Hello and Namaste Everyone
This is my participation forWeekend-Engagement topics: WEEK 183 by 
Could you live without your mobile phone for one weekend?
This is the question that has been asked as one of the topics for this week, and I will share what I plan to do. I have been using a smartphone for over a decade and now I agree that it has become part of my life so it is not easy to get away with it immediately. Many of you might say that life without a mobile phone is incomplete and I can understand your thoughts behind this statement. Even I used to think like this until a few months back but now I am changing my phone habits.
I use a Oneplus mobile device that is 5 years old and it's almost time for me to upgrade the phone. It works pretty well but there are some issues with OS and even the battery backup is not good. Earlier I had a plan that I will be upgrading my phone in the last quarter of this year when there is a sale going on. Indian ecommerce websites offer some sales and during this, we can get smartphones at discounted prices. I decided to change my phone habit and won't be using a smartphone more instead I have decided to move to a feature phone.
A feature phone is a mobile device through which we can only use certain functions including, calls, SMS, FM Radio, etc. All these basic phone functions are available with feature phones and we do not have the functionality to use the Internet or social media applications like WhatsApp Facebook etc. This is a device that we can use only to talk with someone or communicate through SMS. This is just a medium to stay connected with people through phone calls and that is all we can do with feature phones.
Instead of upgrading to the smartphone, I bought a feature phone from Nokia which is good by design but does not offer many features. It has a camera but it isn't good and even some other features but you won't count them. See this mobile phone boz for feature details -
I'm not going to throw away my smartphone but I only keep this new feature found with me most of the time and even when I go outside I carry it with it and the other phone remains in my bag. Sometimes I don't even take it out because I don't feel the need as most things can be done by calling. There is no need for me to spend hours in front of the phone screen and use social media applications.
This is the new feature that is my new phone friend and its battery backup is too good. It lasts 4-5 days easily and I love it.
Here my both phones (smartphone and feature) and now since I don't use the smartphone much its low battery backup does not affect me much. I mostly use it for WhatsApp since I get some communications in this application and some banking applications that are needed to get things done. Now it has very limited applications so the battery backup is more than one day because screen time is not even thirty minutes in a day.
Some people follow social detox for certain days and they just try to maintain a gap from their smartphone. Usually, this can be one or two days in a month or sometimes one day in a week. But still, we spend the remaining days heavily with the smartphone and spend many hours in front of the phone screen. With the change that I have adopted, I will not be using a smartphone unless it is needed and I have made a switch to the feature phone which has only a calling function and some other features that are not making any difference in my life. I have already been following this for the last few months and I can see the improvement in my routine. There is no reason for me to spend hours with a feature phone and this was the thought behind buying this phone. Now I am not going to upgrade my Oneplus smartphone and will continue to use this device unless this is not dead 😂
When I need to work on the hive I use the laptop because it is not just convenient but also helps me have a disciplined routine. This is why I engage with the community when I am online and my responses are not as instant as it was before. I reply to every command and also engage with many authors but for that, I have a proper schedule which is usually at night and I do this using my laptop. I enjoy this new change in my life and the routine I follow i'm very happy I would say. This change is good and I enjoy it so I will be following it for a long and have no plan to change it soon. With this change, I'm getting more time to spend with family and friends, especially my kid and yes there is another world that is much more fun than the virtual world. Both are important and there has to be a balance between both.
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Thank you so much
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