This dumb phone might change your life

Or at least help break your iPhone addiction

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(Image credit: Courtesy The Light Phone)

Where is your smartphone right now? Is it in your pocket? Sitting on your desk? I'll bet it's within arm's length, if not already in your hand.

Nearly half of all American smartphone owners say they cannot live without their phones, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center. In 2014, the worldwide smartphone market shipped one billion phones, the first time this has happened in a single year. We are more obsessed with connectivity than ever before. And that's what makes the wild success of a new dumb phone that does close to nothing so interesting.

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Jessica Hullinger

Jessica Hullinger is a writer and former deputy editor of The Week Digital. Originally from the American Midwest, she completed a degree in journalism at Indiana University Bloomington before relocating to New York City, where she pursued a career in media. After joining The Week as an intern in 2010, she served as the title’s audience development manager, senior editor and deputy editor, as well as a regular guest on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. Her writing has featured in other publications including Popular Science, Fast Company, Fortune, and Self magazine, and she loves covering science and climate-related issues.