Anti-Smartphone: The World’s Most Minimalist Phone Designed To Be Used As Little As Possible
Mobile phones and all the apps that come with them have invaded our lives so much that some people want to downgrade their connectivity. The tricky part is staying in touch with those who really matter. Designers Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang have constructed a minimalist phone that finds the perfect balance between the two.
Their Light Phone works as an extension to the smartphone. Its users can forward all the calls from their smartphone to the device, leave the first at home and take the second with them to travel light on connectivity. This allows to disconnect from all of the apps but remain easily contactable. The Light Phone uses 2G GSM network to operate and has only the most basic elements: a palm-sized handset, a simple LCD display, and a numerical keypad. That means no apps, no text messages, just making and receiving calls.
“We couldn’t help but feel that the last thing we thought the world needed was another app,” Hollier and Tang said. “The Light Phone is an actually an experience we call ‘going light’, in which the goal is not to use the Light Phone to place lots of phone calls, but to disconnect from the internet at large and maintain the peace of mind that you are still reachable by those you love the most.”
The Light Phone comes in two colors – white and black – and is available to pre-order for $150.
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Designers Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang have constructed the Light Phone, nicknamed the ‘anti-smartphone’
This credit card-sized device can’t connect to apps, send texts, or take pictures
It is designed exclusively for making and receiving calls
“We couldn’t help but feel that the last thing we thought the world needed was another app,” the developers said
“The Light Phone is actually an experience we call ‘going light’”
“The goal is to use the Light Phone to disconnect from the internet at large and maintain the peace of mind…”
“…that you are still reachable by those you love the most”
The minimalist phone has only the most basic elements: a palm-sized handset, a simple LCD display and a numerical keypad, and is available to pre-order for $150
why pay extra just buy a grandpa Nokia!
I thought the same
No need to buy it. You or your parents probably have one lying around in a drawer somewhere :-) Battery probably has some life left in it, too. :-D
I thought the advantage of this phone is the contracted design.
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I'm sorry, but you can just as easily get a really cheap phone with which you can basically only call, without paying 150$
Just buy a cheap phone for calls...It´s kinda hilarious how the make this phone concept seem like something that has never been before XD When all old phones have exactly the same function.
why pay extra just buy a grandpa Nokia!
I thought the same
No need to buy it. You or your parents probably have one lying around in a drawer somewhere :-) Battery probably has some life left in it, too. :-D
I thought the advantage of this phone is the contracted design.
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what David inferred I'm overwhelmed that a homemaker ready to make $6989 in four weeks on the PC . take a gander at this now............. / www.99homejobs . c o mᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵᴵ
I'm sorry, but you can just as easily get a really cheap phone with which you can basically only call, without paying 150$
Just buy a cheap phone for calls...It´s kinda hilarious how the make this phone concept seem like something that has never been before XD When all old phones have exactly the same function.