the dumbphone idea is nothing but an idea

A few days ago, I watched a retro buyers’ guide for iPods. I was considering an iPod Nano 7 as an offline music player with Bluetooth capabilities with no internet access. Only problem is, these devices are old, can only be purchased secondhand and are hard to repair. So if the battery hadn’t been charged in a while and I charge it, it might inflate and burst through the fragile screen. The only advantage an iPod like that carries over my Apple Watch is that it’s easier to flash my music library to from my Mac instead of relying on Bluetooth transfer from my iPhone. So, when I sensed the futility in wasting time on these retro guides and devices, I went to the Sidephone page, which sported a sundial like the iPod Classic, to check its price again and whether it shipped to my country of residence. I was starry-eyed at the sundial that it comes with because that phone could be a more sophisticated music player and probably a main daily driver. My sister walked in on me, saw what I was…