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Is your phone becoming a time suck? Try a boring phone

Is your phone becoming a time suck? Try a boring phone

Update: 2025-08-071
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Phones can be addicting: There are endless texts to answer, notifications to check and games to play. We often end up on our phones without intending to. But Jose Briones, author of Low Tech Life: A guide to Mindful Digital Minimalism, says there is a solution. This episode, tips on quitting your smartphone in favor of simpler technology. This episode originally published July 30, 2024.

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Sîan Gooding

Have they brought back cordy phones? I would quit my smart phone in an instant for a cordy keyboard.

Aug 7th
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Is your phone becoming a time suck? Try a boring phone

Is your phone becoming a time suck? Try a boring phone