Damn! Damn! Damn!

ProjectBazza said

Yes, it really does.

I've been considering "dumbing-down" my phone, as I really don't need or use all of the "gee whiz" functions on it, and like you say (paraphrasing): "phone, a bit of texting, and a camera". I hardly ever used it for the internet, as the screen is too damn small, and my eyes ain't what they used to be...

What really hurts is losing all of the pictures that are (were!) on it. I don't do The Cloud thing, and I hadn't backed-up and/or downloaded my photos in quite some time...

It's my own damn fault, and losing all of those photos is a helluva lot more expensive than any replacement device is going to cost me.

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If you find a good dumb phone, keep us posted. I've been looking for years and it's been damn near impossible. The closest I've found are the Jewish 'Kosher' phones (No I'm not being racist, that's a real thing).

As far as a simpler phone, I've got a Cat S62 which is a 'Robust phone' like cops and construction workers use (There are several models of robust phones, and they are more than just a case and screen protector). I do construction, so that would make sense. It's less oriented to narcissistic teen girls on the 'gram, and more oriented to the real world because it's mil-spec drop rated, depth-rated waterproof, etc, and has a minimum of extra features. It is still Android so it's nice as far as compatibility, but those heartless pricks still do random updates all the time, that only mess things up and never fix anything.