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Kendrick Lamar enters the tech space with a collaboration on the Light Phone 2. Light phones offer minimalistic experiences without apps or color.

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[-] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 2 points 1 year ago

Missing lte band 71. Hope the buyers don’t have T-Mobile in an area that’s b71 only.

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[-] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can only imagine what kind of profit this company is making by selling a phone literally purpose built to be as lightweight as possible both physically and on features for $299.

I'd be willing to bet they could sell that for half the price and still make a reasonably-sized profit - so I might just take out my popcorn and see if somebody does.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Not so dumb if it has voice recognition...

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[-] autotldr 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The Light Phone 2 is getting some particularly strong star power courtesy of rapper Kendrick Lamar's creative agency pgLang.

His company, which he runs alongside childhood friend Dave Free, has released a limited edition version of the "dumb" phone.

The minimalistic phone has no web browser and its screen is paper-like similar to that of some e-readers.

In its simplest form, you can call, text, set an alarm, and use it as a hotspot, but there are add-on tools that include a music player, notes, a calculator, directions, and more.

Users are invited to ask the phone a question and shake it to find out an answer.

It's not clear if Lamar himself is an avid user of the pared-down device, but more people are turning to "dumb" phones to cut down distractions and screen time.


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[-] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just bought a Poco M3 Pro 5G for 75 bucks at AliExpress if they can beat it with their Dumb Phone I'm in.

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