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<blockquote data-quote="henrypemberton" data-source="post: 1436760" data-attributes="member: 20816">Great article! I bought a dumb phone back in August and used that as my primary texting/calling device but also had my iphone to browse and read twitter and that sort of thing. The immediate benefit was that my phone bill shrank after switching from Verizon to the cheaper plan. It was a bit of a headache to break out of Verizon&#039;s tentacles, but I&#039;m glad I did it.Fast forward a few more months, I ditched the iphone completely. For me, the biggest problem with it was the ease of access to porn that it provided. I found that all the iphone ever did for me was provide another channel to the internet that I had to resist when I had the urge to go online and look at things I shouldn&#039;t. The Apple logo with a bite out of it also became too much for me. All I could see was evil.Since ditching the iphone I have noticed a marked improvement. My only channel to the internet right now is through a laptop, and I find that any urges I get I can handle much more easily. Laptops are more of a tool and the sin that they potentially can help cause can be managed more easily. I can say with certainty ditching my iphone has helped my faith and made my spiritual life much easier in the sense that I&#039;m not needlessly wasting energy fighting temptations from products that don&#039;t need to be in my life.****As a side note, I think it&#039;s worth mentioning that implementing these changes doesn&#039;t need to happen overnight. You only need to take the small step you are probably capable of taking and want to take right now. Give it some time, and you will be ready for the next change, which will then be easier because you are used to the first change you made.***</blockquote>

[QUOTE="henrypemberton, post: 1436760, member: 20816"] Great article! I bought a dumb phone back in August and used that as my primary texting/calling device but also had my iphone to browse and read twitter and that sort of thing. The immediate benefit was that my phone bill shrank after switching from Verizon to the cheaper plan. It was a bit of a headache to break out of Verizon's tentacles, but I'm glad I did it. Fast forward a few more months, I ditched the iphone completely. For me, the biggest problem with it was the ease of access to porn that it provided. I found that all the iphone ever did for me was provide another channel to the internet that I had to resist when I had the urge to go online and look at things I shouldn't. The Apple logo with a bite out of it also became too much for me. All I could see was evil. Since ditching the iphone I have noticed a marked improvement. My only channel to the internet right now is through a laptop, and I find that any urges I get I can handle much more easily. Laptops are more of a tool and the sin that they potentially can help cause can be managed more easily. I can say with certainty ditching my iphone has helped my faith and made my spiritual life much easier in the sense that I'm not needlessly wasting energy fighting temptations from products that don't need to be in my life. ****As a side note, I think it's worth mentioning that implementing these changes doesn't need to happen overnight. You only need to take the small step you are probably capable of taking and want to take right now. Give it some time, and you will be ready for the next change, which will then be easier because you are used to the first change you made.*** [/QUOTE]

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