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Overwhelmed by your smartphone? Try switching to a basic phone

Your smartphone is designed to suck you in. You might pick it up to quickly check the weather, only to find yourself an hour later scrolling through TikTok. Briones, who is a basic phone user and the ...
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Switching to a flip phone isn't as hard as you think. But you might miss having GPS

This story was originally published on August 8, 2024, and has been updated. Your smartphone is designed to suck you in. You might pick it up to quickly check the weather, only to find yourself an ...
Business Insider

My 13-year-old son has a basic phone just for calls. He likes being the only one with a retro phone.

My son has been walking to school with friends since he was 9. My husband and I decided to delay giving him a phone, and he got one just last year. We gave him a dumb phone that can only call and text ...
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Agency: Basic telephone service shouldn't be abandoned

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland Public Service Commission staff members say basic telephone service shouldn't be abandoned as the telecommunications industry prepares to switch phone service away from ...
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Return of the landline: Kids use old-school tech to learn ‘basic telephone etiquette’

This millennial mom introduced her young children to a landline instead of cell phones. Can this ancient tech actually make a comeback? Nowadays, with the reliance on cell phones — landlines seem like ...