6 Pound Phone Case

A project in Sacramento, CA by Matter Neuroscience
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The 6 Pound Phone Case is chunky, dense, and made of stainless steel. It's designed to be inconvenient, and encourage less phone use.
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Backers: 163
Average Pledge Per Backer: $160

Funded: $26,113 of $75,000
Dates: Oct 13th -> Dec 12th (61 days)
Project By: Matter Neuroscience
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Latest News

Final Update

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers! We still have 3 days left in this campaign, but as we head toward the end, it’s looking like we won’t reach our funding goal... If that’s the case we want to make sure you know that means you won’t be charged, and no phone... (Read More)

Why Our Goal Is $75,000

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, As we cross over $20,000 raised, we wanted to explain why our funding goal is so high, at $75,000. Right now, it costs about $190 to make each 6-pound phone case if we produce around 20 of them. So, to actually bring this idea to... (Read More)

Physical Distance = Mental Freedom

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy heck, nearly 100 people have now backed our crazy project: a phone case that weighs 6 pounds!  Since our last update, we've gotten a lot of press, including this one on Design Boom, and this one on Android Authority. In her recent commencement... (Read More)

This idea resonates with people!

October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We launched our Kickstarter last week, and at the same time we posted our launch video social media. That video, about 6 pound phone case has been viewed 6.9 million times, and shared 251,000 times. It has been watched for a total of 6 years 8 days... (Read More)

Thank you to everyone who is supporting this crazy idea!

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has supported this wild idea so far in the first 24 hours! This started off as just a silly idea, but once I started using the prototype case I have fully embraced it as the best anti smartphone device out there. I have... (Read More)

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