The most surprising thing is that the camera is actually not that bad.

I'm a millennial in my thirties and I had a phone like this when I was a teenager. Watching this reminds me of how manual everything was back then. Printing off directions to get places, using a phone like a phone, not having anything to distract you during moments of silence. In some ways we gained a lot from the smartphone era but I also feel like we lost a lot too. How many of us can truly be still anymore? How many of us have had our attention spans ruined because of it?

as a 24 year old in a third world country, it's puzzling to me how alien this piece of tech is to her. i grew up with these old phones and i can just start using it immediately as if it hasn't been years since i used one

I'm only 25 and I feel SUPER old watching her figuring out a flip phone! I have to remember that not everyone grew up with phones like these.

not going to lie. i miss the flip and slide era. everyone had a different phone very unique (sucked when we all had different chargers) but it was nice to see color, styles, and personalization. we have bricks now. i didnt realize how much times we loose with our smartphones. it was a simpler time. low key want to get a flip phone for week day use.

Idk why people are saying you’re dumb. You seem lovely and this video was fun to watch. People are acting like 5 hours is the absolute worst but I’ve seen people whose screen time goes into the 17+ hours range.

I'm Gen Z, my first phone was a flip phone - and oh my days, the way I used to type on that thing. The muscle memory was crazy, the texting definitely gets easier.

as someone who was born in 1988 it's so weird that these things are sooo new to you ^_^ I was 14 when I got my first cell phone and it was a Nokia 3310! a quite expensive, world famous, still works these days kind of badass phone. Then we got used to flips and later to smart phones, it was a lovely journey, I miss the diversity of shapes and forms and colors phones had in the early 2000s, today every single phone looks the exact same boring thing

going to get my flip soon. no more rotting for me! self control is easier said than done! so glad that other ppl my age are feeling the same way i do because it seems like alot of people dont even question how much time they are just wasting! good luck girl. i feel like im really going to miss my notes app lol ive got to get a little pocket notebook maybe

You're right about every single thing. I'm older and had a flip phone for years before smart phones came out. We all slowly became addicted no matter what age. Ppl get mad if you call it out which is so strange.

26 here, and I think my generation was at the weird cusp of Gen Y and Gen Z, hence got to experience using flip phones in the days(2007ish to 2011 before we even saw touch phones as norm). We put our bluetooth to more use for all the shady downloading of music, afraid of the internet bill if we ever open the Opera browser, the experience of watching "You belong with me" on tiny 1 inch KZfaq screen. That's why the release of flip is so nostalgic. It was a time we still had a phone, but due to limited functionality, we were still able to enjoy life back in the day without phones ruling our lives.

I've been using a flip phone for 3 years (since my freshman year, I'm a senior now). its honestly the most refreshing experience. when I'm out with friends, I never pull it out. I bring it along for music, to take videos/pictures, and keep in touch with my mom. other than that I've never felt more connected to people. Honestly, I'd do the same thing that my mom did with me, I'd buy them a flip phone. it's a really nice experience.

Fun fact im watching this on a flip phone

Great video! Back in the day we used to abbreviate words because text messages were expensive and there was no wifi. So the person we sent the message to had to practically decode it. It was both a time and money saver! Also if you learn the keys you can text without even looking at the screen ( especially useful for typing in class )

crazy that smartphones are supposed to be so useful but we've been programmes to only have instagram, snap and twitter on them. We rarely use them for something productive and when we do, its often secondary

As someone who was born in the late 1900s , seeing this brings so much joy and the nostalgia is hitting me good :") , precious precious memory

An old Millennial here; kudos to you for giving this a go and holding yourself to it. I was sad hearing your dad's take on trying this out; he remembers a time when phones were for calling, texting, and playing "Snake", and we made it through (he doesn't look much older than me). Thank you for posting.

Great video! I have been living without a smartphone for more than 3 months now and I actually advise people if they want to try this - try it at least for a month. There are benefits that show later on and 1 week is not enough in my opinion to fully grasp the smartphone's influence on our lives.

The fact that you had 400 followers when you showed your channel and now you are close to 3000!! Loved the editing style of this video & it was really fun to watch!

