“It actually will keep a lot of the characteristics that people love about the e-ink screen, [with it] feeling much different than a glossy smartphone screen,” Light co-founder Joe Hollier ...

“What we’re trying to do with the Light phone isn’t to create a dumb phone, but to create a more intentional phone — a premium, minimal phone — which isn’t inherently anti-technology,” said Joe ...

Even back in 2014, Hollier and Tang were onto something. Recent data from analytics firm Flurry pegged daily smartphone use among people in the US at five hours per day. Another study, this one ...