that retains the core functionality of a mobile/cell phone - the ability to make calls and send text messages - but ditches the apps and extra frills that turn a phone into a technological addiction.

Essential Space hopes to show off what Nothing’s mid-range phone can do with AI-centric tasks. Essential Space is a hub for your notes by text or voice. There’s a physical Essential Key ...

One thing that is definitely not "cool," it seems, is having a green text bubble. On Apple's iPhones ... Sure, Apple has positioned the iPhone as the "cool" phone, but why do we care?