Simplicity preacher here. I work in IT and the reactions of my colleagues to my phone vary from "oh, cool, I want one" to "I don't understand how anyone in technology still uses one".
A promotion happened and I needed to get a mobile phone for work. The boss said we need the newest technology and the iPhone XR landed on my desk. Boring apps on it, mostly Microsoft Office and IT network monitoring thingies. But today it snowed and boy, was it easy to take a short movie with snow falling around me and share it on the internal chat with colleagues. I did some grocery shopping. A store sent me a digital coupon that would not print despite store's claims to the contrary. So I sent the store email to my work, took the work phone with me, and scanned the coupon from the screen. Neat, I thought.
On the other hand the phone chimed every time a new chat, email or server alert came my way, which became quite annoying after a while so I turned the damn thing off. I think I can see how easy it is to get addicted to constant checking for updates from friends and how it requires a conscious effort to not become dependent on the device for social interaction. With a flip phone, it's basic texting and calling people, and not much more, which seems to invite more face-to-face communication. But perhaps I'm just envious of those with thousands of Facebook friends and receivers of tweets from interesting people?
