Phone

Second phones and full switches: what a simpler phone can do, and what you give up.

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• Stage 3 · Second phone for weekends

  A second phone for weekends or evenings

  A second, simpler phone you keep alongside your smartphone for weekends or evenings — the main options and how your calls and texts actually reach it.

• Stage 4 · Full switch

  Switching to a minimalist phone: what you actually give up

  What a full switch to a minimalist phone costs you in maps, banking, messaging, and photos — and how to test it before you buy anything.