Can you live without your smartphone for 1 year?
This is a challenged issued by Vitaminwater for smartphone addicts. If a contestant manages to go365 dayswithout using any smartphone, he or she can claim$100,000prize.
To participate in the contest, you must share a post onTwitterorInstagramusing the hashtags #nophoneforayear and #contest.
You will also have toexplain whydo you need a break from your smartphone andwhat you’d dowith the time you’d generally spend on your smartphone.
Interested individuals have until 11:59 p.m. ET onJanuary 8,2019, to enter in the contest. All legal residents of the U.S. who areaged 18 or olderand own a smartphone can enter the contest.
Thereafter, thecompany will select final participantsbased on their own criteria. The criteria to judge the entries include originality, brand relevance, humor, and other factors.
The official rules state that people who use their smartphone just for work and other commitments “need not apply.”
To prevent from cheating, Vitaminwater will also subject participants to alie detector testto make sure that the contestant is honest and is following all the rules.
Those who get a chance to participate will have to revert to a1996-era mobile phonefor an entire year. They won’t be allowed to use any smartphone or tablet, even if the device belongs to a friend or family member.
But it isokay to use laptops or desktopcomputers and other voice-assistant based devices like Google Home or Amazon Echo.
Even if you manage to pull off the challenge for 6 months, you’d receive$10,000. It is lesser in comparison to the total prize money, but hey, something is better than nothing.
