My phone of choice is the Kyocera DuraXV Extreme.
There is a feature titled Call timer that displays talk time on the phone. I have owned this phone for approximately two years, replacing another Kyocera that lasted for several years before that.
In two years, I have made 756 calls totaling 36 hours and 15 minutes. At two years, that is approximately one phone call a day.
- dialed calls time is 28 hours and 54 minutes
- received calls time is 7 hours and 21 minutes
A ratio of 4:1.
I have, through behavioral patterns, set expectations for how long it takes for me to respond to a text or a missed call. I also live in a time zone (HST; UTC−10:00) that is quite off from everywhere else. If I want to talk, I usually have to do some pre-planning with others to make sure I am not waking them up in the middle of the night.
Spurred by recent unwanted political spam texts, I have turned off all notifications. Phone calls will make a buzz, but messages will not, and there will be no indication of anything waiting unless I deliberately check the inbox. For what was already a utilitarian device, I have essentially turned my phone into something more like a landline with an answering machine that I check on my terms. Or it is something like a pager that I can return calls on.
This makes for an unexpectedly delightful experience.