"Logan Ivey has tried everything to cut down on his screen time. He bought a modern "dumbphone" that's designed to be used as little as possible, tried a device called a Brick that removes distracting apps and notifications from a smartphone, and even resorted to a classic flip phone when all else failed. Still, nothing was working. So he turned his iPhone into a 6-pound weight."
"The 6 Pound Phone Case is a bulky, stainless steel contraption designed to make your smartphone extremely annoying to use. Inspired by the aesthetics of an '80s brick phone, the case transforms a typical, ultra-portable iPhone into a cumbersome eyesore-and that's the whole point. Ivey, who has been using the case for the past two months, says it has helped cut his screen time in half."
"Ivey's invention is the latest in a recent series of out-there projects designed to help smartphone users "hack" their brains into cutting the doomscroll short. In the late 2010s, dumbphones enjoyed a spike in popularity -but since then, many users have met with the unfortunate reality that they need smartphone functions like maps, Google, email, and other services to navigate the day-to-day."
A prototype 6-pound stainless-steel phone case converts an iPhone into a cumbersome, brick-like weight designed to make the device extremely annoying to use. The case's bulk and aesthetics intentionally discourage habitual checking and have reportedly halved screen time after two months of use. The creator is crowdfunding a small production run on Kickstarter, pricing each case at $210 to cover high manufacturing costs and current steel tariffs. The case joins other behavioral hacks — modern dumbphones, the Brick device, classic flip phones, and apps that force physical actions or use whimsical guilt mechanics — to reduce doomscrolling while preserving essential smartphone functions.
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