A 6-Pound iPhone Case to Cure Smartphone Addiction

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What if the best way to break your phone addiction was simply to make your phone unusable?

That’s the tongue-in-cheek idea behind Matter Neuroscience’s latest creation, the “6 Pound Phone Case”, a stainless-steel iPhone case that weighs a whopping 6 lbs (2.7 kg).

Originally conceived as a joke, the case has since evolved into a very real attempt to fight digital addiction through the simplest method imaginable: gravity.

Disconnect by Design, and by Weight

Inspired by the brick-like design of 1980s mobile phones, the case turns any modern iPhone into a mini dumbbell. Scrolling on social media suddenly becomes a workout, your arms will tire long before your dopamine receptors do.

That’s exactly the point, according to creator Logan Ivey, who says his own screen time dropped by half since using it. Unlike digital detox apps or “light” phones that limit functionality, the 6 Pound Phone Case relies on physical constraint. You even need an Allen key to remove it, a clever deterrent against impulsive use.

Behind its absurdity lies a sharp commentary on our relationship with technology. The case makes your phone so inconvenient that you naturally end up setting it down, stashing it away, or forgetting about it altogether. Goodbye doomscrolling, hello forearm gains.

Priced at $210 on Kickstarter, it’s hardly cheap for a product that literally slows you down, yet it’s already raised over $18,000 of its $65,000 goal.

Somewhere between conceptual art and behavioral therapy, the 6 Pound Phone Case isn’t a miracle cure. But it does prove one thing: in 2025, disconnecting sometimes takes real weight.