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Je ne regarde plus jamais mon smartphone.

Je ne regarde plus jamais mon smartphone.
I never look at my smartphone anymore.
From Lesson 276:Combined negations (ne... plus rien)·French

Questions & Answers about Je ne regarde plus jamais mon smartphone.

Why is there no pas in this sentence?
When you use negative words like plus (anymore) or jamais (never), the word pas is dropped. You only need ne before the verb and the combined negative words plus jamais after it. Adding pas here would be grammatically incorrect.
How do plus and jamais combine to mean "never anymore"?
In French, you can stack certain negative adverbs to create a specific meaning. Here, plus means "no longer" and jamais means "never". Stacked together as plus jamais, they literally mean "no longer ever", which we naturally translate as "never again" or "never anymore".
Could I reverse the order and say je ne regarde jamais plus?
Yes, you can. ne... jamais plus is completely correct and means the exact same thing. However, you will hear ne... plus jamais more often in everyday spoken French.
Where would plus jamais go if this sentence were in the past tense (passé composé)?
Because plus and jamais are short adverbs, they both go between the helper verb (avoir) and the main verb's past participle. You would say Je n'ai plus jamais regardé mon smartphone.

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