Quote from: Flummoxed on February 11, 2019, 03:10:08 AM

No links, no proof. I doubt this will be a real challenge since a lot of people can do it.

There are lots of links, but the found the person to do it.
https://www.thisisinsider.com/smartphone-addiction-contest-vitaminwater-2018-12

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Vitaminwater wants to pay you $100,000 to give up your smartphone for a year
Kelli Pate
Dec. 13, 2018, 1:07 PM
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   Vitaminwater is offering $100,000 to one person who can go without their smartphone for an entire year.
   Contest entries will be accepted on Twitter and Instagram until 11:59 p.m. ET on January 8, 2019.
   The selected contestant will be provided with a "1996-era cellular telephone" and an accompanying phone plan to use for one year.
   A lie-detector test will help determine whether you stuck to the rules for the full 365 days.

Smartphone addiction is no joke and neither are the very real health risks it poses. But if you're not willing to forgo your own device for a chance at less anxiety or better sleep, maybe you'd do it for, say, $100,000?

It's a bet Vitaminwater is willing to take.

That's right, the Coca-Cola-owned brand is offering $100,000 to one person who can go without their smartphone for an entire year. Vitaminwater announced the contest on Tuesday.

   vitaminwater® (@vitaminwater) December 11, 2018

Here's how the "Scroll Free For a Year" contest will work, according to the company's website:

   Apply on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtags #nophoneforayear and #contest, telling Vitaminwater why you need a break from your smartphone and what you'd do with your free time. You have until 11:59 p.m. ET on January 8, 2019, to enter.
   Vitaminwater will pick one entry by January 22, 2019. If selected, you'll be contacted via the social-media account you used to enter.
   The winner will be provided with a "1996-era cellular telephone" and an accompanying phone plan to use for one year. They'll also sign a contract committing to no smartphone usage for the duration of the contest. If found to have adhered to the rules at the end of the year, they'll be rewarded with $100,000.

If selected, you'll still be able to use a laptop or desktop computer, but you won't be allowed to even touch a smartphone for a full 365 days. The rules also state that if you can only go six months, you'll win only $10,000. (Hey, that's still no small change.)

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It's unclear how Vitaminwater will verify you played by the rules, but a lie-detector test will be involved, according to FOX2now.com.

Thousands of social-media users have already thrown their hats in the ring.