Why I quit my smart phone - Nokia 3310 Update! 

I'm almost 30 and I honestly feel like i've wasted my teenage years/20's due to my internet addiction. I can't even tell you how disgusting that makes me feel! I've missed out on so much!

Even though I love technology I wish they had never invented smartphones. Distraction from reality if you are not avare.

I truly needed this video. Heavily considering this. Thank you for sharing your experience!

I love this so much! I'm quitting mine, too. I'm SO SICK OF IT. The mental clutter is INSANE. I'm about to go buy a flip phone. Wish we luck!

We have lost our ability to learn n live life natural way. Lives are left unfocused n uncertain... Sleepless nights, confusion, distraction.. phones are getting smarter n human is getting dumb! It's must stop somewhere... I appreciate this video.. thnx

I like this phone. Because it reminds me on better times, times when you enter the bus or a train and travel with it, you could also talk with people around you. Today the vast majority of people are only looking at their smartphones or they have even headphones in their ears. And then there are people with laptops or tablets, watching movies during traveling. In the nineties and post 2000`s, from time to time you could se someone with a discman and that was it. Modern electronics became so cheap that this Nokia is practically more expensive than chinese smartphone.

Huge respect. Now iam 6 months without fb

So young and so wise. Glad to see you are doing well, and as always, thanks for sharing your amazing thoughts with us!

I still use a Nokia and it's been a great experience. What makes me feel bad is the way people react when I pull out my phone. I honestly don't care anymore. It's better for you! :) Thank you, Astrid for sharing your story!

In this video, the big thing that I immediately realize is after a long time you use dumb phone, you look more gentle, more beautiful, and calmer AND you speak slower, your voice is calm... YOU LOOK SO CALM after a long time. That's incredible!

I used old phones when I went clubbing (which is/was like a big thing over here). Loved it, also felt kinda free too. No 24/7 infos, just being able to focus 100% on the moment

OMG! I was just contemplating this exact topic last night! I feel that I’m not paying enough time doing something like reading a book.. great stuff to see this

Honestly love this You go girl Most ppl dont have the mental strength to do this

U are awesome! Been subbed like 4 years. Also cant believe its been 5 months. Congrats

Ever since I decided to be a minimalist I always thought about buying a Pixel phone, now I have one and I am surprised on how efficiently it helps me drastically reducing scree time, I think that this is a good compromise for someone that still needs his phone of work etc.

Thank you for the insights. I bought a Nokia 800 tough to get over my smartphone addiction. It's always good to be back to classics.

THERE IS a phone called the light phone where its “dumb” and connects to your smartphone (same sim card) so you can leave your smartphone away and not miss emergencies, its worth checking out.

So refreshing to hear a different perspective. I deleted Facebook from my phone & that was enough for me. I immediately felter calmer & had so much more free time. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Hey Astrid, great to see you back and I quite agree that smart phones are not good for our general wellbeing 😲! Fantastic that you're trying to break away from yours... I'm trying to do the same with mine too! Good luck 😊.

Excellent video!

Thank you for this video , you are so right. ..👍💜Take care hugs from L.A California 💜

Congrats!!!

I'm quitting mine soon too! I'm ordering a Nokia and going for it all out! I'm so sick of this crappy phone taking away my time and mental health. Thank you for inspiring me to do so and take action as it was always something I only considered

I am on a hunt to watch all the youtube videos that motivates towards dumb phones just to get motivation

Thank you. I have been thinking of getting the phone.

Wait.... love your eyes 👀

You’re awesome. And you have a pretty smile.

Superb. I have the 3310. Everything you say is perfect

Astrid!!! I was thinking of you today, I was reading an article on how to “properly” tag a NOID orchid and they referenced one of your vids ❤️ PS. So glad you’re doing well. I still have my smartphone, but deleted Facebook over a year ago and I’m not on instagram or Twitter, so I can relate to the withdrawal from Facebook and the need to check every 5 minutes. I think the phone isn’t the problem, but the apps, so if you deactivate your FB and the rest, would that be a good balance and tweak your notification settings? Sounds like you’re doing great! 🥰

This is really encouraging, I’m trying to do the same. Thank you

Astrid, nice video. About you calendar, you can use a physical calendar (on the wall) write down your appointments. Take a picture of them (your appointments) now when your outdoors you have “physical” access to your calendar/ planner. So for that you can skip one more reason to use your smartphone. Good luck.

Portability does it for me. I simply do not like lugging around a smart phone, especially in the summer when I am wearing shorts all the time. The original smart phones were small and portable, but they gradually got bigger and bigger. I recently got a new flip phone, and I love it. My smart phone has become a small tablet that stays at home most of the time. My friends thought I didn't carry a phone because I wasn't dragging one of those smart phones around. Smart phones get left behind at parties, bars, clubs, and all kinds of other places, which is very unsettling. Anyhow, thanks for sharing, and peace to all of the "dumb phone" users out there.

