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So dumb it just might work: can these dumbphone evangelists convince you to dump smartphones?
Startup dumb.co is promoting flip phones as part of an anti-tech movement to help young people achieve 'social and spiritual freedom' by using devices loaded with apps like WhatsApp and Google Maps. Participants paid $75 to use these 'dumbphones' for a month through the Month Offline program.
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