hello everyone and welcome back to another video today we have the Light phone 2 after 5 years this is going to be half a technical review and half a lifestyle review so I'm going to give some themes and I'm going to cover a lot of the features that this device has and how it has improved my life over the past 5 years the first thing is that my life has slowed down the lifeone 2 has improved a lot since I actually first got it when I first got it it only have phone alarm and settings that's it now it does have notes it has directions it has a directory where you can find businesses it has the ability to play music and play podcasts and it does also sync with your Google calendar so a lot of advancements the team has done in the past five years and they have still supported it something that a lot of smartphones don't get they don't get a lot of support yes the price it is a little bit more than a regular flip phone but it does have some features that are quite essential to some people and it does it in a pretty good way it does still have some bugs especially in the directions too but for the most part the device will be slowing you down and actually offering you a lot of value so when it comes to slowing down in my life I have been able to see that the e in is a little bit slower technology so it allows you to be more patient I don't compose as many text messages as I used to I don't participate in group text message conversations as I used to instead I call people more which the call Quality on the lightone 2 is about uh 6.5 7 out of 10 at the most but it is compatible with Bluetooth which makes the phone calls go to the8 and N range depending on your Bluetooth headset did fix that compatibility with the Bluetooth headphones so most Bluetooth headphones now are compatible and also a lot of cars I've been able to use it with different cars and actually smarter cars nowadays uh I've rented one the other day and I had the ability to connect the lightone 2 to that car and I had no issues so when it comes to the compatibility when it comes to the robustness of the device I would give it a solid 8 out of 10 it does have most of the features that you need and it does so in a pretty relatively easy way it does still have some problems which are being addressed with the new generation the lightone 3 but this phone has slow me down I don't consume as much I don't go on the browser as much because it doesn't have one I don't actually just scroll on social media because it doesn't have access to that and instead I'm doing more activities that are actually better for me but more on that in just a second point the second thing with the lightone 2 is that you're going to consume less not only because the phone doesn't need as much data so you may be able to lower your data consumption and therefore the price of your plan I have a plan with us mobile that is $6 per month this plan has been discontinued but now there is a plan that costs $8 per month and for smartphones smartphone plans are usually in the 15 plus range some people pay $50 $45 even some people have heard they pay $70 for their smartphone plan with the unlimited data that most smartphones need because they're consuming data and sending your data and using all things data but the lifeone 2 is just more simple and because it is more simple and it doesn't need as many things you can still connect it to Wi-Fi and download the podcast or the music that you need to download but that's about it and because it doesn't use a lot of these Technologies you can just lower the cost but not only that I am also not consuming content that is leading me to other purchases or impulse purchases so in the past I used to have a smartphone and I used to go on a browser and that gives you ads and because you have a lot of advertisements that may lead you to make an impulse purchase or if you have the Amazon app on your phone then you're going to be purchasing something just because you heard about it or because you have the access to do it the Light phone 2 is a general barrier for that because it doesn't allow you to just pull out the phone and go into it and then purchase whatever you want instead you have to be mindful you have to jot it down and you have to have a better system in order to do that the third category that I want to talk about is essentially the planning so now I plan better than when I have my smartphone yes smartphones have a lot of planner apps but they also have a lot of distractions because this device only has the notes tool which is very simple very nice and very useful you can also record audio notes on this specific tool and it also has the ability to do your calendar then you're able to input the calendar notes and you're not distracted if somebody says hey can you put it on your calendar you're not going to be distracted by notifications so you're going to be planning ahead of time also for other things there is a lot of friction for example when you go on a flight you may have to print your paper ticket before or you may have to go to the counter or you may have to ask for assistance and that may be a little bit uncomfortable for some people but I have been able to enjoy that enjoy the human interaction instead of just having my phone for everything and not talking to anybody that is just a personal preference but it has allowed me to plan better has allowed me to become more mindful about my schedule and the things that I want to introduce into my life instead of just being mindless about my schedule also another thing is the entertainment portion because I am planning my entertainment I make sure to put the music and podcast I actually want on the phone I cannot just download something real quick or stream something real quick I actually had to plan to listen to it load it into the computer which sends it to my phone through the dashboard which is I think a very good option personally I would like to see an offline option at some point in time but for now I'm not going to complain the phone has kept up and it has done its job with this library of music and also the podcast that I listen to the fourth thing is that you notice things a a little bit more because you have time to actually do it instead of being distracted by your smartphone the Light phone 2 offers a distraction free zone phone calls text messages maybe a podcast you could be distracted with that but whenever you go out with friends you're not going to be pinged a lot and if you are it's just a text message it's not a notification from a service it's not a tracking of a package it's not something that it's in the back of your mind because you don't have access to it all you have access to is just the basic communication tools that everybody used to have access to instead of being distracted by the worldwide web now you're encountering more with nature and you have the ability to see your friends and you have the ability to actually talk to them so it has made my relationships a lot richer and it has allowed me to focus more on those things now there is a point to say that you could do this with a smartphone too you don't have to actually get a light phone or a dumb phone in order to experience more of life and to actually pay attention to the people in your life you can just be respectful but smartphones have a mind of their own and they're sometimes more distracting that we like to admit the last point is that my privacy has improved because I don't have apps mining my data or sending it to a server I don't have a lot of spam advertisements I don't have a lot of spam on my email because again there is nothing that I'm signing up for on this little device I'm just calling and texting the people that I already know yes there is a frustration with a little bit of spam calls but you just register at do not call.gov or gov the government website where you are going to be removing your number from teller marketing Services it does take a little while I've had to re-register twice in the 5 years but after a while I just stopped getting spam phone calls for a long long time and whether you have a smartphone or a dum phone I actually say go to the Do Not call.gov and register your device so that you don't get telemarketing yes there have been some times where I've had a couple of text messages on spam I just block the number and continue moving on with my life over the past 5 years I've enjoyed using this device I've also used other devices but I keep coming back to this one and this has been my personal device for all of that time and the reason why is because I believe in the company I like what they're doing and they are prompt to provide good customer service and upgrades to the phone a 5-year phone for $300 has been the best investment that I have ever made for my digital wellness and also in my life it has taught me a lot of lessons of patience and being just a better person but of course you can also learn them smartphone and I hope that this video just encourages you to pick up maybe one of these or the lightone 3 whichever one you think is best for you but also to just be more mindful about your usage and create a little bit of a better life for you and your loved ones I hope this video was helpful and that I showcase enough features during my review that you were able to check out and actually see the phone and get a little bit of a gist of how it works until next time this has been my review of the lifeone 2 over 5 years and I think it's going to make it way way longer thank you for watching I'll see you in the next video
