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The Methaphone Is a Phone (That’s Not a Phone) to Help You Stop Using Your Phone

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Eric Antonow has created a device called Methaphones to help people detox from their phones.

The device is a 6-inch slab of clear acrylic with rounded corners, like the iPhone , and green edges that resembled glass.

The first Methaphone was sold for $ 25 through a crowdfunding campaign.

The project has resonated widely, like Ozempic in an epidemic of screen obesity.

The Methaphone is a plastic brick that bills itself as “a fake phone for people addicted to real phones” It now comes in three flavors: Original (no screen, no battery, no charger, $ 20 ), Selfie (with a mirror, $ 23 ), and Air (an empty bag, yours for $ 9 ) Antonow encouraged me to treat it like a set of rosary beads.

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