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Minimalist Phones Try to Give Users What They Need—Not Always What They Want wsj.com/articles/min...

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Katie Deighton

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A number of startups are trying to establish the product category of minimalist phones, devices designed as an antithesis to the colorful, multifunctional and addictive smartphones that they believe can have too much control over modern lives.