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The NoPhone
- djrogers 5y ago(2014)
- tempodox 5y agoThat means it had some time to mature and get over teething problems, apart from not being vaporware anymore.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoSurely the NoPhone Air is still vaporware still? ;)
- tempodox 5y agoNot exactly, its plastic bag is quite real and tangible.
- jeffrallen 5y agoYeah, but their software updates come too few and far between for my taste. And come on: no security bugs in all those years? Coverup!
- technologia 5y agoShark tank throwback :p
- tempodox 5y agoCompletely Toilet Bowl Resistant I like the NoPhone Air best. Zero weight, and it would be unsinkable in a toilet bowl!
- surfsvammel 5y agoThis is fun and all, but also incredibly sad. My fiancée previously complained that I was staring at my phone too much (and she was absolutely right). So, I decided to minimise it. Remove all apps and notifications, and kept it in a corner of the kitchen instead of in my pocket. Even though she has not increased her screen time, it is now obvious to me that SHE is staring to much into that screen. We are all phone junkies.
- silicon2401 5y agobreaking the phone habit is imho one of the best things anybody can do these days. Phones often are an all-in-one coping mechanism for other issues: boredom, stress, loneliness, etc. One of the best things I ever did was get off all social media, force myself not to even pick up my phone except to respond to a call or text, and just confront the boredom. After a few minutes of no phone you find yourself actually doing things and focusing again. After a few days you wonder how you could ever have wasted so much time infinitely scrolling through videos or articles that you can't even remember the next day, let alone 4+ years later. In contrast, I've been able to make so many memories gaming, playing music, watching movies with an actual sense of immersion, art, reading, exercising, and so much more. The childlike sense of wonder and excitement that I had as a child all came back as soon as I learned to focus and be in the moment again
- nine_k 5y agoBoredom, as they say, makes you creative. So you can of course use your phone to cope with boredom — install a couple of good drawing / painting apps, music creation apps, study-something apps. Use them when bored. Just stay away from the endorphin-pedal games which teach you nothing and are not a work of art to be experienced. With that, a conscious act of putting down your phone and looking around is important. You can make it a habit without abandoning the phone altogether.
- IndySun 5y ago>Boredom, as they say, makes you creative. I have never heard this maxim. Is it well known? The Pet Shop Boys sang, I would never find myself feeling bored 'cause we were never being boring.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoHilarious -- but does it actually help anyone?
- jolmg 5y agoFunny gift perhaps? There are multiple "nothing" products at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/CRAZY-STONE-Nothing-Everything-Transparent/dp/B082P1PC4D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19NZGPXRTLNC6&dchild=1&keywords=nothing+for+the+person+who+has+everything&qid=1617827379&sprefix=nothing+for%2Caps%2C277&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/CRAZY-STONE-Nothing-Everything-Transp... https://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Box-Nothing-Stocking-Anniversary/dp/B07DBFQJ31/ref=sr_1_5?crid=19NZGPXRTLNC6&dchild=1&keywords=nothing+for+the+person+who+has+everything&qid=1617827379&sprefix=nothing+for%2Caps%2C277&sr=8-5 https://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Box-Nothing-Stocking-Anniversa... https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Stocking-Stuffers-Anniversary-Elephant/dp/B07KQNRLS7/ref=sr_1_4?crid=19NZGPXRTLNC6&dchild=1&keywords=nothing+for+the+person+who+has+everything&qid=1617827379&sprefix=nothing+for%2Caps%2C277&sr=8-4 https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Stocking-Stuffers-Anniversary... https://www.amazon.com/Witty-Dehydrated-Essential-Hilarious-Practical/dp/B072L38SGT/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/144-0004698-6392341?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B072L38SGT&pd_rd_r=72f49d07-10a6-4051-a33e-bd3ff8c6c89a&pd_rd_w=0QJDX&pd_rd_wg=6deyK&pf_rd_p=bd257e40-8799-42ac-88d0-f76e0faf3886&pf_rd_r=7GSXAT0B6PS6Q479TKQK&psc=1&refRID=7GSXAT0B6PS6Q479TKQK https://www.amazon.com/Witty-Dehydrated-Essential-Hilarious-...
- yakubin 5y agoAnd FBI won't break into it!
- rossdavidh 5y agoGood point; actually they should tout their excellent security more.
- AzzieElbab 5y agoi'd get one for nomoney
- jascii 5y agoI've seen wooden handcrafted versions of this and thought: "Cute, I guess there might be niche market for it". Chunks of useless throwaway plastic that will end up polluting our oceans, not so cute.
- agumonkey 5y agoa small rounded plate with a mirror, nophone selfie pro
- adolph 5y agoA Claude glass (or black mirror) is a small mirror, slightly convex in shape, with its surface tinted a dark colour. Bound up like a pocket-book or in a carrying case, Claude glasses were used by artists, travelers and connoisseurs of landscape and landscape painting. Claude glasses have the effect of reducing and simplifying the colour and tonal range of scenes and scenery to give them a painterly quality. The user would turn their back on the scene to observe the framed view through the tinted mirror—in a sort of pre-photographic lens—which added the picturesque aesthetic of a subtle gradation of tones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_glass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_glass https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26524041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26524041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14439863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14439863
- marshmallow_12 5y agoyea. I don't think it's a guy trying to make money with a cute joke that's to blame for global pollution. You're barking up the wrong tree. I'm not trolling you, but i doubt these guys are making millions of their product. They simply want to live. We shouldn't be punishing them for the sins of the Great Polluters.
