Would you give up your phone for ONE YEAR for 100k?

[Mook]

Vitaminwater says they'll pay you $100,000 to ditch your smartphone for a year - Story | WFLD

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - Do you think you could make it one day without your smartphone? How about one year?

Vitaminwater says they're willing to bet - you can’t do it. The company unveiled a challenge for 2019 with an award of $100,000 to one person who can go 365 days without their smartphone.

Folks can enter their contest by sharing on Instagram or Twitter why they feel they are up for the challenge, using the hashtags #nophoneforayear and #contest.

Vitaminwater says they'll choose one person who will trade in their smartphone for a 2000s era calling-only phone. If the challenger makes it for six months they get $10,000, and if they make it for the full year they win a $100,000!

The entry period began on Tuesday, December 11 at 8 a.m. ET and ends on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. ET. You can enter up to four times. Vitaminwater did not go into detail about how they’ll monitor the contest but said lie detector tests will be involved.

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[Spivitz]

No pocket porn for a year, fuck that

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Damn.....I think I could do it. I have a pc, laptop and 2 tablets.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Id do it if the money were put in escrow, sure.

 

[syP]

easily.

 

[DEEZUZ]

It would be a struggle and I dont know what kind of man I'd be afterwards.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Also easily...

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Wait.

You are going to pay me $100k to not be reachable by phone for a year?

Fuck yeah, I'll cart a laptop around everywhere and never talk on the phone to anyone.

 

[Mook]

They give you a basic bitch flip phone for phone calls.

 

[Mook]

No texting. No mobile porn. No social media (likely for the best). No memes. No phone games. No bathroom partner. No camera. No video taking.

No nothing.

Anyone who waltzes in here and says "easy" is full of shit.

 

[Spivitz]

For real here, no bullshit, $100,000 in front of me, locked away for the year.
My answer is
No

 

[Chester Copperpot]

No texting. No mobile porn. No social media (likely for the best). No memes. No phone games. No bathroom partner. No camera. No video taking.

No nothing.

Anyone who waltzes in here and says "easy" is full of shit.

Beyond fucking easy. All you soyboys needing your instant gratification ******ry.

 

[Mook]

Fuck off with that bullshit lie. None of us, including you Mr. Amazing, realize how much we even just TOUCH our phones...not even use it.

If I had a way to police, I'd bet you couldnt go a month. But short of keeping your phone at my house, dunno how I'd pull that off.

 

[FESTER665]

Id think I could do it for 100 grand....

 

[Mook]

Think about how many texts are exchanged in a month. That alone would make it impossible for me. The only way I talk with some friends still (who I havent seen in awhile) is via text.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Fuck off with that bullshit lie. None of us, including you Mr. Amazing, realize how much we even just TOUCH our phones...not even use it.

If I had a way to police, I'd bet you couldnt go a month. But short of keeping your phone at my house, dunno how I'd pull that off.

 

[Blownbyyou]

The only thing I would truly miss is pandora and no navigation, I could deal with no porn, no memes, no tcg on my phone, it’s just the music and the navigation

 

[Mook]

Lack of navigation would fuck me

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Got a 2000s era iPod for music.

I'm set. Where do I begin?

 

[Mook]

Someone figure out how we can monitor Carters usage and lets take up a collection. I'd love to see him prove this.

 

[Mook]

You're more of a hermit than I am, so maybe its possible.

See you tomorrow?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I pay for unlimited (because somehow with ATTs new discount, unlimited is cheaper than a normal plan with normal discount). This is how much I don't give a fuck about actually using my smart phone. Half of that is probably the fucking game today and the other half is work related.

 

[Mook]

....does that include wifi data? Cause I bet it doesnt.

 

[FESTER665]

Just read the rules, you get a 1996 era cell phone and you can’t use a smart phone or tablet for a year, but home PC and laptops are okay....

You can still text from that phone couldn’t you? Just need to do the ‘ol press number two twice for B, etc.....

I would go buy a MacBook and iMessage from that and carry it everywhere.

I’m in to do it for 100k for sure.

 

[Mook]

Can you even text from a 90s phone? I guess its still SMS so probably?