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A coworker of mine recently picked up a Nokia 3310[1] for that exact same reason/purpose.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3310_(2017)




I used one of these for six months and it was definitely enlightening. Maybe there are firmware updates that make it less crashy now?


Just ordered one! "Smartphone" going in the bin.


Possibly too late but make sure you buy the latest 3G-enabled version. The 2017 initial release could only connect to 2G networks.


They assured me it wouldn't be any problem to make calls and send messages because of that.




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