Dumbphone with WhatsApp?

[JBenci]

In an attempt to cut back on my screen addiction, I am looking for recommendations for a small and cheap phone that's WhatsApp compatible. I'm leaning towards something with KaiOS on it. Any suggestions?

 

[Romeo_RX]

Also considered this a while back but then…

Screen Time equivalent for Android?

I know about the parental controls, but I don’t think it’s quite the same. What I do on iPhone is set a specific amount of time I’m allowed for each app and lock myself out of the App Store and I can enforce this using a passcode that the girlfriend can select. When the allocated amount of...

mybroadband.co.za

You can have your cake and eat it.

 

[backstreetboy]

Any KaiOS phone...

 

[Matt91]

Most of the new cheap Nokias are compatible with whatsapp I think.

Nokia 8110
Nokia 6310
Nokia 105
Nokia C1

etc etc

 

[SHL]

A dumb phone with Whatsapp is a painful experience.

 

[newklear]

Get a cheap phone that is unable to run whatsapp. Install Whatsapp on a laptop/tablet/smartphone and lock it in the safe using a a timer padlock:

 

[JBenci]

A dumb phone with Whatsapp is a painful experience.

Exactly.

 

[backstreetboy]

A dumb phone with Whatsapp is a painful experience.

Worked great for me. No voice calls FTW!

 

[wireddreams]

Is screen addiction a thing - like similar to drugs? Or cigarettes?

 

[Matt91]

Is screen addiction a thing - like similar to drugs? Or cigarettes?

Seems to be, there was a guy going on about something similar today, cant remember the thread, but he uses the iOS screen time analytics feature to lock himself out of certain apps then to bypass it he needs a special code from his GF.

Like.... why not just have some self-discipline?

 

[LCBXX]

In an attempt to cut back on my screen addiction, I am looking for recommendations for a small and cheap phone that's WhatsApp compatible. I'm leaning towards something with KaiOS on it. Any suggestions?

Have you considered joining a gym?

 

[Romeo_RX]

Is screen addiction a thing - like similar to drugs? Or cigarettes?

Psychiatric presentation is closer to executive function disorder / weakened impulse control.

It’s more common than people realise, but a lot of people don’t see it as a problem. Can’t see yourself as a chronic procrastinator if you aren’t very ambitious or have your boss / wife / parent breathing down your neck playing the role of disciplinarian for you.

 

[3WA]

weakened impulse control.

check

chronic procrastinator

check

aren't very ambitious

check

have your wife breathing down your neck

check

Sweet, four things checked off, let me go troll MYBB a bit before I start a new task.

 

[SauRoNZA]

So now you’ll spend all that time in WhatsApp only and still do nothing productive.

Changing the phone doesn’t fix the problem.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Feature phones are now dumb phones? Meh, digital detox.

 

[rh1]

Is screen addiction a thing - like similar to drugs? Or cigarettes?

In todays world, you can have a thing for a thing, there is even a morbidly obese woman claiming to be Anorexic.

 

[JBenci]

In todays world, you can have a thing for a thing, there is even a morbidly obese woman claiming to be Anorexic.

just because you don't have a problem, doesn't mean others don't struggle.

Here's what happens.

 

[JBenci]

So now you’ll spend all that time in WhatsApp only and still do nothing productive.

Changing the phone doesn’t fix the problem.

removing temptation is one strategy.

 

[JBenci]

MTN Smart T 3G seems to be the winner. Basic functionality. nothing fancy. R399.

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