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swapping a smart phone for a brick phone

16/04/2021

Minimalish: Six Month Brick Phone Review with a Small Detour into a Quite a Large Consumerism Rant

Sooo if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know I swapped my smart phone for a brick phone late last year. I did a one month review and thought, since it’s now been about six months, I’d do a proper, Which?-esque write up, especially as a few people have said they’d love… Continue reading

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28/11/2020

Minimalish, Part Three: a 1-month anniversary review of the Brick Phone

Before we start: this post got LONG. Just a heads up, especially if you’re reading on a mobile (ha). Here’s part one, part two and part four of this tenuous series. I was going to share this sooner, but I wanted to take a bit longer to get to know the newest electronic acquisition in… Continue reading

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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swapping a smart phone for a brick phone

Minimalish: Six Month Brick Phone Review with a Small Detour into a Quite a Large Consumerism Rant

Minimalish, Part Three: a 1-month anniversary review of the Brick Phone