We Switched to Dumbish Phones So You Won’t Have To

The Studio June 13, 2025
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We switched to two "dumb", but not too dumb, phones. Our week with them revealed a lot about the future of dumbphones. Boox Palma 2: https://geni.us/xiStJ6 Minimal Phone: https://geni.us/H0Uey ~ Chapters: 00:00 Finite Scrollers 00:52 Meet the Boox Palma 2 01:20 Meet the Minimal Phone MP-01 02:06 Setup & First Impressions (days 1 & 2) 05:04 Daily Living (days 3, 4) 06:35 Brainrot (day 5) 07:49 Growing Pains & Wins (day 6) 10:26 Life Changing? (day 7) 12:28 The Dumbphone Paradox Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music licensed from Epidemic Sound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/thestudioGEN25 Follow The Studio: https://twitter.com/TheStudio https://www.instagram.com/thestudio/ Follow the staff: Marques Brownlee https://twitter.com/MKBHD Adam Molina https://twitter.com/AdamLukas17 Alex Wolfe https://twitter.com/thealexwolfe Andrew Manganelli https://twitter.com/AndyManganelli Brandon Havard https://www.instagram.com/havard.jpg/ David Imel https://twitter.com/DurvidImel Ellis Rovin https://twitter.com/ellisrovin Eric Villa https://ericpv.com Harper Makowsky https://instagram.com/harper_mak Jono Tan https://www.instagram.com/burntbanana/ Mariah Zenk https://www.instagram.com/totallynotabusinessacc/ Michael Emerick https://twitter.com/Mikey_Emerick Miles Somerville https://twitter.com/SomeOfMiles Rich Ho https://instagram.com/richontrack Tim McMahon https://twitter.com/timmcmahonn Vinh Dang https://instagram.com/danggvinh Equipment used in this video and others: Canon EOS C70: https://geni.us/AtpxW Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L: https://howl.me/chHqd63eV8A Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8L: https://geni.us/Tbimi Sennheiser MKH-416: https://geni.us/jYxRVj Sennheiser ME 2 lav: https://geni.us/0bpKiZX PowerDeWise lav: https://geni.us/SRX1Th Zoom F8n Pro: https://geni.us/tuv7o8 Hollyland Lark Max: https://geni.us/mkJRt7 Shot & Edited by Rich Ho & Eric Villa Technical Producer & Colorist - Rich Ho Content Strategist & Line Producer - Eric Villa Audio by Ellis Rovin Graphics by Tim McMahon and Michael Emerick

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