Welp. It appears the views are still climbing. It's safe to say I never thought this video would grow this much. This is incredible, thank you for everyone who's tuned in :) In skimming through the loads of comments, maybe I can address a few things. Phone cases are from Pela!! pelacase.com/ Lite phone background you can actually make yourself right in your phone with a recent IOS update. Music was produced by me! (Sorry, I must've gotten too excited about that and left it a little too loud 😬) And maybe I could be just a little more clear on the video's thesis- first, it's all about intention. Social media apps among others can blindly distract me while I'm trying to focus on other things. Apps like youtube and disney plus have a specific, intentional role in my routine and I don't find them to be a distraction during my day. Overall, yes this is a story about how I resorted to extremes and paid the price for them before discovering a simpler, middle ground solution was all I needed. I find storytelling to be a much more powerful way to get a point across than just giving answers outright :)

Simply turning off notifications and badges from social apps makes a world of a difference. I ended up ditching all social media easily after doing this. Very liberating

wait youre not a huge youtube channel?

If you have been going on for 2 years and have not given up, you can call yourself a legend now. A true legend and an inspiration for me. I hope this channel grows and gets what it deserves.

Holy crap folks I had no idea I was going to get this intensely positive of a response to this video 🥹 I’m so happy this video resonated with you all thank you all so much for giving a channel with such few subscribers a chance. I’m beyond grateful ❤

This was brilliant. One trend I’m noticing with younger Gen-Z kids who in the last few years have started entering the workforce with me is that they seem hyper-aware of the stress and anxiety social media usage causes in a way millennials my age and especially baby boomers most certainly aren’t, and the effect virtually never being disconnected has on the human psyche. Several of these kids that I work with have literally opted for “dumb phones” on prepaid plans. I honestly think we’re culturally on the verge of a massive moment away from mindless social media consumption and all the divisiveness that comes along with it, and hopefully a return to physically social clubs and fraternities like Rotary, Eagles, Mason’s etc.

the content quality is just too good this channel is gonna grow fast loved the vid

some other advice 1. block notifications from everything outside of messaging apps 2. do not install apps for a single use (or immediately uninstall afterwards) 3. limit your streaming service to one at the time, which you can rotate to save money, eliminate distractions, and actually watch cool and diverse stuff as you are not paralyzed by the choice 4. use do not disturb more often! Nothing bad will happen when you look at that email later. 5. take advantage of sleep schedule to eliminate distraction during bedtime (making your devices also look less appealing) 6. get into the habit of leaving your phone on the charger before you go to bed and leaving it there till your alarm goes off. Find something to do in bed before going to sleep that does not involve bright screens. Reading comes highly recommended (paper book or an ebook reader as it is not distracting as a tablet).

When I first watched this video, I hadn't looked at the sub count at all. Watching the video through, seeing and hearing the production quality and how much effort and planning went into it, with how well you presented everything, it all impressed me a TON! I expected this to be a channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. My jaw dropped when I saw it was just a mere 587. Make that 588, I look forward to seeing more! Amazing work!!

Nobody is mentioning it but the phone you are using has a feature called "focus modes". As the name implies, you can create focus modes for each activity (sleep, work, gaming, busy, driving, etc.) this will reduce the amount of phones you have to use and charge with all the benefits. P.S. u can also block notifications too.

This is an amazing idea for old phones, tablets, and laptops to keep us productive and away from distractions. Love this! Hoping for the growth of your channel!

Fantastic video. Thank you for touching on the aspects of missing a partners call. I have been trying to strike a balance for years and appreciate hearing from someone who feels more relatable than large creators was inspiring!

Man discovers the concept of a work phone.

Earned you a new sub; I'm constantly trying to achieve "my ideal level" of digital minimalism and this video resonated with me a lot. Love the content, keep em coming, mate!

