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Palm Phone for Minimalists

61 pointsby gullyfurabout 5 years ago

12 comments

qiloabout 5 years ago
This is not a new device, it was released 17 months ago (November 2018).
jccalhounabout 5 years ago
This looks like the same phone they came out with late in 2018 and it was not reviewed well: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2018&#x2F;12&#x2F;palm-phone-review-fun-endearing-and-bad-at-everything&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2018&#x2F;12&#x2F;palm-phone-review-fu...</a>
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Brajeshwarabout 5 years ago
Around the time, just before the COVID Pandemic in India, I was reaching home (Feb 26) in Bangalore and the founder of Sunblaze[1] was flying out. We were able to have an hour of dinner-meeting before he leave for Japan. We were to discuss the opportunity of partnering and helping Indians farmers with a phone that can be sold at the cost price of ₹2,500 (roughly $33 at today&#x27;s conversion). It runs a modified variant of a prior version of Android.<p>This phone can be a really cheap minimal phone with some &quot;Smartphone&quot; features. I have a piece with me but I have not yet used it and will be given to the engineering team to play around test our apps for it.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sunblaze.jp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sunblaze.jp</a>
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conceptionabout 5 years ago
Unihertz Atom, The Smallest 4G Rugged Smartphone in The World, Android 9.0 Pre Unlocked Smart Phone with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07KP8J8YN&#x2F;ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ZAuIEbG7QW690" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07KP8J8YN&#x2F;ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ZA...</a><p>I have one of these and it actually works pretty well. It’s my “phone break” phone as it’s small enough that you don’t want to use it a lot but you can use it if you need to for Spotify, maps or whatever.
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theturtletalksabout 5 years ago
Price point is kind of high for something like this. Would rather spend $60-70 and get a iPhone 5SE and that comes with a headphone jack.
bontaqabout 5 years ago
Is this actually new? With that said, bring back the Palm Pre
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loosescrewsabout 5 years ago
Android 8.1 seems pretty old. It doesn&#x27;t matter how great the hardware is without good software support.
adentaabout 5 years ago
I own one of these, and am a big fan. I bought it a year ago, for $100. Happy to answer any questions.
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RandomBaconabout 5 years ago
All those apps? I guess my definition of minimalism is different.
trueboskoabout 5 years ago
Yup, I dig this and I hope we see more of this as we enter another phase of mobile devices.<p>My iPhone 11, although a great phone, is unnecessary for me. I love its camera (for photos&#x2F;FaceTime), everything else is superfluous. I am also terrified with dropping it.
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ip26about 5 years ago
It was so close to exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately good battery life was missing- a dealbreaker.
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pramabout 5 years ago
Why even bother including a camera?
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