You're not alone! Feels Good to breath again. There are some cities around Europe and Asia that put traffic Lights on the ground because pedestrians are constantly looking at their phones! That's how crazy it has become.

Really great points. It a great detox.

I've used that same phone for almost a year now, and it's been really great :) However, here in Norway you CAN have two SIM-cards with the same number (or, a twin-SIM, I think they call it), so I've been using that option. That way I've been able to use the Nokia as my daily driver, while still getting all my calls and messages on my smartphone as well, whitout having to switch the SIM card from one phone to another.

I'm getting a Nokia 3310 on Friday. I miss the simplicity of going through the day without ads, politics, and phonish stupid stuff.

Correct and bless your heart.

Can’t beat the classics :) even though I wasn’t around back then

I really hope you come back!

I'm sick of Google spying on me. 99% of the world's cell phones are controlled by TWO companies, Apple and Google. That is WAY too much power. Maybe they need to bring back analog. Remember Nextel? And "push to talk" (I liked it). Give me a phone that has just 4 things: calls, texting, a QWERTY keyboard, and maps .

I use the Nokia 3310 and love it!! Finally broken away from being glued to the internal couldn't be happier. Plus, it looks really cool!!

Can you please expand on what do you do with your smartphone? I mean, where do you keep it? How often do you charge it now? I too will occasionally need my iPhone for taking pictures and for Waze/Google Maps, but I’m not sure how to stay away from it or how to manage my “new” time with the iPhone. Thanks :)

I'm doing some sort of internet detox like once a month for 5 days or a week amd I think it is not enough. I'm planning on ditching smartphone for ever and use internet only on my laptop to check emails. Thanks for inspiration. Great video.

Glad people like you got this phone. I myself picked up the same phone as a personal and use my BlackBerry Passport as my work phone. I carry both phones daily. Every time I place them on the table they've become great ice breaker.

Thank you for sharing. I''m just about to start my dumb phone journey for many of the reasons you listed at the start of you smartphone "detox". I have gone for the Nokia 105 because as cute as the new 3310 is, and I originally had the old 3210 in the late 90's and 3310 in the early 2000's, the new version does come with a camera and I'm told email capabilities in the UK. As I want to go totally dumb with the phone I decided to not go there especially as I'm always taking photo's. The whole living experiences through the phone camera lense instead of enjoying the moment is one of the reasons I wanted the super dumb phone. What you've explained about your experience is super helpful and it is intresting to see that you have gone back to a smart phone but with more self control. At the moment I'm looking at it from making it a permanent change as I too have poor self control but I'm going to keep an open mind. The withdrawal symptoms you mentioned are useful to know as well. It is going to be a massive change.

you are on the right route

A kaiOS phone would also be a good alternative for people who wish to ditch their smartphone. It has smart features like Google Maps and Whatsapp. Would be good enough for most people who want to detox.

My solution is to have a tablet AND my dumb phone. On the tablet I have all my messengers and group chats, and my dumb phone has my SIM card. The messengers on my tablet still function with my number, they send me a code to my phone to make sure I´m the same person... but it works (whatsapp and telegram). Everyone knows that for emergencies they need to call or send a text. So when I´m on the go I just have my dumb phone, and at home I also have my tablet. Though I have to make the concious decision to leave it out of the bedroom and so on... I enjoy not having to reply to every notification or message right away, plus I can concentrate better when I´m at work or with frinds/family.

That's awesome, feel happy for you! i will try to do the same right now, very beautiful video indeed! Thanks a lot!

Good for you. I would like to do the same. Also, the phone is cute!

Good to know that, wanna try it so badly too

Do you have a video on how to make wool slippers?? I have been doing a lot of sewing with natural materials and really want to work with wool. The slippers you have are amazing

So I'm doing this now. At 38, I lived through the dumbphone era into smartphone era and can easily compare the two. I still have my ORIGINAL Nokia 3310 from 2001. Got a new battery and guess what? It works!! It's in perfect condition too. So I'm using it. My difficulty is that I used apps on the smartphone (such as banking.) My approach is this. I still have the smartphone but it stays switched off. I turn it on for using the domestic apps when I need to. I essence, it's become a hand held laptop that only gets used on WIFI. My smartphone addiction was the incessant scrolling on Facebook etc just because it was there and available. I didn't need to make any effort to pick up the smartphone but it makes me sick to think of the amount of time I've wasted on it. My little boy is 3 and I don't want to miss him playing and growing up. I need a way of not giving into this! Thank you for this video, I'm so glad there's others out there who recognise and appreciate the struggle. One of the issues is everyone else uses a smartphone, organisations expect you to use a smartphone and the world is becoming smartphone-centric. On one hand I don't want to look like someone who's constantly going against the grain, but at the same time I want my life back! I'm beyond worrying what the world thinks now. I'll choose the latter.

