The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people's concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacy

It's almost enough to make you stop doomscrolling: dull devices are now cool.

The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that is feeding the growing appetites of younger people who want to bin their smartphones in favour of a dumbphone.