Meet the new gadgets designed to kill our dependence on gadgets

A new generation of not-quite-dumb devices promises all the convenience of your phone without any of the mindless scrolling.

[Photos: Meadow, Light, Ikko, Freckle]

On our video call, Shreyas Narlanka holds up a 3-inch square screen called Meadow. It looks like a thick, equilateral iPhone 13 mini. It would easily fit in my jeans’ front pocket. 

I instantly wanted one.

The Meadow is just one of a small but growing merry band of devices that want to help people cut their hyperdependency on their smartphones. There’s........

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