SPC Wild pushes a digital detox to improve mental health, but the functions of a ‘smartphone’ are missing a lot

Social networks have become essential services for most users, since they dedicate them a daily time for personal purposes, a hyperconnection that SPC set out to modify with SPC Wild, A device without internet access that allows the past to be returned to those who came to know the “dumb” mobiles, although without stopping offering the characteristics that cover their basic needs.

The Spanish technology firm presented this terminal last summer, with the aim of responding “to the growing demand for products that allow a certain distance” of the overinformation and non -essential services, as explained in a meeting in which Europa Press was present .

Together with the terminal, SPC shared the ‘Spcial generation study on digital disconnection habits of the young Spaniards’, an analysis in which it was concluded that almost 57 percent of the Spaniards were raised disconnect from your mobile to connect with the world and improve your lifea point of view that had “created a trend.”

Also then it was advanced that among the most common reasons to consider or carry out this practice are to reduce the time in front of the screens, improve the quality of life and reinforce mental health.

To experiment with the brand’s proposal and make a digital detox, we have used the new SPC Wild and proven what is the experience of returning to 2000 with a ‘dumbphone’ or ‘silly mobile’. Although it is very helpful, it is a drastic change for day to day.

Available in three ‘pop’ -Negro inspiration colors (Night Black), Rosa (Power Pink) and Green (Caribbean Green) – This mobile phone has the right and enough to stay connected to other people. Yes indeed, provided it is done by telephone or SMSwith which, the time that is destined to use it can significantly diminish.

Therefore, it can be an ideal alternative for those who seek to avoid distractions and concentrate on tasks such as studying oppositions or spending a time away from the saturation of information and contents. It can also be for Those who need to have broad autonomy or do not have a nearby feeding source for a few days.

It should be noted in this sense that social networks are among the ‘apps’ that consume the most battery, so that by not offering them, the autonomy of this Concha type terminal can be extended up to ten days, with an hour of daily conversation .

In this way, those who can avoid falling into the temptation to share everything they do at a music festival, for example, can use the SPC Wild to have the mobile available without spending on external batteries or without worrying about where there may be where there may be A plug. Use un puerto USB-C, So it is accessible to all users, since it is the most common connector of electronic devices.

When taking photographs, however, its limitations are evident: its rear camera is 2 MP and It has no Selfi Chamberso that to do self -portraits, the terminal should be turned around, which may not be too comfortable. What is appreciated is that there is a physical access button to the camera, which is placed next to the SMS and Radio.

The visualization of images is complicated by not being able to make ‘zoom’ about them and on more than one occasion we have made the threat of expanding with the fingers, despite the fact that their Main screen, 2.8 inches (320 x 240 pixels), it is not tactile. Nor is the exterior, which has a minor resolution (160 x 128 pixels) than the main one, which shows the mobile signal – until 4g – and the battery status.

Faced with the different options for customizing themes and wallpapers, SPC Wild has a single color for its interface – although you can choose a background image of the gallery – and only the icons of the applications can be distributed on it. This is Another of the great inconveniences for those who are accustomed to the ‘widgets’ and other interactive buttons of smartphones.

However, it is a phone that fulfills what it promises: connectivity in case necessary and portability, without ornaments, with characteristics that are really useful On a day -to -day basis, such as the flashlight, the recorder, the timer, the stopwatch, the calculator, the alarm or the radio.

The latter, without a doubt, is the most nostalgic component, because modern phones no longer come with integrated FM radio. Also, SPC offers the alternative to listen to it through the only terminal speaker, located at the back, or by headphones with Jack 3.5 mm connector. It has been impossible instead, linking it with wireless headphones, although the terminal has Bluetooth connectivity.

Another return to the past is the one that provides its games section, since it includes two of the best known titles in the ‘Gaming’ universe: the classic puzzle Sokoban y snake. In both you can choose the level of play, that is, from 1 to 15 in the case of the first and easy, normal or difficult in the case of the second.

Another quite surprising hobby to be a mobile of this type is reading, since it has Support for electronic books or ‘ebooks’, Although you can not take advantage of long -term readings, taking into account the size of the screen, too small for comfortable reading.

In short, who finally do this digital detox, will enjoy it with a beautiful phone, with a soft and simple keyboard, with very large, and functional buttons. Although as much as the radio can keep you aware of today, it will cost you to adapt to a ‘dumbphone’.