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Young Adult Ditches iPhone for Flip Phone, Cuts Stress

8/7/2026

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Kendall Schrohe, 23, exchanged her iPhone for a Dumb.co flip phone, joining a youth trend of abandoning smartphones.
She completed the “Month Offline” challenge and said the switch improved her sleep and lowered her stress.
Pew Research found roughly half of U.S. adults visited social media daily in 2025.
The American Psychological Association reported the average U.S. teen spends nearly five hours a day on social media.

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Story summary

Kendall Schrohe, 23, exchanged her iPhone for a Dumb.co flip phone, joining a youth trend of abandoning smartphones.
She completed the “Month Offline” challenge and said the switch improved her sleep and lowered her stress.
Pew Research found roughly half of U.S. adults visited social media daily in 2025.
The American Psychological Association reported the average U.S. teen spends nearly five hours a day on social media.