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Where to watch Payback with a Dumbphone
Stream Payback with a Dumbphone free to start: the first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax, then episodes unlock with coins.
About Payback with a Dumbphone
Payback with a Dumbphone is a vertical micro-drama available on ShortMax only. After being murdered by her conniving college roommate who drained her bank account using smartphone malware, a wealthy heiress is reborn on freshman registration day and prepares meticulous payback. The series runs to 51 episodes. The first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax. Its genres are Revenge and Drama. Campus, face-slapping and heir are among its 5 tagged tropes. ShortMax showed 239K views on Nov 1, 2026.
- Episodes
- 51
Genre and tropes
Performance
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- ShortMax239K views · 80K saves · as shown Nov 7, 2026
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The story
After being murdered by her conniving college roommate who drained her bank account using smartphone malware, a wealthy heiress is reborn on freshman registration day and prepares meticulous payback.
The protagonist recalls being falsely accused, framed for theft, and pushed to her death from a rooftop by her greedy roommate.
Using foreknowledge and tech countermeasures to utterly outwit a narcissistic, thieving roommate and watch her fall into her own trap.
- Setting
- campus · contemporary
- Lead
- reborn heiress, murdered in previous timeline, reborn with foreknowledge
- Antagonist
- scheming fraudster roommate (roommate)
- Hook
- death or danger
- Tone
- melodramatic, tense
- Audience
- female gaze, young adult
- Language
- Mandarin
- Content
- violence, bullying humiliation
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- What is Payback with a Dumbphone about?
- After being murdered by her conniving college roommate who drained her bank account using smartphone malware, a wealthy heiress is reborn on freshman registration day and prepares meticulous payback.
- How many episodes does Payback with a Dumbphone have?
- Payback with a Dumbphone has 51 episodes.
- Which app has Payback with a Dumbphone?
- It is available on ShortMax only.
- Is Payback with a Dumbphone free to watch?
- The first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax; the rest unlock with coins.
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