It’s far faster to list what the Light Phone III can do than all the things it can’t. On this minimalist device, you can call and text, listen to music or a podcast, and get directions. There’s a ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Like untold millions of smartphone users, I have a bit of a problem. I've been trying, with middling success, to be more mindful about how I ...

I’ve tried everything short of hypnosis to spend less time on my phone — grayscale mode, app limits, leaving it in a different room like it’s a cursed object. But inevitably, I get sucked into a ...

It's been about a year since the Light Phone III first arrived. Like Light's first two phones, this device only ships with a limited set of apps ("tools," as Light calls them) to help users avoid ...

When Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang met at an experimental incubator run by Google a little more than a decade ago, developing a new phone from scratch wasn’t the goal. Rather, they were encouraged to ...