Exactly. Where can I get a device that I can use away from home, fits in my pocket, and does not receive calls/texts? I value the camera, the GPS, and occasionally the data (not OP).
Minus the camera thing, I'd almost say a PinePhone-esque device is the fit, given the dodgy telecoms stack (which isn't a dealbreaker to you). Otherwise, though, sounds like a phone in permanent airplane mode (or at least, without a SIM inserted) is the move for you.
iPhone 12 mini is my first smartphone late 2023. I have used iPads for ten years. Love how the iPad freed me from sitting at the PC.
Now similarly I wonder if I’ll ever buy iPad again and just buy a good smartphone. Can go airplane mode anyway if I want to.
iPhone is kinda like a iPad mini with the SIM card stuff.
The convergence is inevitable, Apple Pay is great. My banking app is easier to use on phone than on PC WTF phone doesn’t require me to swipe card in some physical card trader, just type in a short code.
It only makes sense someday the phone will be like your ID for everything.
IMHO the core unease here is not really the device but just how apps are built, especially social media, which itself is symptomatic of a distorted way of life (cf koyaanisqatsi)
