Light Phone vs Flip Phone: Digital Minimalism
I review my experience using the Light Phone 2 compared to a flip phone.
The flip phone in question is an LG Exalt LTE that is on Verizon Wireless. These are commonly called dumb phones but the LG exalt is actually a decent smartphone hiding in the shell of a flip phone. At&t has it’s only flip phones that are slightly different but the features look to stack up the same as the LG.
The Light Phone is clearly a basic phone by design and that’s the point.
Here are my thoughts and review on both the light phone and the flip phone.
Blackberry also appears to have made its own version of the light phone called Punkt MP02.
Some people prefer to just take a current smartphone and “dumb it” down – this is a decent solution for most. Personally, I still feel like that requires discipline and have noticed that those “dumbed down” smartphones end up with the same apps back on them over time.
Use phones – don’t let them use you.
