When Leigh Tynan agreed to get her 13-year-old daughter a cellphone, she didn't want it to become a distraction.'When there's a smartphone or screen, you...
When Leigh Tynan agreed to get her 13-year-old daughter a cellphone, she didn't want it to become a distraction.
While dumbphones have long been popular with seniors and tradespeople, there's fresh demand from parents trying to protect their children from the distracting features of smartphones. The durability and cost are also appealing: The majority of dumbphones sell for less than $100.Some Gen Z and millennial users are also making the switch as they try to digitally detox from a constantly connected world.
Dumbphones, also known as simplephones or featurephones, are mobile devices limited to basic functions such as making phone calls and sending text messages, and often can't connect to the Internet. But dumbphones remain a niche product, making up less than one per cent of the total mobile handset market in Canada, according to Counterpoint. Forget says many companies have little incentive to offer them.
Brooklyn-based Light just released the third generation of its Light Phone. With a black-and-white display and no email, social media, or internet browsing, it retails for $399, making it about four times pricier than other dumbphones. "We all knew something was going on with him and another employee. Months later, he wouldn't give me three days off because my niece died of SIDS. So I walked out, bought a $30 burner phone, and texted his wife his phone password. They got divorced."Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek had some good news to share during her daily briefing on the city's water crisis Sunday morning. She said residents have been taking action to reduce their consumption.
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