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I just received my light phone and while I haven't used it much yet I'm mostly a fan. I used the Punkt MP01 for a while and it's still pretty much my favorite p
by kpmcc 7y ago
I just received my light phone and while I haven't used it much yet I'm mostly a fan. I used the Punkt MP01 for a while and it's still pretty much my favorite phone ever. We'll see how I feel about the E-ink display on this thing after some real use. The blinking and ghosting is kind of annoying, but not a deal-breaker. Honestly though I think the main reason I liked the Punkt phone so much was the buttons. Buttons are seriously underrated. I've noticed this already with entering text on the light phone. The screen is purposefully small and trying to cram a full keyboard onto a tiny touchpad is a little iffy.
I'm not so concerned about the lack of features at this point. I'd already though about coding up my own little text bot with Twilio to call rides through lyft or uber's APIs so maybe this will give me some incentive.
Edit: Yeah the flipping back and forth between landscape and portrait mode is pretty annoying. Devs if you're reading this please address in a future update.
- Fnoord 7y agoThe Light Phone and Punkt both have a disadvantage: they're not rugged while they are expensive. On the long term I'm interested in a dumbphone for my child (and I am interested in living a disconnected life, on top of that, myself, with an offline e-reader and an offline DAP serving me quite well), but it needs to be rugged. If it is not rugged and not durable, then what is the point of using such? You can't take it for hiking, you have to be super careful with it like an expensive, normal smartphone.