Until 2021, I never had a smartphone. While the "app" revolution unfolded around me, I happily stuck to using the internet on my computer. I navigated new cities by intuition, rarely asking for directions, relying on my good sense of direction. That changed when a European directive forced banks to require two-factor authentication, leaving me no choice but to get a smartphone. I bought a cheap one. Over time, I found myself using it for trivial things, like checking Twitter on the tram—moments of contemplation turned into information overload. Sure, having a map or buying a ticket on the fly is practical sometimes, but it hasn’t improved my life overall. Long story short, I've decided to remove the phone from my life again.<p>If I’m writing here, it’s because I need some ideas. Before buying a phone, I tried installing the banking app on an Android emulator (BlueStacks). However, the app recognized the emulator wasn’t a real phone and refused to work. My question is: how can I emulate a real phone on a computer? Does anyone have experience or references on this? It would be great to build a collection of ideas and references here in the comments that could be easily found by search engines for others with the same problem.<p>In summary: Have you ever done something similar? Any suggestions, ideas, or hacks?