Using A 'Dumb' Phone In 2025
Introduction
My first ever phone was some Sony Erricson which was my dads back in the
day, I dont remember the year exactly, this would of been around 2009 -
2010 (yes I am a dirty Zoomer).
Ever since having my first phone be a dumb phone I have always liked
the idea of having another one. I wanted one more and more as I have
gotten older and got interested in technology.
Back in 2022 was when I first actively bought and used a dumb phone, the
phone was some Nokia (105 2019 version I think). I used it for a while
until it broke and then bought a Nokia 110 and used that until it broke.
I was very careless with my phones if you couldn't tell, I was always
breaking them, for a lot of the early 2020's I used an Iphone 5 because
I kept breaking all of my modern smart phones.
Flash forward to 2025 and I am back on the dumb phones, in this post I
will talk about different phones and my trials and tribulations with
them.
My Current Phone
As of the 5th of March 2025 I am using a Nokia 105 4G as my phone of
choice. Before I got this phone I was using a Nokia 110 4G.
Overall this phone is pretty decent but it is not anything special.
The pro's:
- It has 4G (future proof)
- It has buttons!
- The speaker is pretty good
- The microphone is pretty good
- The battery lasts 3 - 5 days
- The battery takes an hour to charge
- The phone is cheap as fuck (I got mine for £10)
- Can send and recieve SMS as well as MMS
- Can be used as an MP3 player
- Has support for micro SD cards up to 32GB
- Dual sim card support
- Durable (I have dropped many times)
- Has basic quality of life features like calender, torch and calculator
- Although it has 4G, no mobile hotspot feature exists (huge bummer)
- Has a web browser thats barely functions (dont include it at all)
- Has stupid short cuts like Facebook
- SD cards are only supported up to 32GB
- MMS messages dont come through, strange because I didn't have this issue on the 110 4G
If you need a basic dumb phone for calling and texting this is it. It does not include a lot shitware features like shitty cameras you are not going to use outside of showcasing how bad it is, it does not have loads of social media functionality etc.
I can ignore most of the con's but the fact there is no hotspot really bugs me. I don't really see why it cannot be done on these phones, other dumb phones made by Nokia have hotspot but these are all running KaiOS and are expensive. The only reason I keep a smart phone around now is for hotspot.
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