Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

Make it high vis safety yellow with flashing lights, because the number one use case, and bulk of the selling point, is having other people ask you about it.

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by hard_times » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

Please stop calling it an 'OS'. It's just Android with a few custom components.

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by evolve2k » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC

I can see the Signal Messaging app icon in the product shots. Does it have first class support for Signal in addition to What’s app that’s being predominately promoted.

Seems to be running Lineage OS, so I’m a little hopeful but looking for certainty as WhatsApp is profile so significantly and Signal is not otherwise mentioned.

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by MrGilbert » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

hard_times wrote: post #5

Please stop calling it an 'OS'. It's just Android with a few custom components.

Like 'LineageOS'? Or 'Fire OS'?

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by sigio » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

> NFC Payments (note: Google Wallet is not available; we recommend using your local bank's app if it supports NFC or Curve Pay in the EU+UK)

Most of which have switched to google-pay the last 2 years, and therefor don't work.

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by sigio » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

ant6n wrote: post #3

It has App Store though - doesn’t it mean you can install whatever App and just doom scroll away?

Yeah, the only difference with a regular smartphone is the small screen size, and number-pad.

Re: Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps

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Post by sigio » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

You can get something like this for half the price: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008733945358.html