This is one of my favorite videos ever. The intro is actually one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed. The editing, the style, every transition, cut and piece of dialogue feels in place. The insight throughout the week is real and I enjoy how much of your personality leaks through the small interactions with the people around you. It's also a really smart concept given how addicting smartphones and social media has become. You've made me want to give up my phone or at least lower my screen time. I probably wont switch to a flip phone right away, maybe I'll just get an android or something. Honestly, great video and one of my personal favorites. I might be biased because I'm in it and helped you film it, but I don't care because I love this video. Great Job Jar Jar!

this is the first vid that i watched from you, and i like you! tbh, this really tells us that our lives depend on our phones because everything we need and do relies on it. i actually did detoxing way before and now i get so addicted that i'm older, idk why. thank you for this though, i now have to start being productive again after these past few months that i have been relapsing. 🙂

I observed that a lot of Gen Zs and late millenials are starting to veer away from social media, even using dumb phones, I always see them at reddit r/dumbphones and r/digitalminimalism. Its nice to see that people are making this hectic world much simpler and focusing on things that really matter

I find it funny how hard it is for her to adapt to something else, I remember us all being able to txt pretty quick with the keypads back in the day lol. Also blows my mind this generation that grew up with technology has so little understanding of the technology they use.

I did this exact thing last year. Bought a flippy but used it for a month and then switched once and for all from my iPhone (smart phone) that I had had for 10 years to a “mid phone” called a uniherz titan slim. I will never go back to a smart phone, I am like the only person I know without one or social media and I am so much happier.

i’ve been using the nokia 2780 since the end of last year and I honestly never want to go back to a smartphone. yeah it can be annoying to use and the ‘dumbphones’ currnetly available kinda suck in quality but being free from the deliberately addictive smartphone is honestly such an amazing feeling

Greetings from Germany I am using a dumb Phone (also Nokia) for 8 Months now, mostly because i got to addicted to my smartphone (daily usage beetween 6 and 8 hours) For me it wasnt such a deal breaking thing: i am 34 years old and got my first smartphone in 2013 when i was allready a grown up man, so using a nugget was just a travel back in my youth again :D Nice Video, stay healthy!

The issue with many folks is their lack of self-discipline. Take my coworker, for instance. He whips out his phone whenever he gets a chance, just to scroll through Instagram reels. What's really surprising is that he's in his fifties! You'd expect someone of his age to exercise a bit more restraint, but alas, that's not the case.

When you shared that video you recorded of your friends in the park using the flip phone my nostalgia hit x10! I just turned 26 a couple months ago and I've used all the Androids and iPhones you can think of and I truly miss just being completely disconnected from the online world. I deleted my social medias a few years ago but have developed a LARGE youtube addiction instead, which I guess is a little bit better but still not nowhere near where I want to be. I literally sold my iPhone today and want to buy the CAT S22 to be my main phone now. Still having the option to have Google Maps and Email when needed but to be completely turned off from wanting to procrastinate when I know I can be more present in the moment. Thank you for making this video Jarissa! God bless

i recommend going into your phone's color filter settings and putting it on grayscale. without all those colors popping out at you it's soooooo much less addicting and you'll want to use it less. hope this helps

That Red out mode is the screen reader of the phone. Thank you for allowing me to hear that. I am actually a blind person that is actually wanting to try out a flip phone at some point, and you just made me realize that the phone that you purchased has accessibility. Thank you.

Love to see this kind of video from a girl was born into a generatin so DEEPPLY sucked up by phones. I had myself a similar experience, when i lost my phone while being in Uni and i was then stuck for a whole week with no phone, location or whatever. Despite the bad incident, i still really think that changed my thoughts on internet and social-media forever. Great to see you did too!

This has got us older gen Z (95-04ish) feeling old! We were the last half of a gen to experience a sliver in our childhood what other generations experienced as older teens-adults in the 2000s-2012ish.

It feels amazing to see people realize their mistake and trying to change rather than acting entitled even after exiting their childhood period Great respect

Ah, the nostalgia hits hard with these old flip phones from 2007-2010! Who else remembers the satisfying snap sound when you closed them shut? It's crazy how far technology has come since then, but there's something undeniably charming about these classic devices. They were durable, had excellent battery life, and texting with T9 was an art form! Who else misses the simplicity of just making calls and sending texts without all the distractions? These phones were iconic, and they definitely hold a special place in our hearts. Long live the flip phone era! 💖📞 #ThrowbackTech #FlipPhoneNostalgia"

this is probably my most favorite video, some cinematic scenes, helpful video, its got it all great job, this is an amazing video

One of the best KZfaq videos I’ve watched in a lonnnngg time. I thought about switching to a flip phone earlier this year but I chickened out 😭. Your video especially the end puts a lot of things into perspective and you did such a great job!!! I think seeing that it’s not impossible to do things without an i phone is really comforting and I’m gonna try writing out directions instead of relying on maps.

