'Dumbphone' fans disconnect in face of smartphone dominance

"People who want to regain their time and attention, and have a deeper, more purposeful life, I think that is who this message is resonating with," Briones told AFP. 

Jose Briones’s Light Phone 2 (C), which he refers to as a dumbphone, is surrounded by smartphones that he discountinued using in 2019, at his apartment in Littleton, Colorado, on March 24, 2023.