I got my Mudita Kompakt about a week ago—it’s an e-ink dumbphone. So far, I’m really enjoying it, especially the ability to sideload certain apps like messaging and maps, and the offline mode is a fantastic feature.
However, I’m still hesitant to fully switch from my iPhone. Life does seem much easier with a smartphone, but I’m eager to disconnect my brain from the constant hyperactivity and dopamine rush that my iPhone provides.
Sell the iPhone or turn it off and keep it hidden away in storage. You just gotta make that jump.
This.
I’ve got my Mudita Kompakt only a few days ago. Maybe my experience with it can inspire you. I’ve written about it just today on this forum.
Honestly my life feels easier after ditching my Pixel and full-timing the Kompakt.
Pixel is just sitting on my desk right now with a dead battery. When I look at it I just see all the time/attention consuming things that I no longer miss.
@professed342 WOW- your post really struck a chord with me, because in the land of smartphones, it’s just SO TRUE.
Convenience is seductive. Smartphones are engineered to make everything frictionless: instant notifications, easy scrolling, endless access to apps and content. But that convenience often comes at a cost, to our focus, our well-being, and our ability to be fully present in real life.
In my experience, even after completely ditching your smartphone and going cold turkey, it is both a relief and a struggle to adjust to a dumbphone. It takes months to fully adjust. Just remember to be patient with yourself, it is hard, but it is very rewarding in the long run.
I’ve felt this, and have recently reflected on this ‘convenience’.
Like many modern machines and technology, they haven’t actually achieved their stated purpose: giving people more time to be human. In fact, each iteration of technology seems to further remove us from our humanity. And now AI…
I see the issue now as: how do I unravel myself from all this technology and only keep the stuff that I actually really truly need to make my life better? It’s not an easy situation, but the alternative is grim too. We believe we CHOOSE to have a smartphone, but really, we’ve given over so much autonomy to tech’ companies that now we can’t imagine living without it.
Mudita and others are offering an alternative and it’s up to us to piece back together how we used to operate, but in the world of now.
I think a smoother Eink screen would help some of the friction
I still carry the iphone in my purse kind of like how other people carry a laptop in their backpack. I consider it my “work device” even though I’m retired. If I go to a baseball game, I need to use an app to enter the stadium. If I park, I need to pull out the iphone for the parking app. I am not side loading anything onto the Kompakt since I still have the iphone if necessary. I’m fortunate that I can afford to have both, but I do like the less reliance on the iphone and apps. When I go for a walk or bike ride, I just take the Kompakt and my family knows to call that if there’s an emergency.