I don't get why having a keyboard is minimal.

I read that as "minimum standard", not "minimal" as in "not possible to make it have anything less". People need a keyboard and the screen keyboard on iPhones today isn't pleasant, at least for me. I'm not saying that this keyboard will be better, it may suck even worse, but the lack of a good keyboard experience is the main reason I don't do much with my phone other than order Ubers when I'm on vacation.

The single input box with different prefixes for actions - @people, #call, - todo etc is very nice. I wish I could have such a powerful input box in my Home Screen. iPhone or even a trimmed down android with such an interface would be cool.

I’m not a fan of the physical keyboard, the broad shape(they say one handed use immediately followed by a video of someone using both hands to type). I’m okay with the candy bar all screen phones of today. The UX is pretty cool if I can have it on my “regular” phone..

Anybody have an idea if it is doable on an iPhone or an android phone?

Android kiss home screen can be probably set up like this.

I just wish I could get an answer from them on why a brand new phone is missing some pretty important LTE/5G bands in the US

I would like more information on what Degoogled means and whether it’s still possible to install 3rd party apps by some other means. Nice looking device, I expected it to cost more. Also, does this only work in the US rn?

I kind of like the idea of this being a reflash to install apps, if that's how it works it makes it more intentional.

Though you can probably just install Aurora Store or F-Droid and install from there. Some apps don't work (you'll notice they didn't show Uber in the examples) and recently I've been having issues with Aurora and suspect its days are numbered so I'd be concerned about the future of that before buying something like this.

The picture showing a thumb typing makes it clear that anyone with long fingernails is going to find it difficult to use.

Is this missing Android navigation buttons? I wonder if they considered to have them physical again.

How does a minimal phone like this one compare to not installing a shitton of apps and disabling all but essential notifications?

Did you click the link?!

Yeah, that's why I'm asking

Probably the physical keyboard?

I've been looking at this and the Clicks Communicator which should both be out by the end of this year. I'm not really a "dumbphone" person nor am I really a physical keyboard hound. I just want a smaller phone that feels better in the pocket and in the hand. I thought about a Razr but the proportions are a little awkward when opened. Its a little too long.

I get what you are saying. I'm coming from a Sony Xperia 10 IV with a width of 68 mm and it was perfect, albeit a bit tall (21:9 format). Now I use a Motorola Edge 60 Neo with a width of nearly 71 mm with the "traditional" 16:9 format. It is almost as tall and just slightly out of reach of one-handed use for me. The Minimal 2 is wider at 72 mm, the Clicks is even wider. I'm going to look at the Razr, it's frustrating.

Didn't realize they were iPhone width and wider. Puts a damper on seriously shopping on it for me. Thanks for the info.

i really feel like the website for a minimal phone should be at least somewhat viewable without javascript.

Minimalist phone, maximalist website.

I'm happy that this hardware exists but an easier solution is to quit social media, viciously curate your notifications and apps, and install an ad blocker. My phone only alerts me if somebody calls me, asks me a question specifically in a group chat, or DMs me. I never see any ads or any FOMO nags. Life is pretty good.

I did that and now constantly check hacker news

Neat. This is pretty close to what I’d be looking for, if I could really afford to pull the trigger on something like this (realistically I can’t - iMessage on laptop is too important for work).

If it natively plugged into the Apple ecosystem, now that would be difficult to refuse.

Reminds me of Jobs saying.. the problem with phones these days is the bottom 1/3.

Some still disagree.

Maybe if GrapheneOS ran on it

That really illustrates the issue to me. Personally I don't need it to run GrapheneOS, but I do need a parking app, internet sharing, a TOTP app and MobilePay, others will need different application.

Creating a minimal phone is almost impossible, because it means different things to different people. Mine could be a Nokia style candy bar design, because I don't need a large screen or a camera, but it does require completely custom applications.

It says they offer a degoogled version, which is cool.

https://minimalcompany.com/#purchase

Since you can’t run Graphene on non pixel devices, this seems like a big feature

if the claim is trusted. yeah

Yeah they talk up privacy but trust is a big component of that. Where's the source? I distrust Google...but I also distrust a company I've never heard of with mobile device data in 2026. It's basically keys to the kingdom now.

Very cool. If they could commit to a looooong time of publishing software updates (esp. security), and if I could trust them to actually do it, I would be very interested.

I hate switching phones and I am not buying short-lived devices anymore if I can help it.

BlackBerry: Seriously?

Can I have the "minimal phone" that is a powerful ai assisted productive computing device. Minimal in UI only and not literally an useless machine?