This device is an open rebellion against everything that smartphones have become
10/01/2019
Could Punkt’s high-design, low-tech “dumbphone,” the MP02, really help me digitally detox? I decided to find out.
Did your 2019 New Year’s resolutions include spending less time with your smartphone? You could activate Apple’s “Screen Time” functionality on your iPhone...
Could Punkt’s high-design, low-tech “dumbphone,” the MP02, really help me digitally detox? I decided to find out.
Did your 2019 New Year’s resolutions include spending less time with your smartphone? You activate Apple’s “Screen Time” functionality on your iPhone (or Google’s Android-based equivalent), but that’s kind of like asking your heroin dealer to help you kick. Luckily, a small cottage industry has sprung up within the past several years to get you off your by actually replacing the physical device itself. Punkt, Palm, Light–these hardware startups are all relying on thoughtful-but-aggressive design to accomplish one goal: unplugging you from the Distraction-Industrial Complex without turning you into a mobile-tech Luddite in the process.Read Full Story