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A phone with just calls, SMS, Signal and Telegram? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want a phone where I can't go on the internet or read the news, just communicate with people I actually know in real life. Is there any way I can make this happen?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Just grab a cheap current gen smartphone or a second hand smartphone and only install those apps?

You might need to flash a custom rom to delete certain apps that come pre-installed and you might want to find the right launcher so you can customise your app drawer to throw a few apps necessary for installation or handling links (e.g. when you get the inevitable hyperlink via Signal that you need to be able to browse) into the oubliette so that you only have a dialler, SMS, Signal and Telegram visible.