Conan O'Brien May Have Convinced Me to Get a Flip Phone

Like many of us, Conan O'Brien felt too distracted by his phone. Unlike many of us, it was because he was juggling his podcast, an HBO travel series and hosting the Oscars. "I was getting crazy," the comedian revealed on a recent episode of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, noting he just wanted to be able to call the people closest to him. So he went to the store and bought a flip phone. "It's this cute blue little guy, and I like him," O'Brien gushed. "If you have the security of knowing, 'I can call these key people and find out what's going on,' I really like not being tempted to look at the texts, not being tempted to look at the emails." O'Brien appears to be joining in on the craze of people swapping highly capable smartphones for bare-bones "dumb" phones. These devices can help users digitally detox by prioritizing only key functions like placing calls and sending texts...to a certain extent. "Everything's 'yes' or 'no' with my answers," O'Brien shared about his texting experie ... Read full article.