The Mermaids of Los Angeles: A Dumbphone in Exile
Views - MIT Technology Review 2013-04-11
Summary:
On a desert journey, coffee-scented oases of WiFi.
As loyal readers already know, a few months ago I embarked upon an experiment: I junked my iPhone. Surprising even myself, at the end of the appointed month, I decided not to go back to it. Currently, I make do with a very basic Alcatel phone, together with a hand-me-down dataless Verizon iPhone that I use as a de facto iPod Touch.