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  1. Bustin' out Ye Old #LightPhone again. At least for a little while. I have a very fond emotional reaction to loading up this little thing.

  2. Bustin' out Ye Old #LightPhone again. At least for a little while. I have a very fond emotional reaction to loading up this little thing.

  3. Bustin' out Ye Old #LightPhone again. At least for a little while. I have a very fond emotional reaction to loading up this little thing.

  4. Bustin' out Ye Old #LightPhone again. At least for a little while. I have a very fond emotional reaction to loading up this little thing.

  5. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  6. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  7. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  8. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  9. "Dumb Phones as Status Symbols" is on the @newyorktimes predictions for 2026. Asking "Who can afford to be less reachable?"

    These things are less than 15 years old, it's funny how fast "convenience" becomes a trap. Tech that makes work faster can only ever be convenient in a world where few people own such a device.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/31/style/t

    #dumbphones #lightphone #newyorktimes

  10. Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.

    But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.

    There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.

    Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.

    hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-op

    #Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones

  11. Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.

    But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.

    There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.

    Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.

    hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-op

    #Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones

  12. Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.

    But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.

    There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.

    Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.

    hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-op

    #Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones

  13. Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.

    But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.

    There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.

    Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.

    hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-op

    #Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones

  14. Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.

    But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.

    There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.

    Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.

    hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-op

    #Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones

  15. Yesterday, my #lightphone III randomly switched to EDGE and stayed there. It never flipped back to 4G and I didn't notice anything was wrong until this morning.

    #LP3

  16. Yesterday, my #lightphone III randomly switched to EDGE and stayed there. It never flipped back to 4G and I didn't notice anything was wrong until this morning.

    #LP3

  17. Yesterday, my #lightphone III randomly switched to EDGE and stayed there. It never flipped back to 4G and I didn't notice anything was wrong until this morning.

    #LP3

  18. Yesterday, my #lightphone III randomly switched to EDGE and stayed there. It never flipped back to 4G and I didn't notice anything was wrong until this morning.

    #LP3

  19. Yesterday, my #lightphone III randomly switched to EDGE and stayed there. It never flipped back to 4G and I didn't notice anything was wrong until this morning.

    #LP3

  20. @omarchy So far the #Lightphone III has been ok for me but I have already hit some issues (that I could work around) and looking at their Reddit I am one of the lucky ones. Many have serious issues making it unworkable. So it is too buggy to recommend yet (maybe after some updates). It is also not a cheap device.

  21. @omarchy So far the #Lightphone III has been ok for me but I have already hit some issues (that I could work around) and looking at their Reddit I am one of the lucky ones. Many have serious issues making it unworkable. So it is too buggy to recommend yet (maybe after some updates). It is also not a cheap device.

  22. @omarchy So far the #Lightphone III has been ok for me but I have already hit some issues (that I could work around) and looking at their Reddit I am one of the lucky ones. Many have serious issues making it unworkable. So it is too buggy to recommend yet (maybe after some updates). It is also not a cheap device.

  23. @omarchy So far the #Lightphone III has been ok for me but I have already hit some issues (that I could work around) and looking at their Reddit I am one of the lucky ones. Many have serious issues making it unworkable. So it is too buggy to recommend yet (maybe after some updates). It is also not a cheap device.

  24. @omarchy So far the #Lightphone III has been ok for me but I have already hit some issues (that I could work around) and looking at their Reddit I am one of the lucky ones. Many have serious issues making it unworkable. So it is too buggy to recommend yet (maybe after some updates). It is also not a cheap device.

  25. So I use #Strava all the time.

    I do not have a smartwatch and recently I have gone back to a basic feature phone (#Lightphone III), so no Strava app.

    How am I handling this? Well…

    1. I note the time when I leave
    2. I note the time when I arrive
    3. I head to onthegomap.com and manually map my route from memory

    Now I have start time and after and easy calculation in my head, duration. And the resultant map gives me both distance and elevation. Then I create a manual entry.

    #LP3

  26. So I use #Strava all the time.

    I do not have a smartwatch and recently I have gone back to a basic feature phone (#Lightphone III), so no Strava app.

