@p i like how rms states "... I learned that portable phones make many people's lives oppressive, because they feel compelled to spend all day receiving and responding to text messages which interrupt everything else. Perhaps my decision to reject this convenience for its deep injustice has turned out best in terms of convenience as well." from
https://stallman.org/rms-lifestyle.html

I personally don't find any of what a phone does to be truly convenient. (mostly just speaking about normies, that find it easier to just "google it" instead of go over to an alt. search engine, and this goes for lots of situations/choices) the situation I am in, I have to have a phone sadly. When my parole is up, I will be sure to have an Android that is not hooked up to any network, for the purpose of having an on the go GB/GBC/GBA/DS/3DS emulator and also e-reader (light novels, philosophy books, programming, norse mythology, you name it)...
i find the inconvenient part of a smartphone is having apps with lots of notifications, this is ADHD inducing and multi-task culture which is very counter-productive in nature.

smartphones are essentially fancy ankle monitors, in my experience, if used as connected to a network. otherwise, they are just a portable computer with some convenience if you limit what it is used for. (through will power and discipline, i limit my phone use every week, and i can imagine once i'm rid of texting and phone calls, i'll be using it only in public situations where i just want to read something while waiting or play a game while waiting, etc.)

trying to take the good w/ the bad i guess