The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by bbarn on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:08AM (#14643076)

I've often thought of going back to a dumb phone. The thing is, I want easy to use texting (only to reply with, I abhor texting but the rest of the world loves it), a phone, and this is the killer - good GPS. None of the dedicated GPS devices can hold a candle to what google maps has. I travel to new places too much not to have one.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by amiga-workbench on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:20AM (#14643360)

I'm using a Nokia Asha 210 at the moment, its got a proper keyboard, GPRS, Wifi but no GPS.

Opera Mini is enough to browse most websites, and the lack of javascript support is a serious plus.

Half the features on the phone are dead though, the Nokia servers are gone.

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Re:The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Co... by Vinnl on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:47AM (#14643459)

I don't have a 4G contract. It's much better than a dumb phone because I can actually see the messages I'm replying to, and many other features also come in handy, but there's no constant distraction.

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