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Re: The Light Phone

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Post by ricardobeat »

I got mine still in the box in a drawer somewhere. The main selling point for me were the additional features compared to the original. From the FAQ:

> These tools are currently being developed and will be released in the coming few months

These tools being the promised features of Music / Notes / Calculator / Directions / Ride hailing, and "coming months" being the end of 2019.

It's been almost two years since the launch, and the original light phone will soon celebrate it's 5th anniversary so I'm not sure I should hold my breath. If anybody from the team is reading this, I'd love to hear what's blocking the software development side.

Re: The Light Phone

#42

Post by graeme »

Swizec wrote: post #38
gnicholas wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that going out with an Apple Watch instead of a phone will become popular as a way of (partially) unplugging. It will also signal that the wearer is not an ordinary worker bee (who need to keep a phone around to respond to emails) but instead a member of upper management (who can skim important messages that come in, but needs not respond at length).

> (who can skim important messages that come in, but needs not respond at length). iWatch + Airpods + dictation, my friend. It is amazing. If only the apple watch could play audiobooks (on Audible) and music (on Spotify) without a phone nearby, it would be the perfect minimalist phone. Alas until that happens I have to continue to lug my phone around when sportsing. You can download books to the Audible watch app but…

Do you just deal with having typos in a long reply? You can’t edit watch dictation, so a lot of my replies including some form of “damned apple watch” so people I’m replying to know what’s up.

That said I quite like the combo in general. A big reason I went with apple music is the streaming. It is baffling to me that spotify hasn’t enabled lte streaming on the watch now that watchos 6 lets them.

Re: The Light Phone

#44

Post by Vendan »

ogre_codes wrote: post #33

This isn't much in terms of value or functionality. You can buy a low end iPhone and just not install any apps and get more functionality and utility. I guess if you are on the road and need multi-week battery life??? Even then, it's easy enough to plug into your car outlet.

    The battery life of the Light Phone II is approximately 1-3 days of 'light' regular usage.
So yeah, battery life is not that great for what it is...

Re: The Light Phone

#45

Post by jonny_eh »

Swizec wrote: post #38
gnicholas wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that going out with an Apple Watch instead of a phone will become popular as a way of (partially) unplugging. It will also signal that the wearer is not an ordinary worker bee (who need to keep a phone around to respond to emails) but instead a member of upper management (who can skim important messages that come in, but needs not respond at length).

> (who can skim important messages that come in, but needs not respond at length). iWatch + Airpods + dictation, my friend. It is amazing. If only the apple watch could play audiobooks (on Audible) and music (on Spotify) without a phone nearby, it would be the perfect minimalist phone. Alas until that happens I have to continue to lug my phone around when sportsing. You can download books to the Audible watch app but…

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/apollo-for-watch

Re: The Light Phone

#47

Post by dsr_ »

Animats wrote: post #24

Why not just get the bottom of the line unlocked Android phone from Walmart for $39?[1] Delete the Google crap, install F_Droid and some basic apps. That's basically what I have, on a Caterpillar Tractor ruggedized phone. No "social" anything. Base email, Fennic browser, ZANavi maps, Mozilla location info provider. Someone could compete with these guys by buying low-end phones in bulk and reconfiguring them that way.…

You're confusing "people who want to get rich" with "people who want useful products".

"People who want to get rich" are a significant subset of the HN population, and they are downvoting you because they remember Dropbox. You'll recall that Dropbox was met by "people who want useful products" saying "oh, I can do 90% of that with rsync".

Your solution is probably excellent for someone who knows what they are doing, but it won't make a lot of money, and it won't sell to the kind of status-conscious fanatic minimalist who always needs a new toy to prove their minimalism.

In fact, there are lots of caution signs around this product's website indicating that they aren't actually very good at the technical parts. I wouldn't be at all surprised to read a teardown showing that this is a low-end Android phone with an e-Ink display running a single shell program around the underlying dialer, SMS and alarm functions.

Re: The Light Phone

#49

Post by vinay427 »

megablast wrote: post #23
vinay427 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's still very low even given the battery size. The updated Nokia 3310 has a traditional display with a 1200 mAh battery and is rated for a standby battery life of 31 days. At 950 mAh that would be just over 24 days. I would expect an improvement in battery life with E-ink. https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-3310#details

Rated for means nothing. They always put out bullshit claims. Would you like these guys to lie too?

I'm curious why you take the battery life claim about the Light Phone at face value. My assumption is that most every company tests in optimal conditions that users won't achieve in real life, so I think it's generally fair enough to compare between two manufacturer claims given that we don't have side-by-side comparisons yet.

Re: The Light Phone

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Post by kop316 »

ricardobeat wrote: post #41

I got mine still in the box in a drawer somewhere. The main selling point for me were the additional features compared to the original. From the FAQ: > These tools are currently being developed and will be released in the coming few months These tools being the promised features of Music / Notes / Calculator / Directions / Ride hailing, and "coming months" being the end of 2019. It's been almost two years since the l…

What software does it even use? I couldn't tell based on the website (or I missed it).
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