Dumb Phone PickerPhone selection guide · United States · Rev. 10.26

Guides

Plain, step-by-step guides for using less phone.

  1. Make Your Android Phone a Dumb Phone With Digital Wellbeing

    Use Android's built-in Digital Wellbeing (app timers, App limits PIN, Focus mode, Bedtime mode) to make the phone you own do less. Steps from Google Help.

  2. Dumb Phones That Work on Verizon (Oct 2026)

    Which dumb phones and minimalist phones list Verizon support, as of Oct 2026: prices, the prepaid catch, and what each maker says. Every fact sourced.

  3. Make Your iPhone a Dumb Phone With Screen Time (iOS 27)

    Step-by-step: use iOS 27 Screen Time schedules, time allowances, content restrictions and a passcode to make the iPhone you own do less. No purchase.

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