New Barbie dumbphone could cleave tweens from their screens

Exactly 65 years since the first Barbie doll was released, the Barbie Phone has finally arrived.  As you might expect, the flip-phone is pink. Very pink. And it comes with all sorts of glittery extras so you can bedazzle it to your heart’s content — and relive some late-90s Barbie nostalgia.  The phone is also dumb. Very dumb. No social media, no apps — just good ol’ fashioned SMS and calls. But that’s the point.   “It is the perfect tool to live your best life and take a vacation from your smartphone,” said its creators, Finnish company Human Mobile Devices…

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