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Opinion: your phone does not need forty apps

A short clean-out improves speed, battery and attention.

Opinion: your phone does not need forty apps
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Most people use under ten apps a week. The rest sit in the background and ask for permissions.

Delete one app a day for a month. Keep the ones you would miss within a week.

A lighter phone is faster, safer and quieter.

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