I just found you and already know that throughout your life, you are going to be ok. You have such deep introspection of yourself at this young age. Very impressive.

Having a really weird wholesome feeling watching your video, kind of like there is some hope beyond the mass social media era of our everyday devices ;-; I was born in 2001 and only had a brief experience with a 'simple' phone but im so down for using a flip phone today

STOPPPP I LOVW THIS, THE EDITING AND EVERYTHING IS AMAZEINH

Loved this experiment. Had valuable lessons. The part that hit me was when you said "this is what we are doing with our lives".

Your editing is incredible. I’m not just saying this to be nice. That’s a huge talent. People will pay so much for that type of talent. I wish you luck 🍀

I'm 29, flip phones were still being used when I was in middle school and I remember still getting that phantom feeling thinking my phone was vibrating. Also, the more you use the phone the easier it will be to text quicker. Most of us were able to text quickly without looking, that was the best way to text in class without getting caught. I love that you did this little experiment and I'm surprised you were able to do it for a week. I would have the hardest time going back to a flip phone, or even just the full keyboard phones.

Wow! The quality of this video is so good, the editing, the skits, so on point, also considering the channel size…congrats! Hope you’ll channel will grow big as it deserves to 😊

I grew up with a flip phone, and then used palm pilots for quite awhile, so smart phones were not my foundational devices. It was really cool to watch someone else have that experience now in 2023 and to hear how it changed your focus, your mental health, and how you did everyday things. I think it's really cool that you did this experiment, but even more than that, thank you for sharing it! It was a treat to follow along.

i’m 19 but did have a flip phone when i was younger (it was pink and i loved it) and this is making me wanting to switch back 😭

I miss using flip phones. Your editing looks good!

I'm 38 and seeing how surprising this whole experience for Jarissa reminds me how far and quickly technology advanced.

you are so so so underrated and i can tell that you'll get rlly far in the future! one of the best videos ive seen in a while :)

Honestly, more young folks needs this challenge. I swear once you get used to the T9 keypad inputs, you would become a god when it comes to typing messages. There was a time when I could text complete replies without even looking down on my phone. GPS is something that is so ingrained in our lives nowadays that it would be the one thing I would wish more flip phones have. That being said, I'm glad you got positive points out of the experience and I do encourage more young people to try this out. Also, great choice on the flip phone!

i've actually went a year without my phone and some months without devices, people would be having a group convo and the suddenly it's over and they go on their phones. i would just sit and watch them and then i would try to start a new conversation and everyone would just ignore me and still would be on their phones. when i finally got my phone back i feel like i became a lot slower with focusing/getting tasks done bc i was getting a notification/ i would want to check my phone. also sometimes i needed it for class and it made things easier to submit work. I think people are 100% more productive without phones, but at the same time we need them for certain parts of production. oh and it was harder for me to get in contact with someone bc i obviously had to ask to borrow a phone.i think the only part we should deduct or take a bit away is social media/games an entertainment on phones. it just wastes our time, and we could be making more fulfilling memories in our lives.

Is so weird to me that this is so new to you bc I'm also 21 and I grew up watching my relatives using flip phones (and other types of "keyboard phones") all the time till the mid 2010s...my mom even used to lend me hers so I could play games on it, so I was kinda surprised to see you struggling with the keyboard haha. But it's also really cool to watch your progress and this is a really relaxing video as a whole, I loved your channel!! Keep up with the great content :)

why is it the small channels that have so much value and quality??? this is such a good video oh my god!! phones are severely addictive and i wish they weren't. I've been wanting to do my own separation from the internet for a while now (very hard to do, rip). anyways before i blabber on, great video, very entertaining to watch, you have yourself a new sub! :)

I love how she had the ability to make flip phone kinda fun

perks of having a flip phone is that nobody is interested on stealing that

😂😂this was so wholesome! All the pics and videos you took on this phone will be so fun to look back on truthfully. I'm 30, so my first phone was a flip phone and this brought back so many memories. The texting style on the keypad is called T9, and honestly, if you keep at it you'll be surprised how fast you can type with it. Whole sentences in 10 sec. What I miss (and also kinda hated) back then was that these phones NEVER DIEDDD. They were literally bricks. I remember intentionally chucking it at concrete with all the force in my body and it had only a scratch. Hope you keep it around for a bit longer haha

I am a gen z, 21 year old, I grew up using my parents flip phones just to play games on it when I was a kid. And got my first flip phone when I went to middle school, boy glad I was no stranger to that awesome thing. Really loved my flip phone. It really boggled my mind how students at middle school had smartphones as their first phone. I know mine was cooler. Because I wasn’t distracted, and the students were.

