We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here's what happened.

For 14-year-old Ben Cohen-Vigder, accidentally losing his smartphone on the school bus last February ended up gaining him so much more. 

"I was without my phone for like two days and I realized how my days were so much longer and full," Ben said.

It was so much better that the 8th grade lacrosse goalie made the radical choice to get a flip phone, giving him the ability to communicate without all the smart features — and distractions.