Can I Survive a Week With a Nokia Flip Phone?

[@sunil198925]

Isn’t the whole point of this phone, to get away from all these social media apps.

[@Zabaniyah_ACTUAL]

It’s cnet they are like well meaning irrelevant grandparents, just smile and nod.

[@WarlordMoA]

I don’t think it was due to social media apps the phone launched as a burner phone just in case phone.

[@gambitgambino1560]

They should release nokia e series with keyboard.

[@Yasssquinn]

No even on a flip phone I was still on Facebook web version a lot. It’s just not as instant which is good so we don’t spend as much time as we could be like on full smartphones. I would get on, post an update, maybe like a photo and end it. But I had mobile internet shortly before smartphones got really really Popular because data plans were so expensive even for basic phones

[@mollies13]

no its normal for us. social media mate get you wife and girlfriend.

[@ahr355]

95% of this was: I spent a week using a $90 flip phone to complain it wasn't a $1200 iphone. People revert to "dumb phones" to stop being so dependent on smart phones and help them to cut screen time. IMHO

[@slimjesus4499]

lol saved me 10 minutes of my day 🤣

[@jaughnekow]

Humans are bad at doing things moderately.

[@GeeEee75]

She's too young to remember how we used to manage without smartphones, so she spent the whole time trying to get that thing to work like an iPhone, instead of figuring out how to do things without using apps.

[@Megan_Sinner]

Like totally 😂

[@B_-.-]

That is 100% correct. And it works better than any app locker, screen time tracker, or sheer will, ever will. Unfortunately work requires me to have android apps but I intentionally bought one that's annoying to use. I went from hours of scrolling a day to none overnight but retained the one thing I actually want out of a phone - communication.

[@tkdga]

"I had a T9 phone for like 6 months in 5th grade then an iPhone from then on out..." God I feel old... 🤣

[@GeeEee75]

Yep. I didn't have a mobile phone until I was about 22.😪😂

[@TheRenoReviews]

10000000% this

[@thebugg333]

The fact you had a cell phone in 5th grade...then saying your old.

[@NoshikiYT]

This is the most Gen Z thing I’ve ever watched

[@michaelkukula5926]

Seriously. Lol.

[@NoshikiYT]

@@oconnorjames Y E A H

[@esparda07]

Her chin is killing me lol.

[@Jxtb9904]

She's got a good chin on her. ​@@esparda07

[@rhysiescups]

Some of us actually grew up using flip phones, we’re not all iPad babies. Anything we do y’all can’t stand lmao

[@DaringDan]

I'm retired and don't have a phone anymore and y'all have no idea what you're missing.

[@GeeEee75]

Next you'll be telling us that you pay for everything with cash, and you don't have a TV. 🙄

[@DaringDan]

@@GeeEee75 Or I'll be telling you I live in the mountains, hike a ton and have lots of animals. You believe whichever makes you feel better about yourself.

[@kye698]

​@@DaringDan ultimate goals imo

[@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn]

But....but, OnlyFans😢.

[@martinjimenez7392]

@@Moe_Lester_fromUptwnwake up brother.

[@IanBerg]

I remember listening to local over the air FM radio on my Nokia 6085 and 6101 in the mid-2000s. Any earphone or headphone’s cable that was attached served as the FM tuner’s antenna. It was free audio that did not count against your mobile data cap!

[@reezevlog]

no subscriptions!! 😅😊🙏🏻

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@reezevlog it was ad-supported though lol

[@rattsjcfanpage01]

I’m getting a new flip phone in a week or two. 😊 don’t care what anyone says or thinks. It’s the TCL Flip 2 and I can even order a nice plastic case to put around the phone.

[@zoomzoom-fh1xu]

Her generation will never know what it’s like to not be attached to a electronic device.

