Review: Light Phone II wants to end your smartphone addiction, but are you supposed to feel this frustration?

I am in love with the idea of a simple phone movement. For a few years so far, I have thought about turning from my regular smartphone to something less capable, all in an attempt to be more present for my family, friends and my life in general. It is an attractive idea, and Light Phone II was the light light model that you wanted to try.

Except, I was worried about spending hundreds of dollars on a phone that was unable to do my incredible smartphone. Does this experience affect me? Yes and no.

Price, availability and specifications

Not cheap enough to pick up the new brand

Light Phone II looks great because of his simple design, and got compliments wherever you go with him. It comes with two colors: black and light gray. Think about them as inverted versions of each other. With the unique electronic screen, you can play in black and gray inverted in their settings.

Inside Light Phone II, you will not find any 5G connection. It is only 4G LTE, and when you go to buy the phone, make sure you choose the right country (where there are two different phones for the phone – one is international), and that your provider is included as compatible. Here in the United States, I did not face any problems in communicating with AT & T (along with T-Mobile and Verizon) where the three adults are inserted as compatible, but Google Fi no Compatible, for example. For a full scheme, check the official compatibility list in Light here.

If you are on the fence about the movement of a simple phone, $ 299 is a lot for the phone that does not even do a small part of what your smartphone can do, but I also understand the reason for its price in this way. As an independent manufacturer, costs can be exhausted significantly if you cannot keep costs due to size. However, I may recommend finding a file user Light Phone II to try, and the light sells the renovated groups. None of the two versions are available on Amazon.

What is good in the II light phone?

The promises are kept

The full idea of the II light phone is to reduce the use of the phone to re -focus on life, and it succeeds. Light wants you to break the number of times that he rebelled unabated, and after modernity wore such a unique small device, I found myself reaching my phone less and less over time. I liked the ink width e also. It is ideal in full sunlight, easy to read, and as soon as you get used to delaying the modernization, the second nature becomes awaiting rhythm and not rushing to what you are trying to accomplish. This is the basic point.

After using Light Phone II as a driver daily, he made him an emergency phone – it is the phone that our children will take with them when going out. Knowing that they were unable to reach social media or browsers the real peace of mind was.

It also comes with some useful “tools”, and some were added after the launch because they were the quality of life. This alarm includes, calculator, calendar, trends, hot point, music, notes, podcasts, and timer. I used each of them, but I felt that some modern taxes were missing. And yes, GPS directions Do a job.

What is bad in Light Phone II?

Modern life revolves around comfort

The problem with Light Phone II is that it aims to create friction between you and your digital life, and sometimes it is also Good in it. Light Phone II was first launched in 2019 (but it is still updated regularly), and I think what I would miss in 2019 may be different from what I missed here. I would like to add that although this phone may take a long time, because of its intended capabilities, it does not appear.

Smartphones can be useful tools that go beyond reckless scroll on social media and infinite settings, allowing access to digital tickets (airport, music party), NFC payments, and 2FA (two factors authentication) for safety. Light Phone II does not even try any of these functions, and although my focus is no longer on my phone, some of my focus has gone to how to deal with these newly discovered problems.

In addition, Light Phone II has a very small shape factor, which looks great but not great for the battery life. In general, I will get less than a full day of the 950mAh battery – especially if I use trends or bluetooth – and I find myself connected to the phone a lot only In the absence of a quick charging here via Micro-Usb. The battery was classified for three days of preparation – but even in standby mode, I got a maximum of two days. I can have to be supplied with the renewal of the phone for review, but there is no way to know that.

If you were at home and on the Wi-Fi network, the battery drain was not bad because the phone was not looking for signals through my thick walls. When talking about the Wi-Fi network, I also had to reduce the safety of my wireless router to get connected to it. Modern phones like pixels 8 have no problem. The trends also took some time to locate my position, then require a flashing update when the map moves and the second with my car, which was eventually distracted. But the comfort of the camera was the most missed.

Should you buy it?

If you have $$ and the courage

I know some of you write fiercely in the comments that we all need only to more will. The problem is that we have been trained to expect a lot of our digital technology for a long time so that it is easier than doing it. But II, or phones like it, can be a good first step (if not difficult) to reduce the technological stronghold.

Other phone companies in this space are players like Punkt, Mudita or Techless (they are characterized by Wisephone II, which takes forever to be officially released), who provide similar experiences. All of them differ greatly on devices and prices. Some are candy bar phones, some simulate the most modern smartphones with restrictions, and so on.

In the end, though, if you have $ 299 burning a hole in your pocket, you must give it a snapshot – or at least wait for the light III to come out next year.