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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)

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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Just disable everything on your phone right now down to the essentials. If you're on Android, there's a lot of really minimalist 3rd party launchers like Niagara launcher that can improve the minimalist experience as well. You'd basically mimic the light phone at that point while still having every upside and be able to selectively enable and disable what you're asking.

You don't need to pay for an overpriced phone to take your choices away. You can find the will power to just disable it on your current phone.