[@GeeEee75]

It's sad. Imagine in the future, when Gen X will be the last living adults who can remember what it was like to grow up without a mobile phone, let alone a smartphone!😪😂

[@WildWildWeasel]

@@GeeEee75 I'm a millennial and as far as I remember I only got a smartphone when I was 17, and this was the very early days of Android (think 2.3.6) and it was way less addictive to use smartphones up until 2013, when there were more and more powerful phones being released with more and more functions and apps...I thankfully had a childhood with very little electronics, but seeing how bad electronics addiction has gotten me, has me scared for my small nephew...

[@GeeEee75]

​@WildWildWeasel I didn't touch a computer until high-school and didn't have an email address until university. I didn't have any sort of mobile phone until age 23ish, which was a Nokia 3310 or similar. 😂

[@WildWildWeasel]

@@GeeEee75 lmao I did have a 3310 as my first ever phone, and that's when I was like 9 years old because I was far from my parents at school and needed to call them, and as for email, right after starting high school in 2007, but only because the basketball team needed an email for the yearly grade reports I'd get from the principal, because if anyone's scores dropped a certain amount they'd get kicked from the team Miss those days, especially when I got into motocross in my teens

[@GeeEee75]

@WildWildWeasel But if your phone had "Snake" on it, that counts as addictive (and possibly social) media! 😬😂

[@ChloeJones-i3t]

please remember its a cell phone not a smart phone .

[@Cassxowary]

and this one is a smart phone in a flip phone’s body, not a cell phone

[@Cassxowary]

you mean it’s meant to be a cell phone not a smart phone

[@Kaienhere]

The battery life is disappointing btw, 12 hours is unacceptable on this kind of phones

[@hey_atw4711]

Right. Shouldn’t need a charge for a week

[@safaaalsaji3235]

I agree

[@VampirusX]

If you use it as intended it has juice for more than 1 week ... she used it like a freaking smartphone! Those phones are used for taking calls, sms and listening to music. With 1400mah (which is the biggest in that category) you are not allowed to complain. Some people missed the meaning of this phone in the first place!

[@danieltaylor3755]

As a smartphone user this shows im not doing too badly to get a full day out of my Samsung Z flip.

[@yeetgamer1765]

mine works for 3 weeks but i only use it for calling and playing snake

[@Jesse77c]

I can text with T9 without looking back in the day 😅I miss a full keyboard phone like My LG Rumor

[@emward6858]

I can still text on a dumb phone without looking 😆

[@JoseRamirez-y6j]

Do anybody to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior he want to give you love and calmness and salvation and eternal life if you confess your sins

[@samuelllakaj5439]

I have such nostalgia for T9. Used to turn on my phone and send a text without pulling it out of my pocket, it was hilarious 😂.

[@benqsmith6871]

We used Old Day Black and white screen Nokia and texting poems. Old phone were undestructuble and easily fit in pants

[@minimalist1911]

You can easily survive with a 2012-13 Blackberry Curve or Bold, as it has a QWERTY keyboard. It can do everything the feature phone does, but on a slightly larger 3 inch screen.

[@yakk13]

Are they 4G compatible

[@loitersquadX]

I want the phone that can slide and have a horizontal keyboard . Ill ditch everyting for it tbh

[@Cassxowary]

I have a samsung evergreen for sale! kinda, just gotta get photos off it somehow and you can have it (for a fee)

[@consmercado3843]

What i hate about new nokias is hard to buy new batteries because their battery swell over time.

[@petersaysthings]

Damn, good to know 😐

[@MichaelToddBurdine]

The point of this video should’ve been to completely replace texting and social media with actual phone calls. For me, phone calls are actually faster than a long drawn out text conversation. You also pick up a lot more by the way someone talks and not just the words they are saying. Society needs to relearn how to talk to each other and spend real time together instead of looking at each other’s selfies.

[@Gravage]

I don't use any social media at all, so that wouldn't be an adjustment at all for me. However, I do use my phone to keep up on tech news and track my workouts and diet. The shocking thing for me is that this is just a one day phone. I kind of expected more. At least the battery is swappable.

