In a world where our phones are becoming smarter and smarter, a different Kickstarter project hopes to entice us while using promise of simplicity. Bearing the motto “your phone from phone”, the Light Phone has each of the functionality of any mid-1990s era analog phone — meaning it might call people, and that’s it, no texting even.
Why the hell would anyone as it such a device? Its creators the idea is this fact credit card-sized phone wil attract, unobtrusive, and seamlessly forwards calls from the smartphone to it for those times when you would like to get faraway from distractions and “focus within the moment” but nonetheless want a method for people to get ahold people for emergencies and also other similar circumstances.
Why the hell would anyone as it such a device? Its creators the idea is this fact credit card-sized phone wil attract, unobtrusive, and seamlessly forwards calls from the smartphone to it for those times when you would like to get faraway from distractions and “focus within the moment” but nonetheless want a method for people to get ahold people for emergencies and also other similar circumstances.
The Light Phone uses an app with your smartphone to quickly forward calls if you are away, however it actually possesses his own SIM card and also includes 500 minutes of prepaid talk time with purchase. While they are marketing it a backup phone, it could possibly technically be utilized for a stand-alone phone, though without the need of texting, email, or not calling, we can’t observe that appealing to developed solid relationships . folks.
So we’re destined to be honest, we percieve some appeal inside idea of the light, attractive basic phone which includes 20 day life of the battery and can be taken in situations when you intend to “get far from it all”, although not completely going over grid. The biggest issue is the price tag. At $100, the Light Phone might well be rather harmful for what you get.
These days it is possible to get a ‘dumb phone’ with calling, texting, and possibly even some elementary ‘apps’ (calculator, old skool games, etc) with nearly exactly the same level of life of the battery of the Light Phone and also at a fraction in the price. There’s also a good amount of ways to build call-forwarding between two lines that may basically get this to work precisely the same way. The only bad thing is you’ll must provide your own personal SIM, prepaid service, and also the phone you buy is likely likely to be considerably larger than the Light Phone.
With that said, we’re without doubt the attractive look and size in the credit-card phone, and also its promise of freedom from distraction, could be worth the $100 price tag for some users. In fact, 729 backers have invested within the project to date, pledging a complete of $89,701 out from the $200,000 goal. Not bad, considering there may be still 39 days left prior to a funding round ends.
With that said, we’re without doubt the attractive look and size in the credit-card phone, and also its promise of freedom from distraction, could be worth the $100 price tag for some users. In fact, 729 backers have invested within the project to date, pledging a complete of $89,701 out from the $200,000 goal. Not bad, considering there may be still 39 days left prior to a funding round ends.