[kypro]

I'm not sure of the benefits of using a dumb phone for productivity reasons today. In the past I was fine with just text messaging and calls, but today I do most of my calls and texting through apps like WhatsApp and Signal so I need a smart phone for basic communication. It's also not possible to pull up an eTicket or pay via contactless which happens quite a lot these days and is really useful. I do however try to limit what apps I use on my smart phone -- specifically the social media apps. These days Twitter is the only social network I use and I've recently cut use of that to once a day on weekends which I feel as been good for my emotional stability.

This year I've actually been trying to go without a personal computer which has been far more interesting as I felt I personally had more of an internet addiction than a smart phone one. I'm writing this on my work laptop, but on the weekends and evenings I don't have access to a computer which means less gaming and less mindless web-browsing. I think that's allowed me to be more present in the evenings which my girlfriend appreciates and I've been doing other things like cooking and DIY.

I will need to start using a personal computer again at some point because I have some personal projects I want to work on, but I want to keep use to a minimum and ideally just use it for personal projects. I suspect people on HN may be more like me and have addictions to their computers rather than smart phones so it could be worth limiting your computer use to a certain time window rather than getting rid of your smart phone.