol right, I actually got this phone he has recently and its a total pos. I miss my last phone little samsung gusto.

Everyone's grandma: "my time to shine"

6 years

Good point... I miss that game

I’m pretty sure it does if it’s on kaios!

Or Frogger that game was gold

WHAT A THROWBACK. You’re asking the right questions.

@@TheUnwrittenWriter 🐍

Me too... did not expect it right at the beginning of the video... glad Matt kept it 😂🤣

Same!

Really depends on how you deal with them. you can restrict yourself a lot by not putting time wasting apps on there

Yes, they are designed to be addictive to further profit their pockets. How misleading to act like they are just trying to be more helpful to us.

Depends on the apps too. Certain things, like maps and what not can be really useful, and games can be fun occasionally. But social media I think is the most toxic section of it, and comes with the most benefits. It wouldn’t be such a big problem but nobody has self control anymore so they would probably just redownload the apps they don’t like anyways

There are a few controls you can put in place to limit yourself but they are not very complete. You can't set a lock for your iphone that won't expire after a set number of minutes, and the limits you put on apps are just as easily turned off by two presses, I haven't looked for any parental controls but these types of things should be available. Even apps that are not social media can have you compulsively checking.

@@dropit7694 I've decreased my phone usage a lot. I always leave it in my room when I'm at home so if I need to use it I will need to go back into my room and I'll leave it there when I'm done, another one is not having the phone with you outside if you dont need it, if I'm grocery shopping, going for walks, etc and I dont need the phone I wont bring it with me. I'm down to around 10-35 min on workdays and around 20-50 on weekends. I really wanna reduce my weekend usage, there are some days where I can go up towards 90 minutes but thankfully those days are rare.

Great way for them to experience what it is like haha

Glad that they didn't ask how arctic looks like ;)

And, hopefully, cranked up the classic rock. 😎

Should have had them watch a movie on VHS without rewinding it to the beginning first.

Nice idea lol

You can simply choose to use it for convenience only. Don’t do things on your cell that cause you unhappiness. For example, delete ALL social media apps.

Sounds like it would

I was thinking this as well. What is we used a smartphone as a supplemental tool, rather than primary. I could Imagine taking mine out if I needed a gps or if I wanted some Insta time after dinner. Or not.

Or just use a smartphone but only have certain apps on it? 🤷‍♂️ So you can still text, use Gmaps etc but you can't use it to do random crap throughout the day? Seems to me like the best option and what I'll be doing when my contact renews in a few months

Okay. I am gonna borrow your idea on my next appearance on shark tank. 😂

If we had such perfect balance in life. Then yeah!

I don't get it, use things like what?

@@mdfakhrany materials

@@Non-religiou Isn't minimalism is all about reducing unnecessary materials in life! Is it like a joke or I'm brain dead right now

@@mdfakhrany Like the opposite of the saying. They mean that do not use people and do not love things, cuz that is not gonna work

@@aleks3449 Ahaa Like love people not things xD thank you bro

calling it "dopamine detox" is actually very mindfull AND funny

Dopamine Detox is hype, biologically speaking your body wouldn't survive without dopamine. You cut out the phone for an hour or whatever decided time is an achievement which in turn releases dopamine, so maybe influencers need to change their wording with dopamine detox.

Alrighty it’s not about removing all dopamine but instead removing unproductive or unhealthy sources of dopamine for a period of time so you can get more dopamine/enjoy harder and more boring tasks. It results in more productivity and mindfulness around social media addiction.

@@sarahbethyoga exactly call it a digital break, not dopamine detox.

Alrighty sure but it’s not all digital

Exactly 🤣

Same

How’s everything now?

