[abdullahkhalids]

Personally, my phone is just a tool to use WhatsApp/Signal. 95% of the people I contact via call or message, I do so via WhatsApp/Signal. The remaining 5% are banks or businesses.

I understand the appeal for a simple phone, but this one won't work for people like me.

[teitoklien]

This is tbh, not for people like you. It’s for people who face severe smartphone addiction and social media and youtube usage, and cannot help themselves curb the habit of doom scrolling away their entire day on Phone.

The fact that you, already just use your phone for bare essentials and nothing else. Means, normal smartphones are the best for you. Think of this more like a re-hab pill for addicts :) , normal people dont take rehab meds. This is for people who are facing severe addiction.

I went through that phase several years ago, had to destroy my phone, and went without any phone for 6 months, relied on people to call me only via my computer over VoIP when i was on PC. Picked up a smartphone again once i was finally mentally free.

[etrautmann]

I think there are an enormous number of people who would differentiate between social media like Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp. It seems reasonable to me for a minimalism focused phone to still support messaging but not X, Insta, LinkedIn, Threads, etc.