My favorite phone of 2022 was dumb … and it made me smarter
(CrackBerry.com)

A timeless design in a compact chassis that helps you through this modern world by … forcing you to disconnect. This is my experience with the Punkt MP02. The Punkt MP02 is a mobile time machine. Its timeless design makes me feel like I`m living in the past, while somehow magically being more present in the moment. Compared to today`s modern full-touchscreen smartphones, the MP02 makes you work harder to do fewer things. Seems like a sales pitch for a shitty product you wouldn`t want, right? WRONG. I frack`n love this funky thing. In 2022 it became one of the tools I relied on to get my dopamine-overdosed brain functioning properly again. It forced me to limit the time I spent mindlessly scrolling through InstaCrap and TikFux while still staying connected if and when needed. The additional bonus is this phone is gangsta — pull it out in public and people are guaranteed to think you`re a drug dealer, government spy, billionaire aristocrat or a time traveler from 1999. All those l...