#minimalphone — Public Fediverse posts

Niche question :

does anyone use #eink only on #shabbat?

I am not necessarily ready to go full no tech, but have thought of limiting myself with E-Ink.

#dumbphone #Boox #minimalphone #mazeldon #jewish

New year, old setup: https://andrewmelder.com/2025/12/31/new-year-old-setup.html

Minimal Phone, Maximum Challenges
#MinimalPhone #Pebble #PebbleTime #Smartphones #DigitalMinimalism

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.

https://hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-open-source-rotary-cell-phone-two-years-later/

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

I live in America and am on Mint Mobile. I am totally blind and use an external keyboard. I own a Galaxy A15, and while it works well, it's simply too large and wide for my needs, especially when I need to hold it to use Seeing AI (for scanning printed materials). My specifications shouldn't be too difficult to find, and yet, they are.

Android 14 or 15. Technically, I can go as low as 12, but I would really rather not.
Upgradable if possible.
Comes with Talkback pre-installed (or able to have someone install it). I have also heard of MicroG, an alternative to Google services that allows such apps to be installed, so that could work as well.
No larger than the iPhone SE 2022, unless by a tiny amount. Smaller is fine.
Headphone jack.

I am considering the Jelly Max, the Fonepia Q10, and the Minimal Phone. Has anyone here tried any of these in the United States? I don't think the Max has a headphone jack, but as much as I want one, I would be willing to sacrifice it if necessary. I know almost nothing about the Q10. The Minimal contains a real qwerty keyboard, so I wouldn't need to carry one. I don't care what they do with the screen, since I can't see it.

Am I missing any other good phones? I would like to keep this undder $350 at the most, preferably under $300 (Minimal might cost more, but could be worth it).

#accessibility #blind #Android #JellyMax #keyboard #MinimalPhone #phones #Q10 #qwerty #SmallPhone #SmallPhones #Talkback #technology

2/2 I deleted social media from my phone around 5 months ago which has been good, but I've found myself just down the rabbit hole on my browser instead lol. If any of you have experience with minimal phones I'd love to hear! #minimalphone #muditakompakt #einkphone

This might still be the honeymoon period, but I am really enjoying my #MinimalPhone

Well worth the 10 week wait! Though I wish status updates are more timely and they use a more reputable courier service

#EInk
#EInkPhone

Mudita Kompakt review: Disconnect from your smartphone with this minimalist option

https://techaeris.com/2025/05/30/mudita-kompakt-review/

#MuditaKompakt #technews #minimalphone

The Mudita Kompakt is about as bare bones as you can get and that's precisely what its intention is, which is what many users are looking for.

🎧🎤 Neue Episode online!

Ein paar Gedanken zum #MinimalPhone von „The Minimal Company“. Wir sprechen über Smartphones mit #EInk-Displays, ihre Vorzüge wie augenschonendes Lesen und lange Akkulaufzeiten sowie ihre Grenzen bei Videos und Spielen. Außerdem diskutieren wir, ob diese minimalistischen Geräte eine echte Alternative als Zweit-Smartphone sein können.

Hier anhören: https://episodes.fm/1728775003/episode/YzZhNzA2NjQtMTViNi00ZTI3LTg4MGQtZWQxODNmYzQ5NmM5

#e_ink #Podcastempfehlung

🎧🎤 Neue Episode online!

Ein paar Gedanken zum #MinimalPhone von „The Minimal Company“. Wir sprechen über Smartphones mit #EInk-Displays, ihre Vorzüge wie augenschonendes Lesen und lange Akkulaufzeiten sowie ihre Grenzen bei Videos und Spielen. Außerdem diskutieren wir, ob diese minimalistischen Geräte eine echte Alternative als Zweit-Smartphone sein können.

https://episodes.fm/1728775003/episode/YzZhNzA2NjQtMTViNi00ZTI3LTg4MGQtZWQxODNmYzQ5NmM5

#e_ink #Podcastempfehlung

The Minimal Phone is now shipping (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard)

The Minimal Phone is a modern phone with a retro aesthetic. Instead of a big color display that covers the whole device, it has a small 4.3 inch black and white E Ink display and a physical QWERTY keyboard that offers tactile feedback when you type.

First introduced last year, the phone’s developers raised over $600,000 through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, and now the company has […]

#crowdfunding #distractionFree #eInkPhone #minimal #minimalPhone #qwertyKeyboard #thumbKeyboard

Read more: https://liliputing.com/the-minimal-phone-is-now-shipping-e-ink-phone-with-a-qwerty-keyboard/

The Minimal Phone hits Indiegogo for $350 and up (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard)

The Minimal Phone is an Android phone with a screen that bucks almost every trend in the modern smartphone space. Instead of a big screen with vibrant colors and a high refresh rate it has a small black and white E Ink display positioned above a physical keyboard, making the phone look a bit like a modern BlackBerry.
First unveiled in January, […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=167132

#crowdfunding #eInk #eInkPhone #eInkSmartphone #keyboardPhone #minimalPhone #smartphones #theMinimalPhone

The Minimal Phone pairs an E Ink screen with a QWERTY keyboard and Android (crowdfunding)

Most modern smartphones have big, colorful touchscreen displays and lack physical keyboards. The Minimal Phone bucks both trends. It takes two very niche features and combines them into a single device: it’s an Android-powered smartphone with a square E Ink display and a QWERTY keyboard.
You can’t actually buy this phone yet, but the […]

https://liliputing.com/?p=166178

#eInk #eInkPhone #keyboardPhone #minimalCompany #minimalPhone #qwertyPhone #smartphones #theMinimalPhone