This is a super unique idea, I like this a lot. I love the idea of a dumb phone, but smartphones are actually incredibly useful.... I have been working on something similar, using an iPhone 6S as my full time phone, and it has been really interesting to see just how few apps I actually needed. Keep up the great videos!

Se2 is perfect for minimalist, it’s relatively inexpensive, smaller lightweight, older design so it encourages to do the basics rather than stare at a beautiful display watching movies, not that you can’t or that the display is bad but it is like a lite version, and I love it! Best Beater phone ever

SEEING THIS VIDEO ON MY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ME FEEL SO HAPPY AND EXCITED! I can't believe someone also did this because I also tried doing this last January during my school break and it was awesome, but instead of using my lite phone before I sleep, I used it full time. Because of this, I started exploring other hobbies like reading and taking photos instead of mindlessly scrolling on social media, and it made me feel good because I didn't feel like I was wasting my life away. People might think that detaching from social media is hard, but it's surprisingly not (out of sight, out of mind). For me, it only took like 2 days to get it out of my system. Though the difference I did with this video was that I transferred my sim card to my lite phone so that people could still contact me in case of emergency 😅 because it made me really anxious to not have any sort of contact with my loved ones if anything bad really happens.

I watched this whole video fully convinced that my positive comment would be drowned among others. I expected at LEAST 100k views on this

Salü Mate! I was seriously impressed by the quality and information you managed to put into this video, especially for such a small channel. please keep that up because if you do, this channel is going trough the roof on an entirely different level real soon. Greetings from Switzerland✌️

literally got recommended this video the day after I got given an old iPhone. As a phone user I dont really want distractions. So the timing of this recommendation was PERFECT! subscribed :)

really inspiring video. i used to be stuck to my phone a lot of the time but put provisions in place so i could focus more on general life. i always hated notifications and just had them turned off by default, and most of my social media is set so i don't follow anyone or is especially limited so i don't find myself doomscrolling for hours on end. i've gotten much better with my phone usage and at times i forget that it's there, even with small changes like that, but that's just me. i know a lot of people who get glued to their screens and engulfed into this culture, but i can emphasise with them as no one wants to be told that they need to get off their phones or be forcefully set time limits because it's patronising, and a phone can be extremely useful in certain circumstances. this idea is a great compromise, and splitting the basics away from the fun/work stuff really gives you that time to breathe and get some control back over your life, whilst still retaining full functionality. a use i have seen that is similar to this is with work phones, primarily used by people who run their own business, whether big or small. once that phone is off then the shop is shut. you could probably slim down the phone usage even more in terms of music, like getting an old ipod or something. the newer touch versions still let you access your streaming services as well as your music library, and could be a great entertainment device alternative. as for messages, it's sucks that you couldn't get them working properly, but say in the instance that you could, maybe set the important contacts as ones with notifs or something similar, so if anything does happen to them that's a real emergency then you still can get in touch. whilst it may not be ideal for some to get two different phones for the cost of it all (unless you got one of the really old iphones/samsung etc. which are practically next to outdated), this is a really good start and i commend you for the effort and getting us to think about how we can transform our addction into something more manageable and useful.

Your filmmaking abilities are astonishing, I myself am struggling with my phone usage, since last year I've come up with good ways to minimize my usage like turning on bedtime mode and keeping my notifications to a minimum, it did work, but not to the point where I want it to be, your point of just throwing the phone away is really good, but you must already have the phone distractions to a minimum to be able to stop and throw it away, if you're scrolling through ticktock for 2 hours straight, I don't think you'll be able to stop using the phone voluntarily.

You have serious potential. The structure and appeal of your ideas is akin to a KZfaqr with millions of subscribers. I strongly believe you'l go somewhere

Love this! At the beginning I was thinking of doing the same but I have anxiety about the emergency stuff. Glad I watched the whole thing because I'm currently cleaning up my phone to dumb it down but still use just one phone. Thank you!

