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6 pound steel phone case

Rob Beschizza
Oct 21, 2025
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The 6 Pound Phone Case weighs as much as a gallon of paint and is machined from a block of stainless steel. Chunky, dense and sharp-cornered, it’s “designed to be inconvenient” and to encourage less phone use.

The design is by Matter Neuroscience and “started as a joke.” Now it’s a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign; if it completes, your $210 pledge will…

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