Approximately a week ago, a fairly great project that began with the collection of Indiegogo funds embarked on the shipping trip. While that is an achievement in itself for a Crowdfunded project, it is the device itself that really stands out. Greet a The minimum phone.
The minimum telephone is the “first electronic ink phone,” proclaims the company. This is not just another minimalist phone with a ink panel and that states that addiction to your phone is in order serving a less trained monochrome panel.
This even adds a physical keyboard to the mixture. A tactile qwerty keyboard, that is.
Now, Blackberry has been out of the game for a long time. The brand Last smartphone attempt that aimed to capitalize on its impressive legacy with QWERTY keyboards It was the Key2 series in 2022.
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Some Chinese brands, such as Unihertz, have continued to sell phones with a physical keyboard, but those are niche articles. The minimum company has essentially combined the retro yearning for a physical keyboard with the idea of an electronic ink screen that will help us attenuate our digital addiction habits. On the minimum telephone, you get a 4.3 -inch panel with a 4: 3 -looking ratio, reminiscent of the Weird Vu Series of LG series.
“High performance games or heavy video applications may not provide the best user experience,” the company tells you bluntly. However, it is not impossible. I enjoyed some pulls in Angry Birds in BOOX PALMA 2which also comes with an electronic ink screen.
Fortunately, the healthiest thoughts prevailed and the company decided to give it a complete Android treatment (V14.0, to be precise), which means that this is a fully functional phone. But as the company says, with the minimum telephone, the goal is to “live more, move less.”
It does not go for the “similar to the phone” approach, but it is an adequate phone with calls and SIM -based data facilities. If you live in the USA, large operators such as Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T are covered.
The minimum telephone is equipped with a 3,000 mAh battery, but thanks to the low -power monochromatic panel, it is stated that it lasts “several days.” There are some other subtleties on this phone, which can be a surprise.
There is a 3.5 mm headphone connector on this phone. Despite swinging a black and white screen, this phone includes a 16 megapixel camera, accepts two SIM cards and even offers space for microSD storage expansion.
You also get a digital footprint sensor mounted on the side integrated in the ignition button. It seems that the company is either spared in the bowels. Enthusiasts can choose between variants with 6 GB and 8 GB of RAM, with a corresponding option for storage on board 128 GB and 256 GB.
The telephone is driven by a mediatek G99 eight -core processor, while camera tasks are handled by a 16 megapixel rear sensor and a 5 megapixel semi -fiery pargo. There is a physical navigation bar with three buttons just below the screen.
From $ 399, a $ 100 discount at the price of its label for early orders, the minimum phone is now sent worldwide. It is available in white, black and double tone format.
