Shunning his smartphone for a “dumb” one changed the way Jose Briones engages with the world — and he likes it that way. | AFP
He hasn’t forsaken the internet entirely however: Briones helps moderate a Reddit forum devoted to so-called dumbphones, which had 17,000 thousand “enthusiasts” as members as of Monday.
They are reminiscent of the pre-iPhone era when mobile phones allowed users to call another line, an astounding breakthrough made when the first mobile phone call was dialed on April 3, 1973 — 50 years ago. “When I was constantly on my smartphone, I felt like my brain would fog up,” Melanin_King0 said in an exchange with AFP.“It would be harder to do anything and scrolling on Instagram’s Reels and TikTok was sapping my motivation.”
Many members of the “dumbphones” forum have made the switch away from smartphones but keep some conveniences such as email, Spotify, Google Maps, or Microsoft Teams, Briones noted.Many of the aficionados keep a smartphone on hand for their jobs. On their website, the Brooklyn-based makers of the Light Phone promise to never offer social media, internet browsing or an “anxiety-inducing infinite feed” on their minimalist handsets.
The sales trend has been consistently downward despite a slight “uptick” last year in the United States, said IDC Worldwide Device Trackers research director Nabila Popal.
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