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Kids' Phone Makers Compete to Offer Less Phone
· New York time
Companies are building more phones specifically for children as parents seek alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, TechCrunch reports. The offerings range from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones. The market is built around a familiar parental tradeoff: keeping a way to communicate without necessarily providing every feature of a conventional smartphone. Different designs make different choices about what belongs on the device. In a business accustomed to adding functions, the sales pitch increasingly begins with what a phone leaves out.
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