Along with Hormiguero, David Broncano and ‘La Revuelta’ were the biggest winners of the night on Spanish television. One of the traditions of the program is to ask its guests. How much do they use the phone? and last night the presenter said he was using a “Soviet mobile phone from 1999”.

In reality, this is an iPhone customized to the lowest level possible. ‘Timing’ the phone is nothing new. Some applications have long offered options to simplify the smartphone as much as possible, and this is simpler than it seems.

Broncano showed off its iPhone configuration at Prime Time. Inside you can see such a launcher that only allows access to basic functions: calls, messages, email, browser, searches and… chess as curiosity. In your case, the interface is that of Minimalist Phone, a free application that allows you to minimize the phone’s interface after a few minor configurations.

Despite this, if we do not want to install applications, there are ways to simply simplify the interface of our phone, both on iOS and Android.

How to turn your iPhone into an even simpler phone

If we do not want to rely on applications, one of the easiest ways is to configure the concentration mode. These allow us to have different configurations depending on the mode we activate, and the “Dumb Phone” mode is quite easy to prepare.

We need to leave the minimum number of applications possible in the launcher – since iOS 18 we can place them wherever we want and hide others. For example, you can only set up the phone, settings, camera and other applications you need.

This focus mode also allows you to fully customize the notifications you receive on your phone. If your goal is to make your iPhone as minimalist as possible, we recommend leaving only the right and necessary ones active.

How to turn your Android into an even simpler phone

You can do something very similar in the case of Android. The launcher allows us to leave visible only the applications we need; Therefore, it is our responsibility to manage and provide access to notifications.

This can be achieved through the use of Digital Wellbeing, a function that is active on all Android phones and allows us to customize notifications and usage times of our applications individually.

If we want applications that achieve the same thing, we have options such as ‘Dumbify: Minimal Launcher’ or ‘Distract Minimalist Launcher’, as suggested by our colleagues at Xataka Móvil.

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