{"id":13105,"date":"2024-01-26T11:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/for-five-years-my-flip-phone-has-changed-my-life-for-the-better-yes-i-get-lost-a-lot\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:37:51","slug":"for-five-years-my-flip-phone-has-changed-my-life-for-the-better-yes-i-get-lost-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/for-five-years-my-flip-phone-has-changed-my-life-for-the-better-yes-i-get-lost-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"For five years, my flip phone has changed my life for the better. Yes, I get lost a lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life on the flip side has its challenges, but each day free from my soul-sucking smartphone brings moments of reprieve<\/p>\n

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One afternoon five years ago, I walked into a Verizon store and asked a bemused salesman for the dumbest phone in the shop.<\/p>\n

My iPhone had recently suffered a fatal dunking while I was clumsily fishing a bass pond, and I was searching for a new device. In truth, the accident had felt serendipitous, as though, on some subconscious level, I\u2019d wanted <\/em>to drown the 4G demon who lived in my pocket.<\/p>\n

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\nLife on the flip side has its challenges, but each day free from my soul-sucking smartphone brings moments of reprieve
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\nOne afternoon five years ago, I walked into a Verizon store and asked a bemused salesman for the dumbest phone in the shop.
\nMy iPhone had recently suffered a fatal dunking while I was clumsily fishing a bass pond, and I was searching for a new device. In truth, the accident had felt serendipitous, as though, on some subconscious level, I\u2019d wanted to drown the 4G demon who lived in my pocket. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life on the flip side has its challenges, but each day free from my soul-sucking smartphone brings moments of reprieve \u2022 Sign up to our free coaching newsletter to help you spend less time on your phone One afternoon five years ago, I walked into a Verizon store and asked a bemused salesman for the …<\/p>\n

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