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I've been interested in the Light Phone for years but never could commit myself to dealing with so many tradeoffs of the second version.
This is very tempting. Signal would be the one app I miss, other than that basic navigation and a podcast player is really all I use anyway.
I'd buy this purely to support a company making phones held together with screws. Oh how I long and wish that my phone had screws. This glued-shut brittle glass box with a puffy time bomb inside makes me sad. It's sad that the concept of a phone with screws makes me so happy.
So many services now, including government, are requiring phones for "two step" authentication. There are technically alternatives like receiving a phone call or a secret word lookup table, but those are so impractical to use that I need my phone to be a TOTP device. I was close to putting in a preorder but I will need to see TOTP supported before I can drop my regular smart phone.
An alternative is a really slow and old android phone. One that has a visible lag as it logs in and you have to wait for a minute or so before the apps open.
So many services now, including government, are requiring phones for "two step" authentication. There are technically alternatives like receiving a phone call or a secret word lookup table, but those are so impractical to use that I need my phone to be a TOTP device. I was close to putting in a preorder but I will need to see TOTP supported before I can drop my regular smart phone.
Are these hackable? If I recall correctly v1 and 2 were completely closed, not sure though.
[edit to add] as others mentioned, no TOTP auth app was the other requirement missing
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> install Signal or Messenger or anything else just makes it dead on arrival imho. ? , that’s literally the selling point, that you cant install those things in this phone duh. Besides, they know what they are doing, they sell pretty well too. They churn out enough of these each year, that foxconn handles their manufacturing for this unit. They must be selling decent numbers in that case.
Personally, my phone is just a tool to use WhatsApp/Signal. 95% of the people I contact via call or message, I do so via WhatsApp/Signal. The remaining 5% are banks or businesses. I understand the appeal for a simple phone, but this one won't work for people like me.
The fact that you, already just use your phone for bare essentials and nothing else. Means, normal smartphones are the best for you. Think of this more like a re-hab pill for addicts :) , normal people dont take rehab meds. This is for people who are facing severe addiction.
I went through that phase several years ago, had to destroy my phone, and went without any phone for 6 months, relied on people to call me only via my computer over VoIP when i was on PC. Picked up a smartphone again once i was finally mentally free.
I would rather get a cheap Android phone with LineageOS and just remove anything I don't want.
I'd say the price is way too high, but hardware isn't easy and they don't seem to be pushing for subscription revenue or selling data.
So many services now, including government, are requiring phones for "two step" authentication. There are technically alternatives like receiving a phone call or a secret word lookup table, but those are so impractical to use that I need my phone to be a TOTP device. I was close to putting in a preorder but I will need to see TOTP supported before I can drop my regular smart phone.
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