Unveiling the Methaphone: The Clear Phone Revolutionizing Our Relationship with Screens
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Unveiling the Methaphone: The Clear Phone Revolutionizing Our Relationship with Screens
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Hello and welcome to today’s Minute Mystery. I’m your host, and we’re unpacking TikTok’s latest sensation: a completely clear phone that racked up more than 52 million views. At first glance, it seemed like a futuristic device straight out of Black Mirror or Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger. Viewers guessed everything from secret prototypes to social art statements.
But here’s the twist: “This is a Methaphone,” explains TikTok creator CatGPT in a follow-up clip. It’s nothing more than a clear piece of acrylic shaped like an iPhone. Invented by her friend as an experiment, the Methaphone tests whether simply carrying a phone-shaped object can curb our screen addiction by replacing the “physical artifact that directly responds to this collective tension.”
A 2023 study found 57% of Americans feel addicted to their phones, checking them over 100 times a day on average. Despite skepticism—some fans even raised $1,100 on Indiegogo—the Methaphone remains “a totem, and an alibi… the first step on the road to freedom.”
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