I think the philosophy behind this is lovely, but it unfortunatly falls short in reality because the flexibility of smart phones is their entire value. If I wa

I think the philosophy behind this is lovely, but it unfortunatly falls short in reality because the flexibility of smart phones is their entire value. If I want a phone that allows me to make phone calls and send texts and otherwise not distract me, there are a billion £30 feature phones that will do that, and have a week+ battery life. If I want a phone that does anything "smart" but doesn't distract me, what I consider "smart" but not "distracting" is going to be different to everyone else, to the point where you need an app store to manage all that difference. Which is why the only real option is to just manage what apps you install, manage how it interacts with you (eg notification and noise settings), regulate how you interact with it (ie stop picking it up, leave it in a different room etc), and do all that with a normal smart phone.