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But I need a smartphone!

by Mike Pumphrey · Dec 3, 2017

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But I need a smartphone!

Do you really? While I’m sure that there are a few of you for whom you really do need an always-on connection to the internet in your pocket, I’d wager that you just think you do, because that’s the way that these devices have been marketed to you, and you’ve had no one to tell you otherwise.

And let’s say you really do need a smartphone. Do you really need to use it so often and for so many purposes? I think not.

About Mike Pumphrey

Mike Pumphrey is one of the web's foremost authorities on smartphone-free living. Mike writes about the intersection of technology and human connection, with a focus on intentionality. He has been smartphone free since 1978.

He also is the author of Empathic Finance, a site that helps you heal your relationship to money and accomplish anything.

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