I'm a gen'Xr impressed by your patience and dedication to this experience. People have been trying to "downgrade to dumbphones" for years as you've probably seen here on youtube. As a former Blackberry user I'm really surprised that full QWERTY messaging "dumbphones" don't exist. I mean if they're gonna still have flip phones (not counting smart flip phones..) why not have QWERTY physical keyboards again? That would help bridge the gap for people like you that want to use this tech but need to communicate much faster. A Blackberry would have been so much better for this experiment. Unfortunately, they are no longer supported. (

My screen time was passing 12 hours, and now I’m just with 2 hours your video is like a motivation for me thankss❤

THANK YOU!!🙏🏻 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!❤🎉

loveee the intro! it's giving the highschool teenager drama vibes 😍

I'm an older gen z ('98), but I've never had a flip phone, only the usual "brick" ones. Sony ericsson k510i with a joystick was actually a lot of fun

I'm proud of you, and I love the series Idea

y'all are so wholesome i love ur friend group

I'm so glad to see similarities in thoughts about phone usage, being a genz myself, it makes me hopeful

Im going to buy a flip phone soon, i dont have a bad addiction compared to my peers, however i feel like it makes me less creative. I used to be a creative kid, and now im just boring. Getting a flip phone to keep me off of social media, and let me live a little more :) Ill update if i remember too once i get it and if i download youtube on it

Physical keypad is so cool, I remember back then I could type a text message while the phone in my pocket and I'm sure 100% there's no typo all the time I do that

this is my new fav channel honestly

“If everything every day is the same… why are you filling your day with nothing?” 14:30 Brilliantly phrased! Great video.

I loved the random brand little tiny rectangle phones! One I had was like a little iPod. It had play and skip buttons on the edges and could download music.

I´m waiting to buy myself exactly this model, a Nokia 2780. I'm 32, so I grew up using flip phones, so I'm well acquainted with the slow, cumbersome typing, as well as the extremely limited app experience. I love every aspect of this video, from the slow typing anguish, to the no-gps. It really does remind me how simple things were back then, and sometimes how truly bloated and unnecessary the phone experience is now (which you summarized perfectly at the end). Most of what you explained is, in fact, the reason why I'm looking to move away from a smartphone. Some things that have helped me while using a smartphone. Just delete all social media. That'll reduce your time on-screen inmensly. Social media makes you feel like you need to be connected, but that's just a feeling, and being connected just drains a lot of time from your day. Pointless endeavor, imo. KZfaq on your cellphone is also distracting, so I take it off. Every smartphone app I use is mostly productivity-based, and music streaming platforms. Everything else is taken out.

this video was recommended to me and I subscribed with only 10 seconds. Just love the vibes

This is what I needed to watch! Ty!!! ❤

Good video if you're willing to go to quite an extreme. For people who don't quite want to go that far - you can also consider uninstalling your biggest time waster apps, or simply setting a timer whenever you use a time waster app, and so forth. Personally not being able to quickly search something up or check and reply to emails trumps any potential productivity boost I might get from switching back to a dumb phone. But hey, different strokes for different folks...

me almost 30 and having flip phones as a kid, texting without looking is so much easier and faster when you get a hang of it hahaha this is so trippy to watch someone experience this for the first time however, I do love Gen-Z and how they challenge their perspective to better themselves!

I liked the video when you had to hitch a ride with Darius because I actually love the fact that it forced you to reach out to another human being when you would’ve left and driven home alone! And that it was so time consuming that you would’ve rathered not type which gives you more to say in person. Not having a phone as less helpful as it is, it’s so special how much it forces you to rely on the real world. 😊

Thanks for such an extensive vlog. You have highlighted the importance of "silence" in daily life.

