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Apple’s design chief thinks its about time you put down the iPhone

Speaking at  The New Yorker’s  annual tech shindig,TechFest, Apple  design guru Jony Ive hit us with some hard truth: we’re using our phones too much. Granted, we didn’t need Ive to tell us this: multiple  studies  have come to the same conclusion, and that conclusion is that smartphones are  basically the worst , and the best, but  also the worst . Carissa Lintao, a former TNW  editorial intern even dove into the science behind  why you can’t put down your phone  just a few months ago. But it’s Jony-frickin-Ive, so listen to his soothing English accent while he drops a few truth bombs. “Like any tool, you can see there’s wonderful use and then there’s misuse,” Ive said. When pressed about what he considers “misuse,’ Ive replied: “Perhaps, constant use.” And while your  iPhone  could be responsible for making you miserable, Ive still says he likes it better than most other smartphones, saying he detests “most things” when aske...