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I'd get the phone she wants moving forward and then have a simless iphone to deal with the rest, connect to wifi to deal with 2factor etc.
apple watch or garmin will work for running you can sync it from a laptop or ipad.
whatsapp you can use on browser.
banking having it setup on a phone is handy for if you're not at home but can be done on ipad and laptop
Tenderloin
Whatsapp...
My wife wants to get rid of her iphone (not because she smashed the screen) but because she spends too much fucking time on it. Which is a fair assessment. She'd like to replace it with some kind of non-smart phone. The bits holding her back:
Whatsapp - we do home ed so there are lots of whatsapp groups which are handy to keep an eye on. Fucked if I'm joining them, so how can she keep up to date? Presumably not possible? (i.e. you can get whatsapp etc on a browser but you need the phone to link in the first place).
Music - she was thinking of using an apple watch and earbuds for music when running but again, presume you need an iphone to set it all up? Small MP3 player instead until buds have 5G streaming or memory function built in?
Banking - presume you don't need a smartphone to do online banking apps on an ipad? Even to set up as they have lots of biometric hardware already?
Her phone goals are: sms (some sort of group function wouldn't hurt)/ calendar / phone. Probably in that order.
I haven't used an iphone for years so am zero help.
Edit: she doesn't have the capacity to just uninstall distraction apps or set timers etc.