The MKBHD Team loves the idea of dumbphones, so we split up to test a few different minimalist devices! Spoilers: there isn't a perfect 'dumb device'... yet.

We Mention These!
3D Print a Z Flip 5 Dumbphone https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:661...
Using The Z Flip 5 As a Minimalist Phone    • Using a Z Flip 5 as a minimalist phone  
Using The Light Phone II For a Year https://www.theverge.com/24140675/lig...

Light Phone II: https://geni.us/F1T4CU
BOOX Palma: https://geni.us/6h8yKr
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: https://geni.us/2hUiq

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Chapters:
00:00 MKBHD Team's Daily Screentime
00:47 This Phone is Tiny
02:33 Z Flip 5... but weird
03:33 We Made an iPhone Dumber
04:57 The Defacto Dumbphone
07:54 Full Android on EInk??
09:24 Would This Stop You From Using Your Phone?
11:17 Creating The Perfect Dumbphone

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Equipment used in this video and others:
Canon EOS C70: https://geni.us/AtpxW
Canon RF 1535mm f/2.8L: https://howl.me/chHqd63eV8A
Canon RF 2870mm f/2.8L: https://geni.us/Tbimi
Sennheiser MKH416: https://geni.us/jYxRVj
Sennheiser ME 2 lav: https://geni.us/0bpKiZX
PowerDeWise lav: https://geni.us/SRX1Th
Zoom F8n Pro: https://geni.us/tuv7o8
Hollyland Lark Max: https://geni.us/mkJRt7

Shot and produced by Miles Somerville
Audio by Ellis Rovin
Graphics by Tim McMahon and Michael Emerick