Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials

I held my breath as I walked into the concert venue and showed the bouncer a ticket barcode on a three-inch, square screen.

“If it doesn’t go through, I can try something else,” I said quickly, worried that the barcode wouldn’t work. But just as Meadow founder Shreyas Narlanka promised me, the code I scanned onto the startup’s minimalist phone earlier that day worked fine.

“Cool phone,” the bouncer said, ushering me inside.

I’d done it. With Meadow’s barebones smartphone, I had called an Uber, streamed Apple Music during the ride, and entered the show. Not once did I need to touch my iPhone, which I only brought with me as a backup in case the ticket scan didn’t work.

“With so many dumb phones, the Brick, and everything, the messaging is like, ‘Slow down, focus on your work’ or whatever,” Narlanka says, explaining why his company chose to...

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