The Light Phone
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Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.

So, I preordered the Light Phone 3? I considered the 2 for a while but it is just to clunky with its eink screen, texting would be a nightmare.

What are y’all’s thoughts on the new design? Do you think minimalist phones are worth it?

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    5 months ago

    Why not a Punkt for less money? Or a Nokia for a lot less money.

    I really don’t get these things. They say nothing about security, privacy, or updates on their site.

    You want basic functionality for cheap, that’s the updated Nokia from 20 years ago. You want a decent modern phone with security, privacy, updates, and black and white icons? Get a Pixel, put GrapheneOS on it and download Articons.

    This thing is a mashup of a candy bar phone and a 15 year old iPod, but unlike those things you can’t actually buy one, you need to prefund the company and wait another 7 months.

    • citrusface@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      41·
      5 months ago

      I won’t lie, I’m a sucker for how it looks.

      The punkt does not meet my functionality standards. I do not want to go back to a brick. It does not have a camera nor a screen large enough for me to see for nav. I will admit it looks dope as hell, but it’s not for me.

      I do like the Punkt Smart phone, but it’s a full ass smartphone and I want a minimalist phone because I have a screen addiction.

      I have thought about Graphene, but the issue is - if I can make my device waste my time. I will make my device waste my time. My solution would be to get a device that does the things I need it to do without giving me the ability to do more in a form factor that I like.

      400$ is not too much for me to pay that. The punkt is 300. Why is 400$ a bridge to far for this form factor?

      I also love the swappable battery and that they are trying to make the phone easier to repair. It can be a hotspot and that is very useful.

      Regarding privacy, this is a blog post about light OS on the LP2 https://medium.com/sanctuary-computer-inc/building-lightos-with-react-native-4b6e4ad1cd7f

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I can’t speak for everyone, but the lightphone can be a wifi hotspot. That’s a feature that makes it more attractive to me. I would get a minimalist phone to avoid carrying distractions around with me, but I would still want to be able to get online via a tablet or laptop.

      Edit: I hadn’t looked at the punkt phones, but they also can be a wifi hotspot.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        It’s more to carry but you could get a Nokia and a hotspot device for way less if that was what you needed. And again you could buy those things now, they exist.

        I did this until recently, monochrome Nokia and a hotspot for when I needed connectivity for my work laptop. I changed when I needed to do site surveys more frequently, a tablet with a Sim made much more sense.