The Tin Can phone: is this the simple secret to a screen-free childhood?
Created by three dads from Seattle, the resolutely un-mobile handset doesn’t have internet access, apps or even a screen. No wonder anxious parents are snapping it up
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Yours for $100. Photograph: Tin CanView image in fullscreenYours for $100. Photograph: Tin CanPass notesTelecomsThe Tin Can phone: is this the simple secret to a screen-free childhood?Created by three dads from Seattle, the resolutely un-mobile handset doesn’t have internet access, apps or even a screen. No wonder anxious parents are snapping it upTue 28 Apr 2026 11.10 EDTLast modified on Tue 28 Apr 2026 12.14 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleName: Tin Can.Age: Launched last April.Incorrect. It was patented in 1810 by a canny (ha) British merchant named Peter Durand … That was the tin can, created to preserve food. This is the Tin Can.Well, excuse me. And what is this upper-case Tin Can? A phone.What, two tins connected by a piece of string? That’s what kids did in the olden days.
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