I used a flip phone for 2 weeks // Nokia 2720 KaiOS // Digital Minimalism

I lasted 2 weeks on the Nokia 2720 flip phone before I switched back to my smartphone. Here's my quick review of the Nokia 2720, what ultimately caused me to switch back, and how it's cured my smartphone addiction.

MY DIGITAL MINIMALISM SERIES

Note that this isn't an in-depth tech review of the 2720. I'm not a tech channel and I don't think I would be able to cover this with the same detail a proper tech channel would! This is more my personal experiences of using this phone and how it fits with my current needs.

Thanks to all of you who supported my first video on this, I'm overwhelmed by the amount of support it got, and just the number of people looking to be less dependent on their smartphones for day to day entertainment.

THE PHONE I BOUGHT - Nokia 2720 Flip

WHAT I USE TO MAKE VIDEOS:
- Camera: iPhone 8 Plus + Filmic Pro
- Editing Software: iMovie

MUSIC CREDITS:

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:15 My experience with the 2720
04:41 Why I switched back to my smartphone
06:17 My smartphone setup today
07:13 Did it actually work?

#flipphone #digitalminimalism #nokia2720

[Staysharp]

This dude is a cry baby. The point is to stop using social media and when you are not home shut down all that worring about whats going on and just live life. What a snow flake. If you can make calls and accept calls its good.

[ALessOffensiveName]

It's funny when you move to a dumbphone that all your friends say wtf, why, how, that's crazy etc. They literally stare at their phones every spare moment and waste hours of their time yet don't understand why anyone would not want to do that. It's incredible.

[rogerdecker]

Sounds like you are for sure addicted to a smart phone. We all are.

[Ianstuff]

This dude has some nice content. I feel like I'll blink and he'll be holding a silver YouTube button

[alexmarks]

I wish someone would make a flip phone with a decent OS, maps, limited other apps, and a good camera. I wouldn't mind paying ~$200 or so, I just want to get away from the large full-touchscreen form factor and notifications, but I still want to be able to take decent pictures.

[bombasticcat]

Its really nice that youre sharing your experience with us. I dont understand other toxic people why they ciritisice, when they didnt even test it themself. Good Video editing and quality.

[christianmilkes]

I am crazy for a flip phone, but we need better tech on them. I believe we don’t need to have that old keyboard on them. Something more modern like touch screen keyboard. Now what I really miss is the small size of the flip phones, and the way to open it to take a call, that it felt very cool.

[sbs_]

Very nice video:) After your first video on the nokia 2720 I also decided to buy this phone and as you say, am also struggling with texting and so, but am happy I got rid of social media! I'm having it now since 3 weeks and keeping up as long as possible. Thank you for making these videos!

[JoseBriones]

Great update! Keep it up PG :) Growth is coming your way clearly :)

[lloydm]

Sometimes you just need a phone to be a phone: simple and straightforward to make calls or send a message. I'm glad you highlighted the imperfections of 2720. Thanks for your feedback.

[supercattelephone]

I know that they're working on improving KaiOS because I've heard it's been fairly successful in other markets

[jasongoh]

You did a circuit breaker of your own! Sometimes it takes a drastic move like what you've done to reset and form new good habits, so agree even if the flip phone didn't work out the act of going cold turkey worked!

Subscribed to your channel too. Keep it up!

[joshuaduenas]

You are expecting a background app refresh. Maybe you're used to your smartphone.

[dhanesh-pn]

Also u are supposed to memorize the numbers by heart for this phone to work

[GODOFDRAW]

interesting life rhythm proposition, I just think that what you are missing and why the phone frustrates you is because you don't have a calm life rhythm, let yourself go, the world is not going to end if you don't write a message in less than 10 seconds, I think it is a characteristic that before was taken into account, I'm going to turn on the computer, it takes 5 minutes, then I go and make myself a coffee, or while I organize these files, not now, everything needs it already, I think it is the next step to have another rhythm of life.

[touhidmashood]

I wanted to permanently switch to to a Kai os phone because I always have an ipad or surface with me. But this slowness of kai is a deal breaker.

[thesecretgirlz]

Great video! You brought up some good points about minimalism. Although it may be counterintuitive to buy another device, another option that maybe serve you better is a Blackberry Classic. The keyboard is QWERTY of course, but you are more limited in the way of some apps, which may be a good thing. But those phones generally do all basic things well & have the ability to maybe run other, more essential apps better than the Nokia phone.

[itsmeliza]

I wanted the phone to be productive. You know, we use smartphone but then we can slack around because we spend time 'scrolling'.

[thejeffgeronimo]

Nice explanation of digital minimalism also 👌🏽💯

[girishkulkarni]

I experienced the slowness as well. Its not like I have not used basic phones before but this kind of slowness are common on KaiOS phones. I used Jio Phone in past and its also slow compared to other basic phones. Hopefully KaiOS optimizes the operating system for higher speeds in future. The most annoying things are: 1. Slower Contacts loading and 2. pressing end call button instead of back button.