NoPhone

NoPhone is a company that manufactures a plastic object that resembles a smartphone. It was created as part of the backlash against smartphone addiction.[1][2][3] The company manufactures four different types, the NoPhone, NoPhone Zero, NoPhone Air, and NoPhone Selfie.[4][5] The solid bricks of plastic are marketed as being "completely toilet-bowl resistant."[6][7][8] The NoPhone was created in 2014 by Van Gould, Ingmar Larsen, and Ben Langeveld.[9] Larsen told ABC News:

"We wanted to make people aware of their addiction by creating a product that can be used for their addiction. It works as a placebo."[10]

NoPhone
Company typePrivately held company
FoundedOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
ProductsNoPhone Air, NoPhone Original, NoPhone Zero, NoPhone Selfie
Websitewww.thenophone.com

In 2016, the company pitched the product on the ABC TV program Shark Tank, but was unsuccessful.[11]

The NoPhone was developed by The NoPhone Team from New York. Crowdfunding via the Kickstarter.com site was used to finance the project. The requirement was US$5,000; however, with the participation of 915 people, more than $18,000 was raised within a month.[12]

See also

References
  1. "These Creatives Made a Plastic Slab to Ease Smartphone Addiction, and It Sold Like Crazy". Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  2. "The noPhone: A fake phone to help you talk to people". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  3. "The NoPhone: A plastic slab for that special someone with special needs". CNET. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  4. "Cure Your Smartphone Addiction With The NoPhone Air". Vocativ. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  5. Geddes, Tanya (2016-09-21). "NoPhone Air: the Latest iPhone Aimed at Cellphone Addicts - Dispatch Weekly". Dispatch Weekly. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  6. "'NoPhone' Creators Believe Their Plastic Phone Replica Will Help Beat 'Phone Addiction'". ABC News. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  7. "There's a Kickstarter for NoPhone, a phone that literally does nothing". 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  8. Hall, Katy (2014-10-28). "This Fake Phone Helps You Focus On Real Life". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  9. "The 'phone' that does absolutely nothing gets price cut in limited-time offer". Digital Trends. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  10. "The Fix for Your Phone Addiction? A Fake Plastic Phone". ABC News. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  11. "NoPhone – Plastic Cell Phone on Shark Tank Toilet Bowl Resistant". 2paragraphs.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  12. "NoPhone: Telefon ohne Funktionen verkauft sich bestens". CHIP Online. 2014-10-31. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-01.


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