Hello there, fellow candy or flip phone enjoyers!
As an introduction note, let’s discuss your current EDC setups: what phone do you use and why?
Glad to see r/dumbphones over here! I’ll start:
Current phone: Sunbeam F1 Orchid
I picked it because it was one of the few dumphones that didn’t run KaiOS (can’t trust it) and didn’t have Google’s claws in it (as far as we can tell). There are surprisingly few dumbphones that also have a focus on privacy. I’ve looked into the Punkt and Mudita Pure, but I’ve read too many horror stories about buggy software.
My ideal phone would be a reincarnation of the Blackberry Curve (preferably not running Android, although a stripped down AOSP is ok). Unihertz comes close, but the ability to put modern apps on it ruins it for me.
I also have a separate Garmin for travel. The Orchid is fine for what it is, but traveling is much less stressful with a dedicated GPS device.
Do you miss any features on your Orchid? Like maps, music etc
Not at all! The Orchid has a basic GPS app, but I’ve never actually used it since trying to look at a tiny flip phone screen while driving gave me early 2000s flashbacks. I picked up a Garmin shortly after getting the F1, and that setup has worked very well for me so far.
Ex-iPhone 11 to a KaiOS phone to a bare bones Nokia 105 4G and loving it!