Love the way you present, very chill and relatable. I can understand the worries as I feel the same way. Trying to solve my doom scrolling as I have been feeling more stressed than usual. Hope you find a balance and that the system now works! Love the blooper and I have an iPhone SE in a Pela case too. I just moved to my iPhone 13 mini and might try the lite phone method.

This was such a good quality video, you definitely deserve more. I have experienced something similar and was expecting a good ending for you at least but guess that's too hard to get now!

The algorithm blessed you with recommendations. Good luck and keep the grind up

Man please don’t stop this type of content ❤🙏🏼

you are a champ, great video! I had a second phone a few months ago, just for concentration music, and lecture and it has made a huge difference!!! I still get the messages and calls but you are right being away from social media helps a lot!

You could schedule your Do not disturb focus mode to start every evening. Very useful.

I bought a Fossil Hybrid watch. This has been one of my favourite purchases of all time. The main thin is the notifications. I can turn off vibrate on my phone and put down my phone and instead my watch will only vibrate on specific apps. This adds an extra super useful layer for notifications. It has a timer, stopwatch, basic playback controls, fitness tracking, sleep tracking and a Find Phone feature (playing loud sound on it to find it) which has been insanely useful multiple times. Not to mention a two - three week battery life and half an hour to charge to full. Has just the stuff I need and isn't a fancy smartwatch and looks like a normal watch too. Highly recommend!

Thanks for the inspiration! Just revived my old iPhone 6s Plus to a Lite Phone and at the same time as an emergency phone for our daughter that she can use if she happens to be home alone. So I learned 2 lessons in 1 video by you! Thank you very much and greetings from Germany :-)

Hey, thanks for creating such a good video. I like how you showed the process, both pros and cons and your conclusion in a way that was narratively interesting. I also had this issue a few months ago, and what I found helped immensely was deleting the social media apps off my phone and only accessing them from the browser. The browser version is usually good enough to respond to messages but clunky enough to discourage me from mindlessly scrolling. I keep one messaging app on my phone for family and close friends who may need to contact me, and even at that, I keep most group chats muted. I've heard of people adopting "pull" methods, where all notifications are disabled and they decide when they want to open apps. Maybe you could disable notifications for some social media to keep you from getting sucked into those. (I'm on android but I assume iOS can also disable notifications on a per-app basis) Once again thanks for the video, hope your new changes have improved your lifestyle!

I started using a “lite phone” with an old phone too! This became the phone I carried around the house. I catch myself picking up the old phone and wanting to go on social media or something I didn’t need. The app won’t be there and I’ll put the phone back down 😆 Setting daily limits on social media apps on my regular phones also helps. Glad things turned up okay with your wife! Also, love the behind the scenes at the end 😂

Nice video, great production quality. I was surprised when I saw you only had 210 subscribers. You should and will have a lot more soon!

Thank you for idea. I have an old iPhone 8 still working really well (except battery), laying around in my drawer, and this gave me ideas how to make use of it. And limits of old OS and apps helped me to make it a useful accessory for home use, not a doom scrolling machine. I watched few videos around the youtube but not a single one inspired me like yours did. So thank you, love the video ❤

This suprised me on this achievement for you!! I witness a channel from couple subscribers to many more in the future 😊

The “WAKE THE FUCK UPPPPPPP” alarm is so valid

I would expect this great video to be on a bigger channel. Great Job!

Saw this video in my recommended, lost it, remembered and found it. Great video m8!

Focus mode my man I love it and I turn off a lot of my notifications. Obviously not the ones I need for working. Good vid my man.

The video is great! And the concept is amazing, too! The only feedback that I can provide is that maybe I'd just turn down the music a bit, especially during A-Roll when you're talking, otherwise, great editing and very beautiful shots!

super well made video, really good narrative, great editing, cool looking shots that keep things interesting, literally everything is top notch! amazing stuff

Bro talked from his heart and i loved it

bro you deserve much more. loved your video.

