Review: The Minimal Phone wants you to hate phones, and it works
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Lots of down votes here, but not a lot of discussion... Bots?
wrote last edited by [email protected]I could downvote because we've seen this a lot: underpowered phone that does nothing and costs as much as my Pixel that does everything. Its not technically a scam, but it feels like those magical paper notebooks that supposedly boost your productivity for some reason.
I read the article: $500 and the same battery as my phone. Definitely a scam. I would get one at $100 though.
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On the plus side, they can't put AI on that!
What can you put that?
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I could downvote because we've seen this a lot: underpowered phone that does nothing and costs as much as my Pixel that does everything. Its not technically a scam, but it feels like those magical paper notebooks that supposedly boost your productivity for some reason.
I read the article: $500 and the same battery as my phone. Definitely a scam. I would get one at $100 though.
I meant in the comments. At the time I posted there were only two other comments and both in the negatives, but nothing else. The post was, and still is, decently upvoted.
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I just want an acceptable phone with a keyboard god damn it, not some gimmicky shit with a crap screen!
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I meant in the comments. At the time I posted there were only two other comments and both in the negatives, but nothing else. The post was, and still is, decently upvoted.
Oh I understand. I guess bots but its pretty limited by the lack of karma. It could destroy accounts on reddit but not here.
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Still runs shitty android. I will still with my Windows Mobile phones thank you.
People don't seem to get sarcasm here, huh
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Really sketchy company so far. My order hasnt come after 4 months
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Really sketchy company so far. My order hasnt come after 4 months
They seem to spend a lot on magazine coverage and little on fulfilling orders in time!
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I just want an acceptable phone with a keyboard god damn it, not some gimmicky shit with a crap screen!
You mean a physical keyboard?
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You mean a physical keyboard?
Yes. Unihertz have a couple I'm aware of but their software is dog shit, fx tec pro is out dated and over priced. The blackberry keytwo was the absolute best phone I have ever owned but that is now too old for security updates too so really isnt the best thing to have as your main phone.
Would be happy to hear of some others I may have missed. I backed the planet computers astro slide on indiegogo and they only delivered around 2000 units before stealing everyone elses money. Fucking cunts they are.
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I was looking into getting one of these. Saw a clickbait thumbnail along the lines of 'black and white mode for free?' and I realised, I can make my current phone less addicting for free with monochrome mode. And it works. (My screen time has no moved to my PC, but no more endless scrolling.)
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I think the general idea of these phones has legs but the addition of a physical keyboard on the Minimal Phone puts it into an extreme niche. It feels more like a passion project designed specifically for the use of the company founder than something tailored to the market, and is stuck between the practicality of the smaller Mudita Kompakt and the performance of the Bigme HiBreak Pro. If the Minimal Company makes a Minimal Phone 2 I'll be interested to see how different the design is.
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Really sketchy company so far. My order hasnt come after 4 months
This one seems better: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/
Example of setup: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1kszt14/my_current_set_of_minimalist_apps_on_the_mudita/
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This one seems better: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/
Example of setup: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1kszt14/my_current_set_of_minimalist_apps_on_the_mudita/
Thanks for the idea! But I need my open source apps
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I really like the idea but why the fuck is it $400
Because of economies of scale
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I could downvote because we've seen this a lot: underpowered phone that does nothing and costs as much as my Pixel that does everything. Its not technically a scam, but it feels like those magical paper notebooks that supposedly boost your productivity for some reason.
I read the article: $500 and the same battery as my phone. Definitely a scam. I would get one at $100 though.
That's not what the Downvote button is for
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People don't seem to get sarcasm here, huh
That would require "/s"
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Thanks for the idea! But I need my open source apps
You can install F-Droid and any open source Android app.
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I think the general idea of these phones has legs but the addition of a physical keyboard on the Minimal Phone puts it into an extreme niche. It feels more like a passion project designed specifically for the use of the company founder than something tailored to the market, and is stuck between the practicality of the smaller Mudita Kompakt and the performance of the Bigme HiBreak Pro. If the Minimal Company makes a Minimal Phone 2 I'll be interested to see how different the design is.
I mean, when Blackberry existed, it seemed like everyone had one, and the physical keyboard was what people loved about it.
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Yes. Unihertz have a couple I'm aware of but their software is dog shit, fx tec pro is out dated and over priced. The blackberry keytwo was the absolute best phone I have ever owned but that is now too old for security updates too so really isnt the best thing to have as your main phone.
Would be happy to hear of some others I may have missed. I backed the planet computers astro slide on indiegogo and they only delivered around 2000 units before stealing everyone elses money. Fucking cunts they are.
Maybe a phone with a clicks case? I’ve been contemplating getting one for my iPhone, but I think it will be way too top heavy. They’ve also now done one for the moto razr series foldables, those lend themselves a bit better for the extra length of a keyboard