[@Ltsnottalkaboutme]

Same bro

[@GeeEee75]

My Samsung S24 ultra lasts longer than that thing!

[@Nugget_Playz47]

From what I know these phones do last longer it's more just she is using this as if it's a iPhone as she said in this video she's using this as an iphone

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

You can't anymore because work is heavily reliant on apps like messenger, zoom, and others. Texting and calling is not utilized as it used to be

[@Florian00]

If my job starts making it mandatory to use Messenger or Zoom I'll find another job, I do know not everybody can

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

@@Florian00 easy for you to say. no one in their right mind would quit a just cause messenger or zoom is widely used for communication. that's the dumbest mindset ever lol

[@jasonmichael5055]

I used to be able to text messages in my pocket with one hand back in the day. Supervisors at Big W never had a clue.

[@samuelllakaj5439]

Same 😂

[@lvill3633]

we need a small phone from nokia.. the same size as iPhone 5S, single camera and thin bezels. no notch would be amazing.

[@みかん-m8u4e]

Hello. Thank you for the wonderful video. I'm a Japanese author! Due to my smartphone addiction, I started using a dumbphone for my mental health. I've written a book and videos about my experience. I found your video very interesting. I think digital detox is necessary worldwide. I've heard that dumbphones are experiencing a resurgence overseas, so I'm hopeful. I hope there will be more simple phones like this!

[@Cassxowary]

this is literally a smartphone in a flip phone’s body… flip phones from the 00s didn’t have all of that and they were more pixelated…

[@szain38]

Saw your post on the japan times very interesting Thanks for sharing.

[@samdavidh]

if i did this i'd use a classic 2g/3g handset from back in the day - 2g still exists in the uk for as much as the next 10 years so it'd work and it'd mean you wouldnt miss the point of being more intentional

[@thatpitter]

It’s interesting because halfway through this I realized some of these challenges are only issues for city people. I’d be interested to hear a similar review from someone who lived in a more rural/suburban area

[@FN-rl2ku]

I no longer live in rural area but I think that would be more along the lines of printing out the schedules of bus/train lines and when the shops are closing. Personally I find that the more people use smartphones the less they remember these things, including me.

[@chucko.4263]

Kudos to you for going a week. I used the same Nokia phone for a weekend. Its for sure different than today's phones, but its similar to what I grew up using so that nostalgia factor was present. It did make me use my phone less.

[@amarjeetsinghkachura]

I have used Nokia 2300 for 11 years straight, still kept in great condition in its original box with bill and charger

[@hashbuilds]

How old are you? You had T9 for 5 months and then an IPhone at 5 the grade? 24 years old?

[@videobiker9131]

Great presentation. I’ve seen other bloggers talk about their life with flip phones and it’s nice to get a different point of view. Great presentation.

[@seaweed428]

aint this straight up a promo and not a blog whatchu mean "great presentation" 😭

[@videobiker9131]

@@seaweed428 it may surprise you to know that there’s a growing movement of people that are using flip phones instead of smart phones. Some of the flip phones do a little more than talk and text and others are capable of running apps like Waze and other simple apps that don’t require a lot ofresources. I challenge you to go without a smart phone for a week and use only a flip phone just to see if you could do it. You don’t even have to tell me the results.

[@rattsjcfanpage01]

You really don’t need a smartphone, flip phones are better

[@pluto762]

You can do a lot more with these new "dumb phones" than you could do back in the day with their older siblings.

[@talklein39]

Very interesting vid. Would love to see how you can handlrle a week of samsung dex as your laptop

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I think the best and cheapest flip phone worth getting is the Moto Razr at $500.

[@kuyands]

I like the camera quality, it feels nostalgic especially the video mode

[@BaktaBak3]

Always liked the flip phone. Fits in any pocket/ purse ....not a lot of bulk. Never lost it the flip. Always loosing/misplacing the big smart phone. Glad I saw this on CNET. Will get one ! ! ! !