    How am I handling this? Well…

    1. I note the time when I leave
    2. I note the time when I arrive
    3. I head to onthegomap.com and manually map my route from memory

    Now I have start time and after and easy calculation in my head, duration. And the resultant map gives me both distance and elevation. Then I create a manual entry.

    #LP3

  27. So I use #Strava all the time.

    I do not have a smartwatch and recently I have gone back to a basic feature phone (#Lightphone III), so no Strava app.

    How am I handling this? Well…

    1. I note the time when I leave
    2. I note the time when I arrive
    3. I head to onthegomap.com and manually map my route from memory

    Now I have start time and after and easy calculation in my head, duration. And the resultant map gives me both distance and elevation. Then I create a manual entry.

    #LP3

  28. So I use #Strava all the time.

    I do not have a smartwatch and recently I have gone back to a basic feature phone (#Lightphone III), so no Strava app.

    How am I handling this? Well…

    1. I note the time when I leave
    2. I note the time when I arrive
    3. I head to onthegomap.com and manually map my route from memory

    Now I have start time and after and easy calculation in my head, duration. And the resultant map gives me both distance and elevation. Then I create a manual entry.

    #LP3

  29. So I use #Strava all the time.

    I do not have a smartwatch and recently I have gone back to a basic feature phone (#Lightphone III), so no Strava app.

    How am I handling this? Well…

    1. I note the time when I leave
    2. I note the time when I arrive
    3. I head to onthegomap.com and manually map my route from memory

    Now I have start time and after and easy calculation in my head, duration. And the resultant map gives me both distance and elevation. Then I create a manual entry.

    #LP3

  30. These pictures are taken with the #Lightphone III FWIW.

    You know, in case anyone was curious about the camera on it. 🤷

    #LP3

  31. These pictures are taken with the #Lightphone III FWIW.

    You know, in case anyone was curious about the camera on it. 🤷

    #LP3

  32. These pictures are taken with the #Lightphone III FWIW.

    You know, in case anyone was curious about the camera on it. 🤷

    #LP3

  33. These pictures are taken with the #Lightphone III FWIW.

    You know, in case anyone was curious about the camera on it. 🤷

    #LP3

  34. These pictures are taken with the #Lightphone III FWIW.

    You know, in case anyone was curious about the camera on it. 🤷

    #LP3

  35. Ok, one thing I do like with the #Lightphone III is the settings you can enable to email you a copy of certain text messages. So messages that match certain criteria (image attachments or containing links).

    How this works is that once enabled a copy is sent through your lightphone account to their servers and in turn emailed on to you.

    This is handy because with no brower a long ass link is hard to deal with on a dumb phone.

    #LP3

  36. Ok, one thing I do like with the #Lightphone III is the settings you can enable to email you a copy of certain text messages. So messages that match certain criteria (image attachments or containing links).

    How this works is that once enabled a copy is sent through your lightphone account to their servers and in turn emailed on to you.

    This is handy because with no brower a long ass link is hard to deal with on a dumb phone.

    #LP3

  37. Ok, one thing I do like with the #Lightphone III is the settings you can enable to email you a copy of certain text messages. So messages that match certain criteria (image attachments or containing links).

    How this works is that once enabled a copy is sent through your lightphone account to their servers and in turn emailed on to you.

    This is handy because with no brower a long ass link is hard to deal with on a dumb phone.

    #LP3

  38. Ok, one thing I do like with the #Lightphone III is the settings you can enable to email you a copy of certain text messages. So messages that match certain criteria (image attachments or containing links).

    How this works is that once enabled a copy is sent through your lightphone account to their servers and in turn emailed on to you.

    This is handy because with no brower a long ass link is hard to deal with on a dumb phone.

    #LP3

  39. Ok, one thing I do like with the #Lightphone III is the settings you can enable to email you a copy of certain text messages. So messages that match certain criteria (image attachments or containing links).

    How this works is that once enabled a copy is sent through your lightphone account to their servers and in turn emailed on to you.

    This is handy because with no brower a long ass link is hard to deal with on a dumb phone.

    #LP3