iPhone dumbphone - Hacker News

Posted by joshmanders 9/8/2025

695 points | 396 commentspage 10

skarz 9/9/2025|

OP is using LastPass still, oof...

maxwellito 9/8/2025||

There’s another solution, much faster, it’s to use Screen Time and have your partner own the passcode. I hold my partner’s phone passcode and it’s fantastic to control when he’s allowed to doom scroll

m463 9/9/2025||

I can't believe how much stuff he configured on a "dumbphone"

why not:

- phone app

- messages

- calendar

- clock

- notes

- reminders

stopachka 9/9/2025|

Author here: those already come with the standard iPhone setup.

m463 9/9/2025||

I understood.

But I say, don't install your list, and further uninstall "extra" apple apps.

I know you don't need apple tv+ or apple news

do you really need mail?

I wonder if you even need safari?

echelon_musk 9/8/2025||

Seems like way more work than learning to be disciplined.

cheema33 9/8/2025|

> Seems like way more work than learning to be disciplined.

Are you disciplined about everything you need/want to be disciplined about? Food, exercise, sleep, reading, work, family... You've got it all dialed to a perfection, yes? If not, why not? It is after all easy to learn to be disciplined.

orliesaurus 9/8/2025||

I cant believe people have to do this...what a world! nice to have the option I guess!

recursive 9/8/2025||

I don't think the author has to do this. They just prefer to.

Aside from not having a phone, how could someone not have the option?

tolerance 9/8/2025||

I really want to thank you for this comment; how it gave a well-needed jolt to my pride and taste for discipline.

NuclearPM 9/10/2025||

> getting the right setup takes a few weeks, and you may need to rely on others.

Lol

k4rnaj1k 9/9/2025||

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junglistguy 9/8/2025||

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hnst1 9/9/2025|

Not really on the topic of the post, but I love the active reader count on the top.