We Switched to Dumb(ish)phones So You Won't Have To

screen time of 26 minute average per day I'm not even joking 🫡

“I wouldn’t watch tiktok on this” yes david that’s the whole idea, you’re getting it now

"we use them to much because they put worms in our brains" honestly spot on

21 minutes on my phone. We don't talk about my computer screentime.

Screen time of 9 and a half hours… oops

Ellis' "What?!" to Maria not using a Calendar needs to be a waveform soundbite. Hilarious.

I really dig the MKBHD family.

This video underscores why this is not a device problem, but a lifestyle one. If you change your lifestyle, any of the devices shown can be integrated seamlessly into a digital minimalism journey. They live and enjoy their tech driven lifestyle so that's why it's hard to see the benefits of less tech in their lives. Cool video though!

Pinning the lowest average screentime.... or the highest... surprise us.

I think Maria was onto something with the perfect dumb phone idea. This would be mine: -Flip phone with physical buttons (maybe the option of full qwerty for most productivity or just num pad so I can go back to T9 texting) -Z-flip front display size but really good e-ink like the Boox, touchscreen for app compatibility -Cellular and GPS -Full android app support so I can use Google Maps, Spotify, Strava, and occasionally a web browser (QR menu is a good reason why) -Decent-ish camera -Crappy enough internals so playing games or social media is bad but not too crappy so texting and calling works good and the phone is overall responsive

Mariah's 7 hours is so real

4:08 I think you underestimate the monkey part of your brain. There absolutely is a "oo shiney" part of your brain that is attracted to all the bright pretty colors.

Ok seriously, this is a great video. Most of us want to limit our screen time but you have shown a really easy way: just set your screen to greyscale (forget the silly subscription widget) - it’s like a permanent visual reminder to get off your phone, and makes your phone less satisfying to use. I’ve just set up shortcuts to automatically enable this during my working day. Thank you Studio crew!

Maria NOT using a calendar is wild.

NICE FEED MARIAH

None of these are what I think of when I hear “dumbphone”. A dumbphone is an old school flip phone that only calls and texts with the numpad.

Screen time average 14 hours 33 minutes. Dear God I need help.

Ellis the typa dude to use a Boox Palma just so he can say "*Booox Pallmaaa*"

My Hisense A5Pro eink phone was my favourite phone of all time. Standing in the Aussie outback under the blazing sun the A5 looked just gorgeous where most phones were barely readable. When getting messages one heads to bright outdoors instead of normal screens where one heads to the darker areas. I've never had a phone that had so many comments on how beautiful the screen was and it's mat coating.

"I felt like Michael Fisher all weekend" lmao