The Barbie phone is totally not just for kids
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The appeal of the “dumb” phone or feature phone is ever-growing.
Ye, it’s pink.HMD
But why do simpler gadgets appeal to us?
And what makesthe new Barbie phoneso sensational?
Not So Smart
We love our phones, butwe love them too much.
A Barbie girl, in a Barbie world.HMD
We even forget to breathe when we look at these bright, addictive screens (screen apnea).
And being hardened members of a runaway capitalist society, the most obvious answer is to buy another gadget.
The so-called dumb phone offers the essentials without the distractions, or so the thinking goes.
Made of plastic, it’s fantastic.HMD
Those are indeed compelling features, although some are still available on smartphones.
But is buying yet another gadget really the answer?
But a lack of ability to self-regulate is what got us into this conversation in the first place.
But the ideal phone for you will, of course, be quite different.
