I just wish I could get an answer from them on why a brand new phone is missing some pretty important LTE/5G bands in the US

It's kind of cool, I like that there are people trying to do something else, but I don't how it's "minimal" or discourages heavy use.

It's an Android phone, with pretty decent specs. Nothing is stopping you from installing social media apps and doomscrolling all day and night, and chances are you will do that if that's what you do with your phone, just as you can just delete social media apps from your current phone.

The custom UI and physical keyboard are innovative though, I don't think I've seen a physical keyboard with touch support before, and I wish them the best.

I would like more information on what Degoogled means and whether it’s still possible to install 3rd party apps by some other means. Nice looking device, I expected it to cost more. Also, does this only work in the US rn?

The single input box with different prefixes for actions - @people, #call, - todo etc is very nice. I wish I could have such a powerful input box in my Home Screen. iPhone or even a trimmed down android with such an interface would be cool.

I’m not a fan of the physical keyboard, the broad shape(they say one handed use immediately followed by a video of someone using both hands to type). I’m okay with the candy bar all screen phones of today. The UX is pretty cool if I can have it on my “regular” phone..

Anybody have an idea if it is doable on an iPhone or an android phone?

I've been looking at this and the Clicks Communicator which should both be out by the end of this year. I'm not really a "dumbphone" person nor am I really a physical keyboard hound. I just want a smaller phone that feels better in the pocket and in the hand. I thought about a Razr but the proportions are a little awkward when opened. Its a little too long.

I'm happy that this hardware exists but an easier solution is to quit social media, viciously curate your notifications and apps, and install an ad blocker. My phone only alerts me if somebody calls me, asks me a question specifically in a group chat, or DMs me. I never see any ads or any FOMO nags. Life is pretty good.

i really feel like the website for a minimal phone should be at least somewhat viewable without javascript.

This is great. I really like the “dumb phone” movement.

Sadly for now they’re too expensive to buy just as an experiment.

The picture showing a thumb typing makes it clear that anyone with long fingernails is going to find it difficult to use.

Neat. This is pretty close to what I’d be looking for, if I could really afford to pull the trigger on something like this (realistically I can’t - iMessage on laptop is too important for work).

If it natively plugged into the Apple ecosystem, now that would be difficult to refuse.

How does a minimal phone like this one compare to not installing a shitton of apps and disabling all but essential notifications?

Reminds me of Jobs saying.. the problem with phones these days is the bottom 1/3.

Some still disagree.

Is this missing Android navigation buttons? I wonder if they considered to have them physical again.

I don't get why having a keyboard is minimal.

Maybe if GrapheneOS ran on it

I was excited before I saw battery section. 3600 mAh with 27W charging would be a bigger downshift than comfortable from 6000 mAh and 90W charging. I pray for +capacity version

Very cool. If they could commit to a looooong time of publishing software updates (esp. security), and if I could trust them to actually do it, I would be very interested.

I hate switching phones and I am not buying short-lived devices anymore if I can help it.

72mm width ain't nothing to write home about, you can find even nowadays phones narrower than that

as for the rest, I fail to see why pay extra for this niche nonsense when you can achieve exactly same thing with whatever Android launcher you prefer, only differentiator of this device is physical keyboard

crap specs with only 90Hz display and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 for 600+ USD and it is not even released yet, but maybe in few months when these specs will look even worse than they already are

BlackBerry: Seriously?

Can I have the "minimal phone" that is a powerful ai assisted productive computing device. Minimal in UI only and not literally an useless machine?