![]() ![]() Sure, I admit its looks played a vital role in swaying me toward the buy button. This wasn’t a reckless purchase driven by nostalgia, nor do I believe it’s all that outrageous. Shubham Agarwal / Digital Trends A smarter dumbphone The last time I even touched a slider phone was - let me get the math right on this one - a gazillion years ago. I bought a yellow Nokia 8110 “dumb” phone, aka the “banana phone,” as some like to call it. So, I did something I didn’t think I would find myself doing in late 2019. Of late, using my phone has begun to channel a sense of anxiety and fatigue within me. Still, I feel hijacked by my smartphone and the companies behind it. ![]() To an extent, these restrictions did work I’ve nearly managed to slash my smartphone usage in half. I’ve set screen time limits, switched off as many notifications as I can, and even invested in a smartwatch in hopes to not end up in an Instagram hole after innocuously pulling out my phone to check the time. It’s not like I haven’t tried to reclaim the hours I spend on my phone. I’m tired of constantly being bombarded by notifications asking me if I’ve “checked this out.”
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