Moleskine Classic Notebook

No battery, no sync, no screen at all.

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A perfect fit if you're looking for:

A perfect fit if the goal is removing the screen from note taking entirely, not finding a better screen to take notes on.

The full picture

The plain paper notebook that quietly outlasts every digital note taking device on this list: a hardcover, elastic closure notebook with an expandable back pocket, available ruled, plain or dotted. It has no software to update, no account to log into, and nothing that can be pushed to a phone.