I'm this close stripping my phone bare and not using it for anything but calls and two-factor authentication.
I don't want to use my phone as a music player any longer; I have a dedicated device for that.
I don't want to use my phone as a camera any longer; I want a dedicated device for that.
I don't want to use my phone for internet, period.
I don't want to use a computer that can't run Slackware anymore, at least not for personal computing.
And, to be honest, I'd much rather do my writing with a nice notebook and a fountain pen, at least at first.
I have to say, I've been very tempted by the prospect of a distinct, physical music player. I've always been warded off by the cost, though. At least for the time being. As things stand, I'm increasingly obsessed with audio fidelity, so I wouldn't want to carry around anything that wouldn't play beautiful audio (which would further necessitate an expensive headset, too).
~tatterdemalion wrote (thread):
Do you carry your camera and your music player with you all the time? Those are two big blockers for a dumbphone for me. Not the only ones, but the big ones. I've settled, in the mean time, for making my phone less appealing to use:
An Inhabitant of Carcosa: Minimizing phone use (re: All a phone needs to do)
You're exactly where I'm at.
I listen to music on a Minidisc player, iPod for Podcasts, Digital camera for photos. Moved from a Macbook Pro to Ubuntu(though I'd love to test Nixos).
Would love to get to an internet-less phone but still progressing towards that!