[@SteveSmestad-t2o]

But... does it have Tetris?

[@bryanmiller9197]

I bought this phone a few months ago. And I like it. We're I'm living, and it works well. Plus, I'm not tripping on sending pictures anymore. Are you texting .

[@petersaysthings]

I find it interesting "replying to texts faster" is in her list of pros. Mine would be spending less time texting, more on phone calls. Gen Z vs. Millennial differences for sure. I used to love the calls and voicemails I got from friends. Texts were meant to be quick ways to make plans, share brief updates, or tell people random stuff you intended to talk about later in a phone call.

[@thekinginthenorth7274]

Exactly

[@JohnDought]

I got the nokia 2720 the phone is great yet the screens are less quality and easy scratched

[@jo100]

I Remember The Flip Phone Days, From The Late 90s, To The Late 00s, The Last Time I Used A Flip Phone Was In 2008, And The Last Time I Used A Blackberry Phone Was In 2013, And After That, It Was All IPhones From There, My Brothers And Sisters.

[@DCAZPER]

I’d love to get one! I first got a Smart phone in 2014.

[@lisacat6306]

Great video! You did a great job comparing all the features to what we use on our iPhones.

[@trainsplanesandotherthings5187]

Goes to show how dependent the smartphone generation is so over connected ... How many of you actually remember phone numbers and know how to navigate using an real map & not GPS?

[@anenglishmanplusamerican7107]

I do. My mum, dad because I call them frequently

[@Megan_Sinner]

Not all of us live in a small town.. so we absolutely need the GPS. PRINTING OUT map quest isn't acceptable anymore bud lol

[@FN-rl2ku]

Exactly, I was so surprised when she stated she misses that the smartphone shows her which way she is facing. Is this really what people are like nowadays? I'm not that old and this is somewhat a culture, or perhaps a generational, shock to me.

[@Zenguy89]

@@Megan_Sinnerpeople still do it 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@__zj__]

Why is not remembering phone numbers a vice to you? Older flip phones had phone books to ;)

[@chrisbate9956]

I've just come off the Nokia 800 Tough, which used exactly the same Kaios system. It was beyond a joke, lagged and crashed often. The only thing the phone had going for it WAS that it was tough. I now have the Doogee S100 Pro and it's the best phone I've ever had!

[@esparda07]

Texts do not need personality. They need to convey a message.

[@2LittyCOMMITTEE]

Oh wow

[@jimstidham]

Great video Jessica, I don't remember any apps or internet using the flip...maybe I had the basic and yes, we are so dependent on our smart phones!

[@georginashanti4605]

I think the point of a so called dumb phone is to have a break from all the apps. In theory I would love it, but in actuality the snail pace texting would drive me bananas. Maybe then I would actually have to call people. So strange because the telephone used to be used primarily to call people (showing my age a bit here).

[@brenthaymon280]

A smartphone is a computer with a built-in telephone.

[@MisfitsCode]

The smart alternative for this is a phone like the Cat s22, having android you don't lose important functions and apps, but the form factor helps the digital detox. They couldn't have chosen a worse phone than this nokia to test it.

[@ortizlzitro]

Survive huh?

[@Zabaniyah_ACTUAL]

The cringe is real right.

[@emward6858]

She has a lot to learn

[@FN-rl2ku]

Welcome to the "we're too old" part of the audience of this video.

[@Patrick-iq8du]

You can survive a week without a phone I’m pretty sure.

[@justadreemurr]

this makes me want to buy the phone, half the "downsides" were perks to me (like the "bad" camera has a quality i'd love and the lower resolution of videos doesnt matter to me for certain things i may be filming) and the other ones would be solved by having an additional smartphone if its affordable XD

[@supersonicheros2626]

You guys should totally do one with the CAT S22 Flip Phone!

