Sensation 101
Experiment without smartphone
I had been using smart phone for more than three years. I was an addict to my smart phone. My precious time was feeding Whatsapp, Facebook, games, videos, and every free application on the play store at least once. Six months back I switched from HTC Sensation to Nokia 101 in an attempt to experience the days without much intervention of mobile phones in my hand. I chose Nokia 101 because it was a primitive phone which can play mp3 files and support 4GB SD card. It was not a bad choice any day. I have never turned on my HTC Sensation since that day.
The initial few days were horrible with out having a smartphone in hand. The worst part was I had to give reason to everyone who saw me with 101 but in a week it felt so good to be around without a smartphone in hand. Still, a week was not sufficient to jump to any conclusion. So I waited for 6 months to analyze the its effect in myself. Now, here I am listing out the pros and cons
Pros
- Battery — Charge your phone once and carry it around for 3 days
- No wastage of time with games and organizing things (seriously gaming sucks at small screen)
- No unnecessary chats — Call if you want to talk to friends
- Better social life outside — No more looking the world through the tiny screen
- No more office mails when I chill out
Cons
- Performance — the call quality is not on par with smart phones
- Inbox size — have to constantly delete messages to provide space for new ones
- Missing navigation(often) and camera(rarely)
My phone stopped working two days back. My life didn’t get affected. I didn’t feel like I am missing a hand from my body.
My next experiment is to get a smartphone and see if I can stay away from games, Facebook, Twitter etc. and leverage its presence with its features like navigation, emails and occasional snaps.
PS: I am a noob in blogging space. Feel free to point out my mistakes
