The Pinwheel Home is a retro-inspired landline phone that will keep your kids safe from doomscrolling
- The Pinwheel Home is aimed at kids aged 5-10 years
- It only makes phone calls to approved contacts
- There's an optional subscription for calling real numbers
The question of how much time young people should spend on their smartphones and social media has dominated the headlines in recent months, and a new retro-styled phone from Pinwheel is the latest device looking to give parents easier choices.
When we say retro-styled, we don't mean a classic Nokia or a BlackBerry — we mean a landline. The Pinwheel Home (via TechCrunch) just does calls, and that's it, so there's no chance of your kid getting sucked into Snapchat, Roblox, or YouTube.
It works over Wi-Fi, there are full parental controls built in — so all contacts are pre-approved, and the device can only be used at certain times — and there are absolutely no screens to act as a distraction.
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