The famous television presenter David Broncano, of “La Revuelta”, showed his iPhone, revealing that inside it looks like an empty device in an attempt to reduce its use. We tell you how he achieved it.
Last Monday there was a new program of “La Revuelta”, the program of David Broncano which is broadcast by RTVE. According to figures mentioned by the television channel, the program exceeded almost 5 million viewers, being the most watched of the day. The most curious thing about this show is that The presenter showed the artist Dani Martín his own iPhone but without anything attractivethat's to say The interface looked like a mobile phone from the 90s. How did he achieve this? Below, we reveal its secret to you.
David Broncano transformed his iPhone into an old cell phone with Minimalist Phone
As our colleagues at Andro4all first told us, David Broncano originally interviewed Dani Martin but got valuable data on how long he uses his iPhone. This is something we've also mentioned here at iPadizate, a feature that has been around for 6 years and is used to raise awareness about the excessive use we give to our devices.
The artist also asked how much time Broncano spends on his iPhone and that's when the result left us speechless when we saw that the iPhone was devoid of the normal iOS interface. He openly admitted that he wanted to use his cell phone less and that now it looks like “a Soviet cell phone from the year 99.”.
An iPhone without anything thanks to the Minimalist Phone application
At the end of his iPhone display, Broncano told the artist that he would later reveal which app he uses. But We go ahead and tell you that this app is called “Minimalist Phone”.. This application in question removes all iOS icons and shows you a black and white screen with shortcuts. The app is “free” to download, but only to try it out for a limited time. You will have to pay a subscription of 9.99 dollars per year if you wish to keep it.
Excessive use of devices, how to combat it?
Se Dani Martin mentioned he tried to buy an old cell phonehe problem you faced was at the time of make personal or business payments. Perhaps this is the perfect excuse not to escape mobile addiction, to have essential applications that do not allow us to completely escape excessive use. David Broncano completed this intervention of the artist mentioning that It is possible to use all mobile applications but “it's complicated” to do so. The proof that Dani Martin wasn't that addicted to his cell phone is that he barely started using WhatsApp again, to which Broncano mentioned that he didn't use it back then either.
David Broncano shows his empty iPhone to Dani Martin
The use of Dumb Phone is one of the efforts today to combat the excessive use of cell phones, there is also an option on Android but this is where it becomes a “launcher”. There are several but the best known is “Minimalist Launcher”, something similar to the iPhone application but here it applies the visual style in its entirety.
Apple tried to enter this fight with its Screen Time feature However, some users will not be able to resist the temptation to use an app or website for a while longer, if they have set time limits. How to avoid using your cell phone more than you should? Do you use iPhone screen time?
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