Is there even a point in having a phone like this?

spending more money on useless e-waste to seem cutting edge and put some mindless excitement in to their lives for a week before switching back to their regular smartphone like a normal human being

>>105895703 (OP)
You can download same launcher on android phones, the only good parts are E-INK display (good battery life) and physical keyboard (if you like it).

>>105895749
I do like the keyboard. The only thing I am afraid of is it not having foreign letters such as æ, ø, å, ð, í, þ, etc.

>>105895798
get the keyone or key2 blackberry (be warned theres no custom roms i believe). they are kino unlike ops retarded phone, hopefully china remakes this phone with better specs and an unlocked bootloader

>>105895882
Does it have USB-C?

>>105895934
the key2 does, and i believe people have recently gotten the bootloader unlocked and are working on porting lineage but i wouldnt buy it expecting lineage since its early days

>>105895703 (OP)
>turn on grayscale filter (not as efficient as e-ink, but still)
>remove all apps and block their installation and usage with device policy (on iphones works even with stock apps like safari)
>hardware kb meme is very user-specific
useless hipster bloat/10

All I want is a case with a slide out keyboard. Even better if your phone would flip like the side kick

>>105896504
Modern phones don't have the right form factor for a keyboard, they don't have the right form factor for anything really, it's a mini-TV without a built in stand. To have a comfortable landscape slide keyboard you'd need something at most 2/3rds the standard goyphone size, and about twice as thick.

>>105895703 (OP)
Maybe if you're old

>>105895703 (OP)
>Using the Kickstarter concept design
Yes, I own one.

>>105895882
It's called the unihertz titan slim

>>105895703 (OP)
Clicking on things is relaxing

>>105896861
Tell us what you think of it

>>105895703 (OP)
Distraction Free Calling

>>105897716
The MP works for me just fine. I don't use phones a lot, even before getting it: just the rare texts/calls and using it as a music player 90% of the time it's on me. The MP doesn't fail at either task.
Anything about the keyboard or epaper screen could be said about any other device with either. The epaper display is great in sunlight and I don't mind the refresh rate since I don't need it for video; the physical keyboard trumps touch keyboards in both speed and accuracy, and having it with an epaper display removes the unresponsiveness of using touch keyboards on epaper. The keyboard on the MP is just fine in terms of tactile feedback. I haven't had any complaints about the hardware.
If your usage involves anything with motion, then I question why you even wanted an epaper display to begin with. Despite that, the camera is of surprisingly decent quality and satisfactory for when I need to snap a quick picture when I'm out and about.

Overall, it's just a normal Android phone with epaper and a physical keyboard. The union of the two niches is more or less the reason I wanted it. The custom launcher is also really aesthetically nice and easy to navigate (the picture I sent is basically what it looks like, but I have the text aligned to the left). Naturally, OS options are limited to just stock afaik.

>>105895744

>>105898167
Do you use their carrier service or your own?

>>105898407
I use my own. It's a cool idea but I'm set with what I have.

>>105898434
Who's your carrier?

bought an open box one of these for my 15 Pro /max and i'm not a huge fan, they've made some updates to the 16 version so I may try that in future

I can't type as fast as I can with the touch keyboard on it, there isn't a spellchecker, some apps like tiktok don't support it (the text box doesn't change size like the o screen keyboard for some reason)

there is no USB passthrough with this version either so no headphones or wired carplay

plus it makes the phone absolutely massive


will probably return it

I see the potential but at the moment it is still a 1st generation product on iPhone 14/15

>>105898167
How did you get yours? It seems to me at their website you can only pre-order.

>>105895703 (OP)
way easier to type on.

>>105898521
narrator: he didn't return it. 20 years later it wound up at a local thrift store for $0.99

>>105896861
that looks gorgeous

>>105899221
kek

>>105895703 (OP)
Niche device, so all depends if you have a point in owning it.

>>105895703 (OP)
>Uber

yes. you let everyone around you know that you're an insufferable faggot.

>>105895882
>>105895934
I had this phone and yes it was good.
However, I sold it on ebay for more than I originally purchased it, because BlackBerry stopped making them so now they count as a rarity.
With the money I bought a Pixel 6 Pro instead which is better in every way, except for the keyboard.

>>105896026
>turn on grayscale filter
Congrats now you have all of the downsides with none of the upsides. Worst of both worlds

>>105898183
Back to your containment website, pedo

>>105895703 (OP)
no android = no apps, unusable

just buy Titan 2 until you have time, its just 270$ on kickstarter, after kickstarter ends in few weeks it will be 400$ !