So you are alive, my god i just found and came from your asmr channel and i worried a fucking lot

I did a j1 in California and me and all my mates got flip phones for the few months and it honestly was so much better. we just enjoyed whatever we were doing. I think if you can just delete your socials off your phone its a winner. having some family group chats on whatsapp, maps, food delivery, and spotify your good to go.

I have been trying to get rid of my smartphone for awhile. I found out Blackberry Q10 is the best choice for me. It has everything we basically need, but not too smart because it doesn't support many apps. It is small, has good camera, good speaker, good call quality, full qwerty keyboard, And I can use online messaging apps like telegram, Whatsapp, and messenger for communication, and it is a 4g phone, works like a charm as an internet hotspot. The only one problem is, it can't use Google service apps like Google note etc. Overall such a great phone to downgrade from a Smartphone. But if you need something lighter Q5 is also a good choice, except the camera is a bit poor.

I"m about to trade in my iPhone for a simpler, smaller, less invasive phone. Thanks for sharing your story; it strengthens my resolve to commit!

Have you considered the options regarding forwarding phone calls? I have a smart phone and a dumb phone set up so that I get all my calls to my dumb phone when the smart phone is unreachable (turned off) which means that the people who want to reach me can always call the number I have on my smart phone. Of course forwarding doesn't work for the messages which might be a bigger issue for some. For me though this works. I still check my smart phone daily for the messages but still this method enables me to get at least those off-hours or off-days without a hassle when I feel like I need it.

I have my smartphone and a flip phone. I use my Smartphone for work and friends and family but my family and a few people knows I have a flip phone that in case I feel stressed and need to "disconnect" from the stress I will use it.

I really like your video's and if i may give a compliment....Your hair is so beautifull😱😍

Nokia 3310 Great Design Phone

I feel like this is the ideal way to live honestly. Still have the ability to contact people if needed, but there's no wasting multiple hours a day on a smartphone. I want to go back to a dumb phone but our society has incorporated smart phones into basically everything :/

I just preordered the Mudita Pure.

We share a lot of the same perspective.

Thanks !

I use a Nokia 2670 with Kai OS, doing street photography a smart phone is pocket kryptonite, and you won’t get half the things accomplished you generally would without a smart device. It texts well and has a 5MP camera with flash it’s a perfect lomography stepping stone.

Real talk 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Well done most people scared of what others think having this phone I got a Nokia 3310last November been great living in the moment more only thing for me is sometimes talking pictures

You're awesome

We were so different not even 10 years ago. We weren't zombies and still real people.

What company provides service for this phone?

Thank you for sharing your experience! I bought the same phone a few months ago and wanted to try going "dumb" for a while, see how I manage. My greatest worry is the lack of free messaging apps that I use daily since everyone's using those nowadays, can't remember the last time I actually sent or received an SMS... But I can't wait to just start living "in the moment" again. Got a pile of books and a whole list of films waiting! :)

Hi Astrid, I also decided to quit my smart phone and bought also the Nokia 3310. Did you try the music player App ? On my side it displays the files in no particular order, do you also have this issue ? Thanks for the answer

Hi ! Thanks for your video ! It ´s nokia 3310 or 3310 3G ? I hesitate

I too am looking for a product that doesn't exist. Got my Nokia 3310 in the mail yesterday and am getting ready to give it a go, but like you there is a few more things I would like it to be able to do with it. I am in a bit of a better spot in that I have a line that we are not utilizing currently. It will be a different number, but I won't have to swap sim cards back and forth. This is going to be interesting. Hoping to get more of my life back.

I use two phones with two SIM cards - a smartphone and an old phone. I carry a smartphone on business trips, when traveling to a new city, or meeting people. I use an old phone when in nature, at the beach, hiking, walking my dog, going shopping, and doing familiar things in familiar places. I carry one or another on events, depending on whether I plan to take photos that night/day or not. It's not a drastic change, but it is a change and it feels right.

Thanks for your video!! Loved hearing your experience! By the way, what you say at the end of your video, that’s what I exactly did! Here where I live in Belgium there’s an option to have 2 SIM cards with exactly the same phone number, it’s a new feature that’s been implemented not long ago, I would check out if that now exists in the US if I was you! PS: I have a question about the Nokia 3310, does the ear speaker work well with yours? Can you hear the person who’s talking to you well enough? Cause I use a very old Nokia which is from the same era as the original 3310, but the ear speaker is so bad I can barely hear people talking when I’m calling them outside, with the wind & traffic noises etc, so I’m considering buying a modern version of the 3310 hoping that solves this problem. Thanks!