​@@NarutoUzumaki-xg9et It is pretty amazing actually. I made the switch back in 2020 when I felt so overwhelmed and out of energy that I really had to pull the break. Now I'm absolutely not saying that my smartphone was the cause, but it was definitely negatively contributing very much or at least: didn't help my recovery from depression and anxiety. I initually had only planned to "go offline" for a few months and then switch back, but ended up sticking with it, because of how much it did improve my daily life and my mental wellbeing. I eventually had to switch to an old nokia, because I wanted the opportunity to access maps and google to quickly look stuff up, yet I also wanted it to be inconvenient enough that I would only use it when I REALLY needed it - and it works. I also wanted a model with a qwertz keyboard to make typing textmessages more smoothly. Have been on that phone since and super happy with it. Most amazing discovery: my attention span and general ability to focus properly has improved A LOT. I'm sitting through a whole day of lectures with unbroken attention and it does not feel like a strain. I haven't had that feeling since school and I had thought that maybe I had just burnt out from learning. Turns out, it was just a conditioning to procrastinate which was not possible anymore after my smartphone was gone and I refrained from using a laptop unless a lecuter required a specific software. I got back into reading (which had not really been enjoyable since years) and feel a lot more at ease. I even relearnt to just be still and watch the clouds go by for an hour long trainride, no music, no book, just me and my thoughts. It is quite surprising how much more time there is in a day without the internet at one's fingertips at all times. Sure, it can be really hard in the beginning when breaking the old habits and to learn again how to manage withough a smartphone but I don't feel like I am compromizing. No whatsapp chatgroup is worth going back for me. My verdict: amazing. I recommend it to everyone, but the most to thos (like me) who struggle with keeping themselves off the internet and off their phones.

The other day i drove around Sydney just using the road signs and got everywhere i needed to go!

Well, growing up in So. Calif.,( starting 72 yrs ago), Thomas Bros. maps ( there were many of them for areas of each county, etc., in nice, flexible, plastic-covered binder form) that got me around in an unfamiliar area :) If technology goes bye-bye for a while, we may look to "primitive" helps like paper maps. Homing pigeons?! 😁 Thank you for your video.

I used the map in the phone book to get an idea of my route then took off. Got to where I wanted to go every single time.

I used to work for the SoCal Gas Co, and had Thomas Guides for the entirety of So Cal! I became very intuitive with their use, and could usually find any location.

Printing out the directions is really no big deal and often times more direct and quicker than relying on GPS.

I love that!. Frame a phone as a productivity tool and relegate any social / leisure activities to another device (or no device!).

I do this. I have no apps that have a 'feed' on my phone. I often open my phone, and then remember, 'Oh! There's nothing to look at...'

Great Idea. I just think that my Tablet Screentime will be up to more hours because i want to check Instagram and YT there instead of using the phone.

Exactly! Why would someone use apps that make them unhappy, social media apps and other junk could be deleted in a few seconds.

A trick I have been practicing for a few months now that is decently effective is setting integrated screen time limits on my iPhone (I am not sure about other smartphones). My brother is literally the only one who knows the password to disable to restrictions on social media apps (tiktok, youtube, snapchat, instagram, facebook, reddit, etc) so I can't jinx it. Some times social media is necessary for a link someone had sent you, so my screen time limit is the combined screen time of these apps for 30 minutes p day.

Better get a real life compass as well to go along with that map😉

I immediately googled what that was... 😏🤣 its a map. I have a Thomas Guide and small map also in my car. #winning!

Yes, I used Thomas Guides and was able to remember how to get to places. Usually after one use to an address, I did not have to use again to the same address, no matter how many turns. Now that I use my phone for GPS, I pay less attention to landmarks or general visuals that I have to use repeatedly to the same address.

I use radio

Walky talky

Sign language 🤟

It’s my goal for 2021

i just hit three hours/day, hoping for less than 1 hour/ day by the end of 2021😅

My Screentime is 9 hours 😬

I have 2-3 hours a day on my phone too, but then again I’m on my PC for the rest of the day so I don’t think that counts...

@@avelyseodle9278 same... 😓😓😬😬

*buys an old ass mac*

@@elijahcota2408 I have a 2007 mac. Its a hassel to get even a few tabs open with your work. Better just use newer ones, 100 percent less headache

and even early 2010s i would say

Did they even have flip phones in the 90's? Not to my recollection. Most people I know who had cell phones had open-faced ones. Flip phones became more common in my area around 2005. This could partly be due to costs and selections available from the limited cell phone providers in my area.

Yes please!

Eh 😅

​@Pete Melon All people, not just young

@Pete Melon okay boomer

@@arifhussain926 as a gen z myself, phones are making us miserable but it still helps us to be "unmiserable". its one of the reasons why phones are addictive, tbh the newer the generation the worser

@Pete Melon In older generations most people lack the ability to self-reflect on their own habits, doesn't make them better that they simply haven't been accustomed to this particular habit.

@Pete Melon my parents use the smartphone more than I do. It's not just the younger generations. It's a persistent problem across all generations. Maybe you have developed self control. It's too tough for me to do it. Next best option is to throw away my smartphone. Works like a charm, helps me to improve my life.

😁😂🤣 made me laugh out loud