Calls to put age restrictions on smartphones by those who believe they are harmful to children has led to a rise in interest in 'dumb' phones – basic handsets that allow kids to contact you in ...

Last year 1.5 billion smart phones were sold around the world, according to research firm Gartner. But the dumb phone market is still significant, with nearly 400 million sold in 2016. In certain ...

One recent and perhaps more novel way to deal with phone addiction is to buy a dumbphone. This phone provides all the basic functions, such as calling or using an alarm clock, but it doesn’t have any ...

Young people now store smartphones in their pockets like gunslingers holstering Colt Peacemakers in the Wild West. It’s ...

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Since kids tend to imitate their parents, giving them a dumb phone first satisfies their need to feel like mom and dad. Mommy Karen Grace Ong, also member of the Smart Parenting Squad, shared that she ...

Picture: Brett Hartwig But what happens when you take a group of young people and get them to replace their smartphone with a “dumb” phone for two weeks, offering nothing more than texting and ...