I've spent the last year or so slowly replacing the everything-machine in my pocket with devices that do one thing and do it well. A BOOX e-reader for books. Retro handheld consoles for games. An automatic watch that tells time and nothing else. So when I started looking for a
The purpose for most people is just to use the phone less, not replace it entirely.
I went back to my mp3 player for music because I found that when I was streaming music I would start skipping tracks all the time and basically just listen to the same few songs even though I could have listened to literally anything, which is apparently a quite common thing called choice paralysis.
Plus while I was skipping tracks, I would also start reading the notifications on my phone, and then I would start answering the notifications and basically just use my phone when it wasn’t necessary.
Now I have a smaller selection of songs I really like and I don’t skip around on my mp3 player and I also have no incentive to use my phone while listening to music.
The purpose for most people is just to use the phone less, not replace it entirely.
I went back to my mp3 player for music because I found that when I was streaming music I would start skipping tracks all the time and basically just listen to the same few songs even though I could have listened to literally anything, which is apparently a quite common thing called choice paralysis.
Plus while I was skipping tracks, I would also start reading the notifications on my phone, and then I would start answering the notifications and basically just use my phone when it wasn’t necessary.
Now I have a smaller selection of songs I really like and I don’t skip around on my mp3 player and I also have no incentive to use my phone while listening to music.