[@veedreen]

Why are the flip phones seem to be pushed?? What about the bar style phones ?? They are same other than form

[@johanneswohler5476]

her genuine smile makes it all the reason for me to get one. like, dunny y some smartphone ppl just look grumpy. was it the stress? their worries?

[@kingv911]

I want a pretty basic phone for my middle schooler to have on him when he's at friends or after school stuff, but I need to know if this phone has the ability to be tracked by me? Anyone know?

[@MahendraBellibojan-gk5xj]

👍 great job, thankyou for sharing! Some key features are missing in all feature phones , they might upgrade with better software and bigger display sometime in the future.

[@EnduroRide-gc2hy]

I like this phone and honestly keepin distance from that crap social media apps make my life better Thanks Nokia

[@lukuscannon9697]

Don't really think it was a proper digital detox because you were still trying to use the apps on the flip phone. But I suppose it's your life and it's up to you and you can do it anyway you see fit

[@emmanueloluga9770]

This video just validated my thesis on Creators, which was directly correlated to the thesis of the video. However, the content and elements are relevant.

[@JamalJohnson-se4mz]

Take that Vault 7! Next level privacy tech! For those of you who need privacy. Just need talk and text people. If you’re okay with the government knowing every single detail about your your life and who’s your nearest kin then you can still provide that information by login in to Facebook on a laptop.

[@jonmckaye]

Didn't know I needed a Gen Z tech review in my life

[@Sacto1654]

However, be *VERY* careful buying a new flip phone, though. Most new flip phones rely on digital cellular networks, and many cell carriers are no longer supporting 2G and sometimes 3G digital cellular service. You want to phone that supports Voice over LTE (VoLTE) 4G service nowadays.

[@MatrixAlphaCWX]

Us Millenials will be the last gereration that didn't have phones or internet until 2003-2004. Internet/Phone/Pagers were too expensive for anyone to have before that time. I'm 35 now. Got my first Moto Razr V3 when i was 14 with free night and weekend minutes. (We literally could only use it at night and on weekends) It was no joke. We didn't use them in school because they had no minutes in the daytime. xD

[@work204]

The Indian one comes with UPI preinstalled so u still get digital payments

[@niklaspohlgeers8830]

How do you listen to music on it do you have to hook it into computer and put MP3 files on it or does it work with apps like KZbin music and all those , also if you close screen if you have KZbin premium will the video and audio stop or still play in background

[@samuelllakaj5439]

I think the newer ones have Spotify, but of course you can go OG and rip CDs through a CD drive and send them to your phone via USB or MicroSD.

[@mainsamayhoon7778]

She is a producer for CNET. And i was wondering why all the good folks left CNET. Now i know..

[@pluto762]

Try running a week with the original 3310. That's a real challenge. :)

[@alesan509]

I have been using my Samsung Flip for 8 months already and I'm doing alright 😅

[@guillermogarcia5794]

I really miss T9... Can't get it on Android and for me... It is the best method of typing...

[@JonnoFly]

Id only buy this phone because it still has WhatsApp but with WhatsApp no longer available on KaiOS, I don't see a point to this phone.

[@rahul20061982]

Same here. i got this and returned cause month back I had no idea they stopping whatsapp support to Kai os from June or something . only users logged on before that have access till next year

[@samuelllakaj5439]

The only use for modern feature phones compared to 2000/10s ones is WhatsApp (arguably an important one). The OS is cheap, the cameras are cheap, the design is cheap, just get a good feature phone from the mid to late 2000s. I got an N95 and these new phones don't come close.

[@SD120TOMB]

You can literally go with a phone. Try three weeks. Now try a month. I’ve been doing this for 3 years with that phone, it’s ok.

[@airlanggabhumintaraamitaba8363]

Tio bad is not sell in Indonesia. Really need this kind of phone

[@DukeBX]

I miss the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

[@txtualyt]

I've come here not to watch the video, but instead to just say yes you can.

