In a bid to cut screen time and endless scrolling, a rising number of people in the US are ditching smartphones for more basic handsets.
Could we be seeing the return of the ‘dumbphone’?
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I went 6 months no smartphone and it was the best time of my life. Spent my time reading and writing and my creativity felt at its highest ever! I’m going to go back as I’m wasting my life away on this damn thing
I’m 65 and tech savy. I have an Android, iPhone, and a senior flip phone. I take the flip when I don’t want to be disturbed. Only my wife has that number. Please stop paying $300 for flip phones to “detox”.
Switched to a dumbphone 4 days ago and I couldn’t be happier!
i am currentley using the indistructable nokia 3310 its great