HMD, the manufacturer behind the Nokia brand, has just presented a new phone in collaboration with Heineken: Boring Phone It is a traditional mobile phone that is committed to eliminate everything intelligent to eliminate what is superfluous. It will be available on a limited basis and with only 5,000 units.
Would you also like to get away from distractions to escape from WhatsApp, Instagram and other social networks? Going from a smart phone or smartphone to a basic phone, what is commonly known as a dumbphone, means losing most of the options offered by data connections, although with a clear advantage: flee from all the attention that pending messages demand. HMD has a good collection of these phones. And he just created one in collaboration with Heineken.
A stupid mobile designed to get bored
It surely happens to you every day: you turn on your smartphone and browse through all the applications looking for news whenever you have a free moment. What are you waiting for on the next bus? Hit the cell phone. Are you having a coffee? The same. And so with the rest of the free minutes, even those related to work: the smartphone has become the main source of distractions. And wouldn’t you also like to not be so aware of him?
The Boring Phone is a basic telephone or dumbphone that comes included just enough to send SMS and make calls, the two minimum requirements to stay connected (although he also takes photos, be careful). Neither WhatsApp nor Telegram nor TikTok nor all those apps that devour our time: the Boring Phone is a phone for those who are interested in disconnecting from the noise.
Transparent case that shows the inside of the phone, Flip format with interior numeric keypad, 2.8-inch internal LCD screen with QVGA resolution, 1.77-inch exterior screen, includes a camera with a 0.3 megapixel sensor (the Boring Phone boasts of not including an HD camera), has a 3.5 mm headphone jack and is compatible with 2G mobile networks, 3G and 4G for SMS and calls. Be careful, not only that.
The Boring Phone comes standard with Nokia’s legendary Snake
Considering that it comes with Snake as standard, it’s not so boring anymore, right? The pity is that the phone is part of a marketing campaign between Nokia and HMD, in principle Only 5,000 units will be distributed. If you want yours you can sign up on the Heineken website to receive information on how it can be obtained.
Even though the Boring Phone is a special edition, you can get the same advantages (or disadvantages, depending on how you look at it) with any other dumbphone. For example, the Nokia 2660 Flip: it costs 79 euros and could have served as the basis for the Boring Phone itself.
Cover image | HMD and Heineken
More information | Heineken
Via | The Verge