Like many of us, Conan O’Brien was distracted by his cell phone. Unlike many of us, that’s because he’s playing podcastHBO Travel Series And host Oscar.
“I’m crazy,” the comedian at the latest episode Conan O’Brien needs a friend and points out that he just wants to call the person closest to him. So he went to the store to buy a flip phone.
“This is this cute little blue guy, I like him,” O’Brien said excitedly. “If you have security that you know, ‘I can call these key people and find out what’s going on,’ I really like not wanting to read texts, not those emails.”
O’Brien seems to be joining the craze for people to swap powerful smartphones for “stupid” phones. These devices can help users digitally detox by prioritizing only key features, such as placing calls and sending text to a certain extent.
O’Brien shared his texting experience. “You can’t send out thoughts because it takes 40 minutes.”
It is part of a call for people who want to spend less time staring at the screen and more time in the real world. Yes, companies like Samsung and Motorola have Bring back to flip Have a shape such as a device Galaxy Z Flip 6 and (new) Motorola Razr. But, if you want to try Stop staring at the screenbecause they are still full of the latest smartphone features. They are just a way to use the old-fashioned aesthetic of modern functions.
Instead, the revival of cell phones can help you stay away from your devices, because there is nothing to do with them anyway. this Light phone 3In the case of June release, there are no apps, emails or internet browsers. and iconic Nokia 3210 It made a comeback last year (although under new owner HMD). Don’t deviate from its roots No app or touch screenand has a continuous t9 predicted text input.
Members of Generation Z, who grew up, were surrounded by technology Especially passionate Trading “old-style” flip phones with iPhone. The general feeling is that smartphones remove us from the current moment and ask us to keep paying attention. Now, some people are Looking for probation.
I’m a 31-year-old millennial, just like smartphones and social media are standing out, but I still have a technology that didn’t have attention in my childhood. This makes me yearn for a more peaceful, quieter, more focused life. Sometimes, I have a hard time prying myself out of my Tiktok feed or can’t stop checking my Instagram notifications. I put down my phone just two seconds before picking it up. When I sit down to read, I often have to keep my phone in another room to eliminate the temptation. Heck, even watching TV isn’t enough when social media instant gratification is a little bit.
So maybe I’ll take a page out of O’Brien’s book and calm my mind with a stripped basic cell phone. I know it’s not easy, but if someone is as busy as he does, I think I can do it too.
Ultimately, O’Brien said his “burner phone” offers a humble experience.
He joked: “I didn’t need to use it in the end as I thought it would be because it turned out that there weren’t many people connecting with me.”
Still, no matter how popular you are (or how popular you are), countless hours won’t be drawn to your phone when you scroll aimlessly. Unless you end up removing old games or Tetris old games to kill time.