I've carried two phones, and it is a PITA. Keeping up with one is a Herculean task for me, and a second one...forget about it. You can accomplish this with focus modes, controlling app notifications, placing daily time limits on social media apps, and setting up contacts that are important and can break thru the rules you set, like your wife (by the way, we have all missed the calls from the wife, no fun). While this method doesn't keep you disconnected, you are "litely" connected, maybe a better term is connected under control. Great video, I wish I could edit like you.

Hey dude, this was awesome to see. I think this was the push I needed to install Graphene on my Pixel 7 and use it as a secondary no-BS backup. I think disconnection and privacy can go hand-in-hand here.

Thanks for your inspiration. Filming oneself's sounds like a fantastic idea!

The video quality is phenomenal keep up the great work

Wow! I’ve recently updated from my iPhone 8, so probably I will copy your idea and turn it into a “phone for the exams month” :) Digital detox seems very important and I want to finally give it a try, but I didn’t now how until your video ended up on my fyp.

Like other commenters said, I expected this channel to have 330k subscribers, not 330! 15 minutes is way too long FOR ME, but the production quality is really high, good job!

bro made a video as good or better than a channel with 1million subs or more. I was blown away how amazing the quality this video was. keep it up!

Holy shit! This video's production quality and effort is insane!! And that too from a small youtuber, Hats off man!!!

Normally I don't write comments here on KZfaq. But I can say that I was almost shocked when I paused the Video and see that you only have 197 Subscribers. The Video is really professional, well edited and has a very interesting topic! Would be nice to see more Videos from you :) One little Hint: I was watching the Video on a Laptop and for me the Background-Music was just a little bit too loud. Nothing that makes me Stop the Video but just something I noticed :) Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing :)

Keep grinding on KZfaq Your content is good enough to warrant 100k subs Look up simple alpaca: he doesn’t deserve the subs he has given the quality and repetitiveness of his vids You’ve made much better vids than him keep going man

Sheesh bro your channel is amazing, I got shocked, when saw that you are not another big KZfaq channel. You deserve a lot more! Will.recommend you to all my friends

look, your videos are abseloutly amazing, they are so professionaly made and i have just seen, after watching the entire video that you only have 6k subs! you defenetly deserve more, if you keep up the work you will eventually get so many more subscribers

I changed my setup a lot of times before, but now I using the Focus feature os iOS. I have setup 1 screen per focus, with a small selection of widgets and apps. It's working great, it's just like I have 1 phone for each activity. I would like to have more options on MacOS too, like change wallpaper and dock icons

Awesome video! May I ask what was the case you had for your iPhone? I like how minimalistic it looks!

Love this idea. Gonna implement it with my old phone rn. Continue making more videos can't wait for more like this. Subscribed :) "Did I just GET THIS ON THE FIRST TRYYYY!" has my heart.

Keep grinding brother, big things are coming.

I was one of Matt d'avella first few hundred thousand subscribers. Now i found you. Just leaving this comment i can comeback to when you're already big. Hahaha keep up the good content.

I use a button phone (some people call it a dumb phone, but I refuse to call it so). It stays with me all the time, and all the social media and messaging apps stays in my laptop. In every social gathering or events, people are constantly on the phone but I get to be present in the moment and not get distracted all the time. By using that phone, I realized that no one really calls me in that phone, so whenever I get one, I know it's important (if not emergency). Also, whenever I use a smartphone, I immediately get sucked into social media, so not having one is great for me. Btw, the quality of your video is so good, only when writing the comment I found out you only have 248 subs!