- jascii 5y agoWe all "simply want to live". Not having microplastics in everything, everything we eat, everything we drink, etc, etc, goes a long way towards that. I'm not "punishing them for the sins of the Great Polluters", I'm just expressing an opinion on a public forum. Sadly, the only way we have to change the behavior of "the Great Polluters" is showing them we care. I see enough plastic garbage on our beaches, I try to minimize my own plastic waste and will call people out on it. It may not change the world, but it are the only tools I have.
- carabiner 5y agoThere's a durability test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1riMzZ6CjUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1riMzZ6CjUI. Seems like a solid device.
- thinkling 5y agoBut... will it blend?
- imwillofficial 5y agoIt's crazy, I noticed I liked the phone in my hands, and I scurry around to try to find my phone if I realize it's not there. Crazy. I even tried the light phone.
- chrisbigelow 5y agoThis is a great joke. But I'm skeptical this will actually illicit any behavior change. I think a better approach is to try to change our current phone usage patterns. I've been working on a timelock wireless charger to do just that: https://pausbox.com/ https://pausbox.com/
- sanity31415 5y agoWhat if someone needs to call 911?
- GuB-42 5y agoThese things are not high security safes. You can probably smash the damn thing easily if you really want your phone, an emergency bypass may even be provided for that reason. But that thing looks somewhat expensive, and the idea that you may break it should be enough to keep you away from the usual distractions.
- spicybright 5y agoIt mentions integrating with your phone's do not disturb functions. Usually in an emergency someone will call you multiple times in a row and, presumably, this would open the shell. And unless you live alone, which many don't, other people will usually have phones. You can also buy a dumb phone specifically for emergencies, 911 doesn't require a paid line. And like other's said, you can probably pry that sucker open. It looks flimsy honestly, with no lock or dead bolt connecting the two parts in the front...
- hbcondo714 5y agoI remember seeing this on Shark Tank years ago and didn't think much of it. Now I have a toddler who always goes after our phones so maybe this will be a good gift for him.
- jonny_eh 5y agoI'm sure he'll love it.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoWe have and I have seen other parents use old phones or old remote controls for this. For young toddlers, say 1-2, this works for a day or two up to maybe a week. Then they learn to distinguish between the ones you go for and the ones you don't. They want to do what you do, they will go for your phone, pen, laptop, glass etc precisely because it is yours. Later, say 2.5-3 and up, when they are capable of self sustained imaginary play having a prop is nice. But by then, anything will do because the play is in the imagination.
- notahacker 5y agoReminds me of this app: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/10/binky/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/10/binky/
- dangus 5y agoSo, it’s plastic waste.
- yoz-y 5y ago30% carbon footprint, 0% features
- marshmallow_12 5y agoi need one which doesn't support 5g
- tinus_hn 5y agoI was a fan of this before it was cool
- ChrisArchitect 5y ago(2014)
- radicalriddler 5y agoChanged to a Nokia 225 a couple of weeks ago. Either when you do that, or delete everything on your smart phone and have nothing to do on it, you realise just how much time people around you look at their phones.
- nottorp 5y agoI have one, with the SELFIE accessory. Rock solid, never gave me any trouble. Works exactly as advertised. It was on Kickstarter first, iirc. I laughed so hard that I bought one.
- JackMorgan 5y agoI prefer my Palm phone[0]. It is so tiny I can't really DO anything with it unless it is a legit emergency. But when I do need it, there is wifi, cell, browser, google maps, and gps. The "life mode" is fantastic, no calls or notifications at all until you unlock the screen. Combined with a really short battery life when the screen is on, it is the perfect daily driver for me and my outdoors lifestyle. Also charges in like 15 minutes. However, I have a regular mega phone with wifi only for lounging on the sofa, so I still have that problem when I'm at home :/ [0] https://palm.com/pages/product https://palm.com/pages/product
- aidenn0 5y agoIf that only had enough storage for my music and a fingerprint unlock, I'd get it. Really even just a fingerprint unlock would be enough. I can't stand face unlock.
- atommclain 5y agoCheck out the Jelly 2 https://www.unihertz.com/jelly-2.html https://www.unihertz.com/jelly-2.html https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/unihertz-jelly-2 https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/unihertz-jelly-2
- aidenn0 5y agoThat looks amazing... Thanks!
- JackMorgan 5y agoI just use the regular swipe code, frankly I'm not opening it that many times a day anyway, I think it's a feature not a bug.
- jbaber 5y agoThis looks great! I was a little worried about the Jelly2.
- icy 5y agoIs it possible to run a more free OS on it? I don't really want all that Google crap.