And i think i wont buy that shit for 400$, but for 270$ it is fucking dirt cheap as second gimmick phone

>minimal phone
>is not minimal

>>105897866
imagine larping this hard

>>105895703 (OP)
this layout would be so much more comfortable to type and use. shame ui/ux people tend to be absolutely retarded.

>>105901292
how would it be more convenient?

>>105901299
you can grab the machine with both hands and type comfortably, instead of trying to hold on to the last inch at the bottom.

>>105895703 (OP)
Tells everyone that you have no self control and can't resist the tick tock slop on your own.

>>105895749
>the only good parts are E-INK display (good battery life)
LCD were perfectly fine for that. A phone doesn't need the display running constantly.

>>105895703 (OP)
No, it just kind of awkwardly shoves the functions of a PDA and a phone together.
By all means release a PDA and a separate phone that does nothing other than take calls while acting as a mobile modem for the PDA, but don't just pile onto this weird premium jankphone trend.
>>105901636
Anyone who takes out their phone in public is already signalling that they have no self control.

>>105898459
Prefer not to answer in detail, but I use a VOIP provider and then the cheapest data-only cell provider. It's more flexible for me.
>>105898524
Yeah, orders come in very slowly for the MP. Ever since the MP was supposed to start shipping around March, they've been backlogged. If you order today, you'll probably get yours in 2-4 months, from what I can hear about others receiving theirs. I guess that's pretty bad if you're looking for a quick replacement.

>>105895703 (OP)
Not big enough

>>105901230
>mierdatek

>>105901830
That's fine. I use a major carrier and from what I've read into it can be a pain to get them to accept a device you want to use despite them technically offering it. It's not always plug and play. Thanks for answering.

>>105895882

https://www.unihertz.com/products/titan-slim

You're welcome kid

>>105895703 (OP)
New shitty hipster phone for såyniggers

>>105898521
What does this have to do with the minimal phone?

>>105901191
>it was good
Define good. On a scale from 1-10

>>105901230
>no android = no apps, unusable

>>105902702
For typing text, which is the main reason I have my phone for, 8/10, while a desktop would be 10/10 and most other smartphones are 4/10

>>105901292
This might be the most retarded opinion I have ever heard in my entire life. And I have spoken to people who think men can be women. Let that sink in.

these phones only make sense if they're cheaper than the cheapest smartphone

>>105902830
you must have tiny hands and therefor not aware of the problem it fixes.

>>105902788
interdasting..

>>105901292
Post your home workstation keyboard and monitor you’ve arranged like this.

>>105901272
It basically doesn't support porn. An innovation I say.

>>105903490
Take your current smartphone and pretend the keyboard is on the top and realise your mistake

>>105895703 (OP)
well it depends. Does it run whatsapp?

>>105904600
Yes

>>105904620
then its point or USECASE as I like to call them is running whatsapp.

>>105904220
what mistake?
good support for both hands with your thumbs at the right position to type? oh no...

>>105895703 (OP)
I would rather just get a phone with GrapheneOS they have the same functionality

>>105904753
I honestly think you're not thinking this through, or not holding the phone correctly. It's ergonomically impossible to type like this, unless you prop your phone between the hands like a baby gripping its bottle.

>>105904761
>GrapheneOS
Not even remotely the same....

>>105895703 (OP)
SUNNY DAY

>>105895703 (OP)
I used to really want a physical keyboard until I realized that I use four different languages (two with completely different alphabets from English, one with umlauts and a few oddities), and this just wouldn't work for anything other than English.

>>105902231
dogshit keyboard

Does /pol/ use phone apps other than browser, calls, sms, notes, and calculator? I'm old but apps are such ass I wouldn't miss them.

>>105905711
That's also my worry about this keyboard, but if they're smart they'll add function to use those letters much like you can use them on a computer keyboard. All they basically have to do is add an alt key.

>>105895703 (OP)
>to do list
>dinner with family
How sad is your life that you have to remind yourself of that with a check mark?

>>105895703 (OP)
If it wasn't for 2FA, I wouldn't even need a phone.

Why do you faggots insist on purchasing meme shit e-waste garbage instead of just buying a normal shitdroid like the jeet you are develop some self control.

>>105901845
Thanks for reminding me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DcHyi-hZE

>>105895703 (OP)
What's the point of that? It can't show highly-animated color ads all the time.

>>105901230
I'm thinking of buying one of these for my dad since he used to really like his Blackberry phones
What's the update support going to look like?
I mostly care about security updates