{"id":78078,"date":"2018-03-02T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=78078\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T18:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:44:37","slug":"light-phone-2-adds-messaging-ultra-minimalist-cellphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/technology-en\/light-phone-2-adds-messaging-ultra-minimalist-cellphone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Light Phone 2 adds messaging and more to the ultra-minimalist cellphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Light Phone<\/a>\u00a0is a cellphone that was released last year with an interesting premise: strip away all the extraneous, distracting pieces of modern smartphones \u2014 like internet, texting, email, and photography \u2014 to leave the distilled essence of a phone. It could make calls and store nine phone numbers, but that was about it.<\/p>\n

It was an interesting idea, promising a life where you could remove the distractions of a regular smartphone while not cutting off the rest of the world entirely, but it was ultimately a little too limited.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Light Phone 2<\/a>\u00a0is the successor to the original Light Phone, and it takes that same minimalist idea but adds a few more features to make it more feasible to use as a regular phone.<\/p>\n

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The Light Phone 2 shares the same matte design of the original, but instead of an illuminated 10-digit number pad, it has an E-Ink touchscreen. It also has 4G support and a few new features, including the ability to send text messages. Light is also exploring adding some more advanced features, including basic maps, music, or hailing a ride through a company like Uber.<\/p>\n

Unlike the original Light Phone, which only worked with phone calls and was easier to forward things to from your \u201cmain\u201d phone, the Light Phone 2 is meant to be more of a standalone device. I\u2019m a big fan of the concept, even if it\u2019s not the sort of phone I can see myself using full time. (I\u2019m too tied to the internet on my smartphone, for better or for worse.) I could absolutely see myself using it when I want to be a little less connected, like when I\u2019m on vacation or at the beach.<\/p>\n

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The Light Phone 2 is still pretty early in the process; the company is still finalizing specifications, features, and hardware, and it doesn\u2019t even expect to ship the phone until April 2019. (It\u2019s also worth keeping in mind that Light promised a May 2016 delivery date from its\u00a0original 2015 campaign for the first Light Phone<\/a>, which didn\u2019t end up shipping to backers until January 2017, so that April date may be optimistic.)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a crowdfunded product, so the usual disclaimers about using your own discretion before backing still apply (although Light has shipped a working product before).<\/p>\n

The Light Phone 2 is available to back on Indiegogo for $225, an early bird price off of a planned $400 price tag.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0theverge.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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