I thought I was wathing someone with more than a million subs. Your content is mindblowing.

wishing nothing but success to you bro

I did this with my old 16GB iPhone 6 that still functions well after a battery replacment. I basically only use it for music like an iPod touch, app like Tide, and ebook app. Perfect to bring to the bathroom lmao

Great video! IOS has a built in grayscale filter which works great for reducing the dopamine when you check your phone

The freaking lighting is so good

Amazing video! Worth every second. Please continue, I see a big potential in your channel

There's actually a very easy way you can do this same thing but with one phone Use apple's focus modes It can disable apps and change notifications settings and all that just by switching between focus modes (Previously do not disturb xD) I believe the best way of doing this is using the quick switch wallpaper thing ios 16 has and linking one to a custom focus mode which you will then set the disabled apps and notifications Edit: alright db i understand why you used a separate device instead of using something like focus modes XD

You just earned a subscriber within the first 30 seconds! Keep this great content up, I look forward to watching your videos!

You’re voice is really addictive. I don’t know why you haven’t blown up yet, but again the algorithm is working!

damn. these situations, like the one with your wife and your phone being off, are the things i'm always thinking about when considering "plugging out" for the night. i really love how you landed on a middle ground solution and honestly it's great love the ending 😂

am i the only one that loves listening to his voice?

Yo man, its been 2 weeks since you posted this, and this video is still on the algorithm. This is how you know, you've did a great job making this video. Congrats 👏. Keep up the great work, cant wait for more videos 🫡💯

You earned a new subscriber in just one video brother, I love your content

This was very interesting and shows what slaves we have become to our devices, and how hard it is to restrict their ability to interact with us.

Production quality is awesome compared to the size of the channel. Great job. Keep it up. However, one criticism I will give is that your voice is being suppressed way too much over the music, and increasing the volume makes the music louder as well, so it kinda becomes unintelligible.

I'm very surprised you don't have more subscribers. I tought I had stumbled upon a huge channel. Great job!

Honestly, get an apple watch. It works even better. I turn off my main phone and keep my watch on. It still receives messages and at night only the people on my "emergency" list can get through. Every other notification is off. The watch works as an alarm and it's on me so it wakes me up very calmly. Get a watch, have your main phone off. I have mine connected to my carrier but it also works with WiFi so it's really great really. It's helped me out a ton with distractions.

alternatively, set your main phone up like your lite phone with maybe a bit extra, and then use your old phone as an entertainment phone, with apps like tiktok and so on only being installed on the entertainment phone

You know, a lot of what you did here could be achieved by simply setting up a Focus mode on your primary phone. You wouldn't have to worry about the calls & texts not coming through either

This is such a great idea! And Lite Phone is a great name. You inspire me to make a youtube channel myself

it’s weird seeing such immaculate content that clearly took time on a small channel

You could get a HomePod and enable intercom. My wife has contacted me that way when i don’t answer. 👍🏼

Can barely hear you because of the background music.

A really intelligently made video. Instant subscribe.

Man the quality of this one was amazing!

Idea: get a SIM card with another phone number and tell all of your friends/family to text it if there was an emergency

Ipod

Beyond charming and weirdly eye opening. I work for an Australian phone provider and I've had a few customers asking about some of things touched upon in this video. I feel as if I can do my job a little bit better because now I can approach these questions with tenderness. Thanks. We also have Headspace provided to us by my employer :)

Hello Dave I have found your channel and it's so cool. Keep doing this. Love you

Bro stop yapping

How does this channel only have 7k subs?! This video's quality seems like it should be from a multi million subscriber channel.

You have mastered video creation. You got a subscriber. I initially felt like "The Channel with Millions Subscribes" but currently there are 6.75K Subscriber Only. Keep growing.

having grown up in the 70s it's refreshing to see what's old is new again 🙌

With that quality of production, I'm genuinely surprised that you only have 700 subs.

awesome video, dude! things with my phone got easier when I took twitter off of my main homepage and started utilising focus mods. I have a work one that automatically comes on and a sleep one that automatically comes on, and I turned notifications off for most social media apps. made me stop opening the ones that really badly affected me as much, and not having the notifications definitely helped me to stop checking my phone whenever it beeped or whatever lol also the production quality and aesthetics of this video is great, man. you should be proud!

Beautifully edited and produced video.

This is why I have an Ipad Mini, its been so helpful for my creativity and just peace of mind.