[@adminofsugas]

I just got myself a 12 mini was tired of the big phone but didn’t want a dumb phone as I like texting & gps

[@cadenchurchill4296]

For the year that I had a phone with a T9 keyboard I didn't even have text prediction 😬

[@casualtechreviewer1196]

dont u rmb ppl used 2 txt lik dis bck den? XD

[@brenthaymon280]

I must be old because I can remember when everybody had to use a pay phone. Nobody had a mobile phone or social media and very few people had a car phone.

[@Sushiilove143]

It's not available here in the Philippines. We only have the basic 4g 😢

[@elie3423]

Awesome review Jessica 😎

[@4and4ever44]

The real question is ? Why u need a smartphone ?. Im using mine Nokia 2660 Flip since it came out.

[@adden2242]

The Only flip phone i could afford.. the galaxy flip 6 is bloody expensive!!

[@delfinojimenez1460]

ESTA HERMOSO FELICIDADES A NOKIA Y A TI NENA POR EL HERMOSO VIDEO. ME EN CANTA NOKIA Y FLIP ESTA SÚPER. GRACIAS

[@attulsanjay6045]

As a college student,I have survived an whole year with a 3310 nokia phone from 2023, it might seem to be a bit uncomfortable because everyone might be using the internet but it might soon vanish after some week.

[@brayan8346]

I think you missed the point honey. It’s the experience of having a phone without all of the extras that take away from our lives. Your review was from the perspective of a teenage girl. CNET really dropped the ball.

[@MK-zf2sz]

Imagine intentionally buying a "dumb phone" and still wanting to scroll TikTok and Instagram all day. And the "problems" are things like not being able to use Apple Pay and actually remember your wallet.

[@oegstv5899]

Nokia's snake game nowadays is more likely a caterpillar because it eats apple.

[@TheAdnanmajor]

Welcome back Jessica! 😊

[@TheStevenWhiting]

People using speaker phone to talk while out and about is FING annoying. You do realise they only do it on reality TV so the cocking mic can pick up the phone conversation!

[@sebas13795]

Can anyone confirm for me if WhatsApp is already available for this phone in the KaiStore?

[@Ltsnottalkaboutme]

Man you are really selling this me ngl

[@rumble1925]

I would love this but we have an id/2 step verification app in my country that isn't available on this. Everyone uses it, even the government services log you in through it. I wish manufacturers got together and figured out a hardware standard for 2 step verification instead of having to rely on third party apps.

[@BiltuNama-uz8ie]

That is good for this generation ✨🙌

[@JikeWimblik]

Nokia could have for non smart phone 2 options the rugged high battery capacity variants at a higher price and the standard variants. With smart phones they could do the same only with the higher capacity rugged variant should have more emc memory and the low profile CPU of the Nokia should be made on a lower more modern node squeezing yet more battery life out of the Nokia. When the batteries go green nokia could have green batteries in their standard phones and high capacity in the higher tier variants until the green batteries catch up.

[@reezevlog]

forget Flip Phones… i grew up with the OG 3310 right up to the premium 8850 and Communicator 9210 and E90. Fun times for Nokia..

[@mrb152]

This phone has more features than most computersI owned for the first 20 years of my life... so I would say survival shouldnt be hard.

[@fafaratze]

those were the days we can navigate through our phone without looking at it and send a text message.

[@BaktaBak3]

Affordable too ! !

[@toniomineo]

They yassified the snake was such a gen Z moment ahahah fun video, made me feel old

[@landshass2849]

Smartphones are not the problem, it is us surrendering to social media. I don't have any social media apps on my phone other than WhatsApp just to get free international calling.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

4:00 Anything but a real, dedicated camera. 🤦‍♀️

[@jarenmartinez471]

I use my phone only for read ,study and watch videos,movies ect , I don’t use any social media and I’m alive

[@lordking8894]

It looks fun and easy to carry