I miss the flip phone life I would love to go back to it But it sucks when you need it for work,e-mails,paying for things, communicating with people in many ways etc

I'm kinda tempted on getting a flip phone like that but I think I would go with something that runs android. That way I can still use stuff like google maps, spotify and uber if I ever need it, but it still keeps me out of social media because it would be just too much work to use it in such a tiny screen without a touch keyboard.

so refreshing ... a young woman with brains!!!

I am actually two years younger than you (2004) and while I have never had a flip phone, my first phone (2018 - december, 2021) was a keypad phone with limited functions. I noticed a similar phenomenon among other people with smartphones during this time. We rely on smart phones for way too many things and it has become a real issue. Phones went from a simple communication device to entertainment, clocks, timers, bus tickets, credit cards, cameras, tiny computers, etc. This in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing but we find we can no longer do basic things without it and the current world isn't exactly helping. I have seen some posters for events where you have to scan a QR code just to get all the details, your issue with the bus ticket was just another example. I love having a smartphone but sometimes I miss my old phone.

This exact model phone (even the color!) has been my full time phone for 9 of the past 10 months (dated someone for a month who refused to text/call instead of using a messaging app), and I have loved it! I keep a Galaxy S10e around as a camera, but everything else I use the Nokia for. It's not for everyone, but for a specific kind of person it's a really good idea. Plus it has google maps! How many other dumbphones have that?

The cool thing about the feature phones is battery life! I’m glad I don’t have an addiction to my phone like many, I’m sure the difference shocked you seeing the people around you. all my Olivia Rodrigo fans, stand up!

I really enjoyed this video. It made me laugh and appreciate my past more. All the struggle you had with the flip phone, we also went through that, dont worry😂. You could imagine the speed and patience we had back then. I especially appreciated the camera and the atmosphere it gave, it was a good definition to the word nostalgic. We had to use pirated websites to download music and convert them to mp3. We also put our music into CDs called burning. Going on the web with them was a HUGE struggle but we always found a way. Great video! Idk if buses still have them but they used to have pamphlets with their arrival times for each stop in the bus, so you can look for them next time.

The fact that she needed to use the instructions to turn it on, while I'd just feel like using my old cellphone is crazy!

This is so good. I'm not sure if there's a QWERTY keyboard phone that's being sold right now but that would have been an easier transition for you. Otherwise, this is really a great idea. I can't believe how much time has passed when we are lost in scrolling through our social media accounts.

Good thing about the typing on physiucal button is that I used to type a message under the desk to avoid my teacher all the time back then, and I got the messages right almost everytime cause I remember all the buttons

I’ve legit been thinking of getting a slide phone again just to quit mindlessly scrolling

happy late birthday!!!! 💗💗💗💗 wishing you the best

Lol it's kinda weird seeing ppl struggle with this type of phone. My parents haven't given me a smartphone yet so I've been using a phone like this.

i did not expect this many subscribers, you deserve waaaay more

I remember being shocked that people did not have a house phone. I live in an are where our phone connection is unreliable. If we don't have cell service we need that house phone for emergencies. I have gone a whole day without cell service.

This is like a movieee!!! Sooo good!!!

That’s insane that you can go on KZfaq on your flip phone! We couldn’t do all of that back in the day

Enjoyed this video. I think its nice to think of how life used to be before these phones took over our lives. People used to talk more. Phones have made us more separated in real life while "connecting" us on the web lol

Thanks for the video! I'm getting the same Nokia phone (but in hot pink, a la Motorola Razr circa 2006) to give this challenge a go! I am mostly thinking I will miss tap-to-pay on my phone, Google maps directions, and Spotify. But I wanna get this screen addiction out of my liiiiife, and see how I feel without continual access to the internet wherever I go.

i’m 21 and my first phone was a flip phone. it’s so interesting to see how new it is to you! it’s a very cool experiment (:

Its so crazy how we actually do need our smart phones for daily conveniences. I do pray we'll all be done with social media at some point at least.

I remember my friends typing on their keypad phones so fast without lookin while chewin some gum 😆 thanks for this vid brings back memories

I didn't have a smart phone over the Sumer so I reverted back to a button phone and boy on boy was it fun to be back. I was shouting all summer "reject modernity and embrace tradition! " still have this stance

Thanks for sharing your experience. The last part of the video you showed a drastic decrease in your screen time. Way to go!!