{"id":254537,"date":"2026-07-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/no-ones-making-a-phone-like-this-lights-co-founders-on-building-for-the-anti-smartphone-generation-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:00:00","slug":"no-ones-making-a-phone-like-this-lights-co-founders-on-building-for-the-anti-smartphone-generation-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/no-ones-making-a-phone-like-this-lights-co-founders-on-building-for-the-anti-smartphone-generation-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No one&#8217;s making a phone like this\u2019: Light&#8217;s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"speakable-summary\">With the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/21\/light-is-modernizing-the-flip-phone-with-light-flip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Light Phone<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tangkaiwei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kaiwei Tang<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joe-hollier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joe Hollier<\/a>\u00a0have spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/19\/the-minimalist-light-phone-teams-up-with-andrew-yangs-noble-mobile-which-pays-you-to-stop-doomscrolling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Yang<\/a>, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Davidson. Now, with a new flip phone and a growing wave of \u201cattention activists\u201d pushing back against Big Tech, they think the rest of the world is finally catching up to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this episode of TechCrunch\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Equity<\/a>\u00a0podcast, Amanda Silberling talks with Tang and Hollier about the company\u2019s newly announced flip phone, why they think the anti-smartphone backlash is only just getting started, and what it takes to break an addiction that fits in your pocket.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/no-ones-making-a-phone-like-this-lights-co-founders-on-building-for-the-anti-smartphone-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0Light Phone,\u00a0Kaiwei Tang\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Hollier\u00a0have spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players like\u00a0Andrew Yang, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Davidson. Now, with a new flip phone and a growing wave of \u201cattention activists\u201d pushing back against Big Tech, they think the rest of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-254537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}