Is a basic flip phone better for your mental health? Why some are downgrading their devices to tune out techno stress.

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Phones available include a remake of noughties classic the Nokia 3210, or new designs such as the recently released Barbie flip phone. But handing children a "dumb phone" seems to be as much an ...

Smartphones have long been the dominant device for communicating on the move, outselling their pared-down feature phone counterparts ... find the device somewhat dumb, but we’ve all got to ...

Parents concerned about the possible dangers smartphone use might have for their children are turning to “dumb phones”. These are the brick-shaped or flip phones today’s parents might have ...

I like to tell myself that when I retire, and my days are measured with weekly pill organizers, I will treasure the time I have left—reading the Great Books, visiting lands I had read about in ...

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Plus, we show you the best ‘dumb’ phones on offer. The study of 10,000 parents across five countries, including Australia, also found smartphones have changed their children’s personalities ...

This basic model — known as a “dumb phone” these days — could only be used for calls and texts. No apps, no internet, no (or, at least, fewer) distractions. “I became overwhelmed and ...

Parents concerned about the possible dangers smartphone use might have for their children are turning to “dumb phones”. These are the brick-shaped or flip phones today’s parents might have ...