Comment by ❤️ smps

Re: "I've been on and off dumbphones for couple of years now.…"

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❤️ smps [OP]

2025-08-25 · 8 months ago

4 Later Comments ↓

💎 pista · 2025-08-26 at 08:22:

I wish I could get an old Nokia. They shut down all 2G and 3G service in the region a few years ago, so the phones are unusable here.

❤️ smps [OP] · 2025-08-26 at 13:41:

we still have 3g around, for now.

🚀 stack · 2025-08-26 at 16:01:

5g was a fail

❤️ smps [OP] · 2025-09-01 at 16:49:

I have thought a lot about how can using dumbphone be so expensive compared to regular ones. I use a double sim, two sim cards with one data/call deal, and the extra sim costs 7 euros per month.

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❤️ smps:

I've been on and off dumbphones for couple of years now. Similar to my smoking habbit really. My current set to fight the online/sharing/being noticed is: I have an old Nokia e71 and a new Nokia flip that I use away from home. I bought an old digital camera and a bus card and do my banking on laptop. I've a smart phone at home that I use as a hotspot and to check signal messages. To ensure, or atleast make it more likely, I have degoogled and dumbed down the smart phone. I have only Rosy crow,...

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