I’m not alone in often dreaming of throwing my iPhone down a well, buying a ‘dumbphone’, moving into a cabin into the woods and recording a seminal solo acoustic indie-folk album (sorry, got a bit carried away there). The internet is full people who, alarmed at their smartphone use, are growing increasingly ‘dumbphone’ curious. Earlier this year I found the Punkt MP02, which I declared my favourite dumbphone. But while the simple device is beautifully designed, it isn’t cheap. But at 15% off for Prime Day right now in the UK, it’s suddenly an easier sell.
From Apple Prime Day deals to Nintendo Switch Prime Day deals, we’ve already found a bunch of awesome tech offers over the last couple of days. But you won’t find all the usual bells and whistles on the Punkt MP02. It’s basically a feature phone, offering phone calls, texts and little else – although the 4G hotspot is useful if you need to use the internet on a second device. What you’re paying for is the beautiful utilitarian aesthetic by UK designer Japser Morrison. And at £237, down from £279, it’s mercifully further away from the somewhat unpalatable realm of £300.