I got rid of my Samsung galaxy s8 plus because it was just stressing me out. I went through a box of older phones I had and selected the Nokia 6230i. I got it in 2006. I don't use social media anymore and I don't stress so much. The old Nokia lady's for 5 days. No notifications and no Internet crap. Back to love of books. I was addicted to Amazon and eBay. Great video ty.

I've been using my Nokia most of the time for 2 years. You can't get an Uber with a basic phone. My smartphone is the JellyPro. It's quite small and easily doubles as an MP3 or audiobook player for road trips, or just driving around town.

I’m really thinking about a Nokia 106, especially after all the big techs have decided that parler was a “threat” to the public.

Good video. I’m obsessed with smartphones and bought the Nokia 8110 banana phone. Intended to do what you did but lasted 1/2 a day as found text messaging way too fiddly. Smartphones aren’t doing my mental health any good and need to find other things to do like read books and actually telephone people. Seriously thinking about giving it another go and only using my smartphone sparingly for stuff the dumb phone can’t do (calendar and daily journal logs) well it’s on charge... will I swap???

What carrier do you have / how did you switch? Did you just stick the sim card from you smart phone into the nokia?

love this

My Nokia 6300 4g is arriving next Tuesday :D

While I am a bit older than most here, I have had smartphones for just 10 years and I had dumbphones for over 16 years before that. I ordered a 4G flip phone last night and will change over to that dumbphone when I receive it in a few days. I don't group text, but do text some.....so that will be the only issue with that dumbphone. Great video!

I never wanted to admit it, but dumbing down your smartphone is so much better than using a dumbphone IMO. You can always set up apps like Stay Focused which helps make life a lot easier. The convenience of a smartphone without the inconvenience of not having one.

My first mobile phone was in 1999 when I was 17. A Motorola Manhattan on the Orange network. Text messages were 50p!! My first real smartphone was an iPhone 3GS in 2009. At the time I was overawed by it. My last iPhone was an iPhone 6, and my last smartphone was a Razer 2. It will be kept as a tablet device when going on holiday to access anything we need on the web. Otherwise will stay in a box. My new 'dumb' phone is like going back to the early 2000's again. A Nokia 8110 4G. I do not plan on using any of the social media apps on it. Merely for calls and text. Job done!

Do you not have wifi at home? Because I’d just use the laptop/tablet at home for stuff like group chat

Three years later, and they still don't have two sim card service for both phones, that I know of. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am hoping for dual service on the same number too. Thanks again.

I would love to do like you but I would miss 2 things so much: Spotify and Waze (GPS). How do you find alternatives to music and navigation?

I love this. I am looking for a dumb phone. I am curious , you referred to your phone as "tiny little smart phone." Is it a smart phone then? I really just want a basic phone. Thanks for sharing this experience

In my day we didn't have iphone or anything like that just a regular old house phone lol

I want to do this; but I believe when I'd tried in the past, swapping the sim back and forth was not effective. AT&T wanted me to completely change my plan to use a non-iPhone. Has anybody else had this same experience?

How do phone bills work switching the sun card between two phones? Are you ever double charged?

Im about to get my old flip phone back, i have been thinking about getting a dump phone for Weeks now and your Video gave me the final .. idk what this word is but yeah. (Btw im 16 and from Germany)

I use a Nokia 105, witch is better than any phones, without a cam or 3g or 4g and I live normally. No FB, no Twitter no Instagram... Honestly, what a life without all that shit on the Web. Live your life and speak withnother people! Get a real friend!

I started to quit social media yesterday. Yes, it's still quarantine and I still need my smartphone. But I only use it for reading and watching. I'm 19 and I also want to switch to a flip phone. I realized this when I have an unbearable headache. I use social media for almost 8 years, and I think it's time to stop now. I decided to use social media when it comes to school, cause that was my teacher posted an announcement, etc. But nothing much. It's hard to adjust for now cause there's still a covid and cant go outside, but I think its for the better. I dont want to waste my 20s on crap anymore. I dont need to compare myself anymore, and start to focus to myself more.

You’re awesome! Your husband is a very lucky man 😊

I worked as an asistent videoe editor, camera assistant and was so stressed out and tred that in my free time I aso just usd my computer or phone which ment I spent months of my life basically my lif ebeing on my screen. I actually had burnout symptoms even though im young but I also grew up distracting myself from my life with screens so now im rethinking my whole life. Its like the entire life I had between 13 and now is like a huge blur and I develeoped. I feel like a victim for real. Thats why i need a change now. I managed to switch to a job where its less csreen time but recently I developed a huge aversion towards media in gneral and its kinda rough because the apprenticeship im doing rightnow is that of a mediadesigner for video and sound, I just hope to minimize all the idstrcations and bulshit from my life or even make huge changes

You might want to consider porting your number to google voice. That way you can forward calls to both devices are once