- s1mon 5y agoFor $7.50 you can get a dummy phone which looks a lot more realistic. A quick search on Aliexpress shows this for the iPhone X, and there are plenty of other options. (I had a bunch of the iPhone 8 models for a work project. The only downside is the glass is most definitely NOT Gorilla Glass). https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001708486523.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001708486523.html
- pfundstein 5y agoI don't think mimicking a real phone as closely as possible is the intent
- earthboundkid 5y agoBack when I lived in Japan, stores had plastic dummy phones to show you what they looked like and let you pick them up. I guess that went away when the “Galapagos style” phones died off.
- pfundstein 5y agoThey still do that in restaurants with displays of incredibly realistic fake food called sampuru, there's a huge industry around it.
- vegetish 5y agoA waste of plastic really
- primitivesuave 5y agoI found setting my phone to black-and-white makes me want to look at it less. On iPhone, the setting is buried under accessibility > display and text size > color filters
- wellpast 5y agoThis is a great tip, thank you.
- psychomugs 5y agoI was going to say that you could set this as an Accessibility shortcut to toggle Color Filters by triple clicking the home button, but realized while typing that most iOS devices no longer have home buttons.
- dlivingston 5y agoI have it set to a triple-click of the lock button on mine.
- dysoco 5y agoI live in a place where mugging is somewhat usual, and this could actually be useful if it were slightly cheaper and looked a bit more like a phone, so that I could carry it around and handle that instead of my real phone.
- qrbLPHiKpiux 5y agoCarry a pocket notebook instead.
- tthayer 5y agoWhile this is a great solution, I've found my Light Phone II to be a very solid replacement for my old dumbphones. Group texting that works! Cloud syncing your contacts! Wifi tethering if you really need it!
- m3kw9 5y agoThey will be making 99% margins on volume
- pototo666 5y agoI am thinking of buying a old stupid phone, guess it will make me more productive.
- omosubi 5y agoI had one of these after i finished college abroad for like 2 months until I got an actual phone - miss those days. Everyone _hated_ me whenever i brought it up. What fun. If only I didn't have to go on call so i could make this my permanent phone :)
- spicybright 5y ago1. Buy a joke, laugh 2. Put it in a drawer for 10 years 3. Throw it away, eventually into the ocean to add more microplastics as it breaks down. Maybe just laugh of the idea but don't actually buy it.
- Jonovono 5y agoMeh, more plastic in the ocean is fine ;p Source: Seaspiracy
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoI just watched that. That’s not what they said. They said that more than half the plastic was from fishing equipment. And that the most dangerous plastic was also fishing equipment.
- swiley 5y agoI thought most of the ocean "plastic" was really paint.
- megablast 5y agoA large amount of it is micro plastics from car tyres.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoAnd cosmetics. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/microplastics-ban-in-cosmetics-save-oceans-mps-say-microbeads https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/micropla...
- euske 5y agoNow what I want to see is a real clinical study of quitting (or reducing) addictive phone use with this thing. Because fake cigarette can actually work for some people quitting smoking, why this one wouldn't? The same technique might work for video games or social networks too.
- oaiey 5y agoCompletely agree with you. Do not buy it for the joke. Buy it when you want to fight your cellphone addiction. Good I feel naked when I leave my house without a phone. This thingy can help in the first months of a cold restart into a cellphone free life.
- Brajeshwar 5y agoI've to admit that I could not figure out that this is or not an April fool Joke. I'm a phone minimalist/essentialist. I did started early with "smart" phones and was on the forefront of most new phones, including being one of the early iPhone users. However, I did realize that this was not good for the lifestyle I want to live. So, I've been leading a No-Phone-ish Life[1] by early 2011. The screen greyscale thing do not work with me. The one key app that I need color is Maps (Google/Apple). Someone in the comments mentioned pairing your phone with a Watch. Yes, this works. I have practically stopped using the phone in and around the house or even while walking/running down in the community spaces where I live. 1. https://no.phone.wtf https://no.phone.wtf
- lvturner 5y agoI absolutely hate this. It's funny, as a joke, but the fact that someone has produced, marketed and made this drives me insane. The waste it produces for no reason is in my opinion unconscionable - I spent more time than I admit checking through the site to see if it's a parody with no real available product, and then double checked the comments here hoping to validate that the whole thing wasn't real.
- readams 5y agoThis is a bit much. It's a novelty product. A toy. I don't think we're at a stage where we can no longer make toys.
- lvturner 5y agoI see it as a cynical cash grab rather than a toy.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoConsidering the carbon footprint of datacenters, replacing your phone with a NoPhone may have a positive impact on the environment.
- hypocrisy 5y agoMy fiancé's phone habit (Instagram, TikTok) is seriously hurting her potential to find a job and our relationship. I've tried to talk to her about it but the discussions never end well. I don't know what to do.
- ExcavateGrandMa 5y agoOh god... I can't believe there is a market for this... our world is awful, ain't it?...
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- slmjkdbtl 5y agoLooks cool, how does this compare to iPhone 12 Pro?
- doubler 5y agoWhat a funny-mess. As a joke I got it. Better invest in education, or craft it from wood, but not plastic!