So, this happened, A new phone that can cure phone addiction. Sounds unbelievable? Absolutely, But don’t take my word for it. Try it yourself and let me know below.
Here’s the skinny. This small basic phone with no GPS, music, or apps will be carried in addition to your smart phone. All it does, phone calls and basic texting. This is how to ween yourself off phone addiction.
We’ve all become so absorbed in the blinking, bleeping monsters in our pockets that even the gadgetmakers have started dispensing salves for excessive phone use. One of their more out-there “solutions”: Start carrying two phones. There’s a certain counterintuitive logic at work—shouldn’t we have fewer phones? Maybe. But out of this existential panic, those who created our screen dependency and those who are committed to helping us fight it have come up with a tantalizing (and tantalizingly profitable) fix. It’s not about getting off your phone, per se. It’s about getting on a different one.
This is the phone that will help you live your best life—a life in which Instagram, Slack, Facebook, and email are relegated to the back of your mind. Barely larger than a credit card, this phone relaxes your two-handed grip and liberates more of your pocket real estate. That other phone lures you into a Chinese finger trap. This gadget sets you free.