{"id":5173,"date":"2022-03-29T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/29\/even-a-mugger-didnt-want-my-old-nokia-so-why-are-so-many-people-turning-to-dumbphones-max-fletcher\/"},"modified":"2022-03-29T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T09:38:59","slug":"even-a-mugger-didnt-want-my-old-nokia-so-why-are-so-many-people-turning-to-dumbphones-max-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/29\/even-a-mugger-didnt-want-my-old-nokia-so-why-are-so-many-people-turning-to-dumbphones-max-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Even a mugger didn\u2019t want my old Nokia. So why are so many people turning to \u2018dumbphones\u2019? | Max Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

They are low-tech and hard to text on, but the simplicity is comforting. I was a devotee for years and can see the appeal <\/p>\n

I was never ideologically opposed to smartphones. Or, at least, I wasn\u2019t at first. It all began one spring afternoon in 2006, when a group of friends and I were mugged. The assailant demanded our phones and wallets but when I handed him my Nokia 1110, whose keypad was strapped to it with an elastic band, the mugger\u2019s response was categorical: \u201cNah, mate.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was humiliating. While my friends could bask in universal sympathy \u2013 they had, after all, lost their beloved and expensive BlackBerrys \u2013 I had to tell the rest of our school and the police that my phone was so crap it had been rejected. Even as a trophy.<\/p>\n

Max Fletcher is writer based in London.<\/p>\n

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\nThey are low-tech and hard to text on, but the simplicity is comforting. I was a devotee for years and can see the appeal
\nI was never ideologically opposed to smartphones. Or, at least, I wasn\u2019t at first. It all began one spring afternoon in 2006, when a group of friends and I were mugged. The assailant demanded our phones and wallets but when I handed him my Nokia 1110, whose keypad was strapped to it with an elastic band, the mugger\u2019s response was categorical: \u201cNah, mate.\u201d
\nIt was humiliating. While my friends could bask in universal sympathy \u2013 they had, after all, lost their beloved and expensive BlackBerrys \u2013 I had to tell the rest of our school and the police that my phone was so crap it had been rejected. Even as a trophy.
\nMax Fletcher is writer based in London. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They are low-tech and hard to text on, but the simplicity is comforting. I was a devotee for years and can see the appeal I was never ideologically opposed to smartphones. Or, at least, I wasn\u2019t at first. It all began one spring afternoon in 2006, when a group of friends and I were mugged. …<\/p>\n

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