Quark's

I've been rocking my Lightphone 3 for a month as my full-time daily driver, with no companion device (Well, I have a Boox palma, but I only read on it, don't have any need for its other features/apps)

If I would have went straight from my previous normal of being super connected and addicted to my phone to where I'm at now, I wouldn't have been able to swing it. It's taken me almost 3 years of slow progress to be able to just fully ditch the smart stuff. Just start slow, keep on it, and you'll get there eventually is you really want to.

And all you have to do to move where your number points is to swap the SIM card. It takes only a coupe seconds. I still have my old smartphone that I pop the SIM into when I go to concerts so I don't break/lose my various dumb devices I've had over the years. The Lightphone 3 doesn't support eSim yet, though it's on the roadmap somewhere. It might be an idea to get a cheap smartphone that can use a regular SIM. Especially if it's a really low-tier device, you'll be able to use it, but the poor performance might push you to ditch the apps faster.

For the past year my daily driver has been an Android-based flip phone that just does the bare minimum smart stuff, and I love it lol.

Hate to give up the flip, but yeah, plan is to daily drive the Minimal as its successor since it's getting old and there's nothing else close to it I can buy. Probably going to wait a few more days before committing as I'm still getting this one setup/configured the way I like it (it takes a while lol). If nothing else, it's a cool secondary device I can tether to my flip phone and use as a mini e-ink tablet.

I really wish carriers made it easy to swap where your phone number is pointed because I would love one of these for weekend/evening use. But I'm pretty intimidated to switch full time.

I move my SIM card around and swap devices like people change shoes 😎. Sometimes I know I'll need the full smartphone, most days I don't (or if I'm camping, I'll throw my SIM in my rugged smartphone). I'm not sure if eSIMs make that easier or harder (or no difference), but it's nice to just physically move the card and be on my way.

Would also love to see a follow up in a few months to see if you found it sustainable.

Will do!