100,000 US dollars reward for refraining from using smartphones!

The Dhaka Times Desk A US citizen was awarded a hundred thousand US dollars for refraining from using smartphones! This incident has created quite a stir among smartphone addicts these days.

A US citizen was awarded a hundred thousand US dollars for refraining from using smartphones! This incident has created quite a stir among smartphone addicts these days.

In this modern era, it is really difficult to stay without using a smartphone. Elana Mugdan, a 29-year-old from New York, has done this difficult task where it is difficult not to use a smartphone for a minute.

According to media reports, recently a competition called 'Scroll Free for a Year' was organized in New York. Vitaminware, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola, organized the competition.

In order to participate in this contest, the user has to give up the use of the smartphone for a certain period of time. But he can use normal feature phone, laptop or desktop.

As part of this competition, the young man is getting a prize of 1 lakh US dollars as a reward for not using a smartphone for a year. Elana Mugdan has already spent 8 months without using a smartphone.

According to news media, Elana Mugdan gave up using iPhone 5S to participate in the competition. It is said that whether any fraud has been resorted to in order to get the prize money, it will also be checked with a lie detector.

Vitaminware launched this competition in December last year. The purpose of the competition was to get people away from smartphone addiction.

According to media reports, January 8 this year was the last date to participate in the competition. Vitaminware selected Elana Mugdan for the competition. He was given a Kyocera feature mobile phone instead of a smartphone.

However, the young man has vowed that he will never use a smartphone again even after the competition.

As the reason, he mentioned that if he uses the smartphone again, it will be a waste of time, he will get addicted to using social media at night. So he never wants to use a smartphone again.