September 26, 2025 - The Other Side of Dave

A side-by-side comparison showing a smartphone left on a wooden table labelled “STATE” and a person holding a blue Nokia-style dumbphone outdoors labelled “DUMB PHONES,” with bold ANTON font text across the centre reading “STATE vs DUMB PHONES.”

STATE vs DUMB: Choosing Phones in the Age of Digital Compulsion

Smartphones are increasingly demanded by the state as digital ID portals, but a growing number in the UK and beyond are returning to “dumbphones”...