{"id":920,"date":"2025-08-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ditching-my-phone-for-an-lte-smartwatch-was-a-humbling-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:00:00","slug":"ditching-my-phone-for-an-lte-smartwatch-was-a-humbling-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ditching-my-phone-for-an-lte-smartwatch-was-a-humbling-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Take a little phone break, as a treat.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/dsc01096_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tTake a little phone break, as a treat.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Leaving the house without my phone is the stuff of nightmares. Leaving the house without my phone <em>on purpose<\/em>? Are you kidding? What if I need to take a picture of something? What will I look at if I need to wait in line? What if disaster strikes or a <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> happens? The possibilities are too overwhelming. But in the face of all this uncertainty, I (mostly) left my phone at home for the past week &#8211; on purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I wanted to see if I could get by with just an LTE-enabled smartwatch, an experiment I&rsquo;ve been itching to run for a while. I, like many of my fellow elder millennials, look at my phone entirely too much. It&rsquo;s my job, but sti \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/756945\/smartwatch-lte-minimalist-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a little phone break, as a treat. Leaving the house without my phone is the stuff of nightmares. 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