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MikolMelamdaiParticipant
I was thinking of keeping the filter on my current android phone (which will be staying in the car), and then i’ll do the iOS restrictions on the refurbished iPhone that i’ll carry around.
MikolMelamdaiParticipantInteresting. Thanks for the post
MikolMelamdaiParticipantThanks for your reply!
That’s an interesting idea. There is indeed a niche market for this (and there was just an article published in mainstream media about the millenials that are switching back to dumb phones) and there are a few companies that are trying to create a dumb phone that has the necessary capabilities, there is light phone, punkt and maybe another one.
I did come across it in the past but turned it down due to the exorbitant price for such a phone.
As I wrote in my last message, I ended up buying an iPhone and plan on having TAG pretty much block everything besides a few must apps such as navigation, texting and torah apps (but no whatsapp). I chaleshed to go back to a dumb phone (and dreamed of going back to the simplicity of that, which might not be so realistic), but this turned out to be my best option. (By the way I’ve read online about apps that will make your iphone look like a dumb phone without icons, black and white etc.)
In regards to the price of iPhones, so what I did was to buy a refurbished iPhone 6S from eBay so hopefully it’ll work decent for what I need (and has a one year warranty by AllState which I’ve had a good experience with in the past) and it costed me about $75MikolMelamdaiParticipantA follow up to the above:
I have looked into the various pieces of advice that were posted here and I thank each of you.
Due to my unique circumstances, I have decided to do what a colleague of mine which is in the same situation) does, and that is to have a phone thats VERY limited at home and then have a phone thats more open (yet filtered) that always stays in the car and that has whatsapp and other things that are necessary for those circumstances but that don’t need to be accessible 24/7.I was hoping to go down the route of dumb phones but after all the research it seems like my best option will actually be to get an iPhone and have TAG set up phone restrictions and block almost everything.
I do salute those that manage with just a dumb phone and im jealous of you if you dont have a smartphone and dont deal with the issues that come along with it (which even if filtered can be a big tim -waster).
Thank you all once again!
MikolMelamdaiParticipantthat’s a great idea.
I saw it on TAG flatbush website. I assume that’s the one that you mean?MikolMelamdaiParticipantI currently have a smartphone with GenTech but at the end of the day there is a certain menuchas hanefesh that comes along with a dumb phone.
MikolMelamdaiParticipantThanks.
Just looked into it.
Don’t know why but for some reason all those “kosher” phones tend to be extremely expensive. I understand that people need to make a parnassah but they seem way too expensive.MikolMelamdaiParticipantThanks. I loved blackberry’s and was hoping to be able use one. Based on what I read even if its a 4G capable phone even features such as texting and calling might not work properly since BlackBerry ceased to support these devices, so I guess I’ll look into the other options. Thank you though
MikolMelamdaiParticipantThank you all!
I’ll have to look into those options. -
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