Want less smartphone distraction - how about a dumbphone?

She's got her school schedule. When Lee Tynan agreed to get her 13 year old daughter a cell phone, she didn't want it to become a distraction. When there's a smartphone or screen, you don't practice guitar, you know, You don't read a book, you don't, you know, just be bored. Hello. She spent about $80.00 on a flip phone. It allows talk and text but no social media. And then I just thought, I really don't feel comfortable with her being online all the time. Known as dumb phones, simple phones or even boring phones, these basic models seem to be making a comeback. Sales in Canada grew by 25% in 2023 compared to the year before. The smartphone is not a source of enjoyment anymore. It's used to be fun, but now they're addicted to it, so they want to go back to simpler times using a simpler device. The company that makes Nokia phones has relaunched a model from 20 years ago. It's really interesting to see like a a phone that many thought was, was, was was done with. Like we would never use this phone again. And now it's being picked up. We're humans who are taking back our lives. The Light Phone is also trying to cash in on the demand. Its version has a more modern design, a black and white screen and no connection to the Internet. The company is in talks with Telus and hopes to bring the phone to Canada later this year, though iPhone and Android devices still make up the overwhelming majority of new phone sales in North America. Right now I'm using the F22. Kristen Campbell has made the switch. I just felt a lot calmer and a lot happier and I just get to like live my life in the place where I am at that moment rather than constantly being mentally like elsewhere. For her, getting a dumb phone was the smart move. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto.