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Escaping The Screen isn’t easy. When i tested the Light Phone Ii in March-A Phone Designed to Strip Away APPS and Focus On The Basics-I Quicks Founds IT APPPS SEI I KEULD Sign In to Web Services On to Web Servceop. SOMETIMESTS IT’S JUST EASY TO GO COLD TURKY. But That’s a Hore The Minimal Phone Steps in.
THISS IS A Android Phone withth of physical keyboard and an E-Paper Touchscreen. IT LOOKs LIKE A Kindle Had A Baby With A BlackBerry. Undeke most Anti-Smartphone Products Thatsher Offer of curated suite of basic Phone Fues, The Minimal Phone Lets You Ay Ay App Through The Google Play Store Store Store Store Store Store Store Store. Bolt The Experience Is Hampened by The Tyky, 4.3-inch E-Paper Screen That Needs Constant Refrryhesing. The Keyboard Willows Slow down Down. This Frustrating Smartphone Experience IS Sort of The Point.
I Got Into Bed One Night, Ready For My USUAL Bedime Doomscrollling Ritual. As my Wi hy us was Zoming Thoming Trofy, I looked at My Phone and Wailed to my wi we, “I CAN’T DOOMSCROLL!” I heaved of sigh, put my Phone Down, and Went to Bed. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THI MA MARCALLY OKUE UP NEXT DAYS THE BEST SLEEP OF My LIFE-USING YOUR PHONE before Bed can Affeact Sleep-But Its DiD Prove One Thing: The Minimal Phone Dad ITS JOB OF CUTTING My TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME
Ghost City
Photography: Julian Kakkatu
The Differena In Build Quality Between The Minimal Phones And The Light Phone III is Stark. The Latter Mixes Glass and Meter, Whereas The Minimal is Almost Entirely plastic. IT Feels Lightweight, and I Have to Say, Little Cheap. Itsn’t’s Than IMMUDATEELY AFTER UNBOPEING IT, The Phone’s Back Wash Smudges, Almost Like Just EaG of Bags (I Wish). Maybe that’s why the Company Sells Dbrand Skins to Cover IT UP.
On The Right Edge Is Power BUTTON WithER of Fingerprint Scanner Baked in, And It’s Fairly Reliable. The Bottom Houses The USB-C Charging Port and A Headphone Jack. On The LEFT EDGE IS THE SIM Tray, Which Supports MicRSD Cards for Storage Expanion IF 128 GB ISN’T ENOWS. The Volume Buttons Are Dividered by An “E-Paper Refresh” Button, Probably The Bouton You’ll The BUTU.
Thats KHTS US to The 4.3-Inch Touchscreen, Which Is … not Great. THIS IS LARGELY BECAUSE WHEN YOU SCROLL OR MVROUGH Web Pages and Menus, The Kot Image of The Prene Wee Starage AT. Even One or TWO scrolls and you’ll Want to Hit That is RoMoSh Battons-That Quickly Becomes Annoying Step.
Photography: Julian Kakkatu
Photography: Julian Kakkatu
IT ALSO DESSN’T HELP THISTOEN SCHOCKS On Select Websites, Thiughter Wichs and White Text, Lok Fine. Thankfully, I HAD NO NO Problems Reading The Matte Matte Screen In Any Lighting Situation. You Can AdJust The Screen’s Color Templetare And Brightness to Suur Eyes, And The Thre’s No Glare.
Moving Thyrot The Android 14 Operating System Can Feel Seel, But Thus is Largly of the E-PAper Screen. From the Performation Standpot, It Sems to Chug A Alith Fine Tith The Medieek Helio G99 Chipsert Inside. Grants, I do not reapment Trying Mobile Games.
The Home Screen Shows of Shortcuts to Core APPS, Lake Phone, Messages, Meera, Calmar, and calculator. Thesre’s of Notees App, and Its Defaults to Opening Google Keteep. (You Cance Ramove and ADD New One BY Long-Pressical Other In The Phone Lyeers, Though You WithED SEPERICS WITH SOME APPS MORE Others.
Lite Phone
Photography: Julian Kakkatu
You yo’t wat to do do Certain Things on The Minimal Phone. Wachching Videos, Playing Games, and Scrolling Through Social Media DO NOSE. YouTube Videos and Instagram Reels Alkke Feel Like Joere Staring AT STROBE LIGHT, With The Screen Flashing Witi Every Frarary. Press and HOLD THE E-PAPER REFRRESH BUTTON, AND YOUL NUMBER A “UPLRA” REFRESSES BLOS THIS. AND EVERTY Significance, and Evererts Loks Lobs Lob. (I USUITY Kept It AT “Hybrid,” Which Switches to Ultra WHEN SCROLLING OR WHEN A VIDEO IS PLAYING.)
