The Punkt MP02 is a $349 cellphone with an emphasis on simplicity. It has a 2 inch black and white display, a numeric keypad, and an emphasis on phone calls and text messages. First released in 2018, the phone has some modern features that set it apart from old-school dumb phones, including support for 4G […]
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4G rotary cellphone coming this fall (or build your own DIY 3G model now)
Earlier this year Justine Haupt showed off a Rotary Cellphone designed for making phone calls and not much else. With a retro-style 10-digit dialer, a few speed-dial buttons, LED lights, and a small ePaper display for showing missed calls or contact info, the phone is a response to the do-everything approach of modern smartphones. Haupt […]
Punkt MP02 is a $349 phone that doesn’t do much
There are a lot of things you can do with a modern smartphone. It’s a portable media player, a web browsing tool, a social media madness machine, a text messaging utility, and I suppose you could use it to make phone calls from time to time… but who does that anymore? Punkt is banking o […]
Nokia 3310 3G phone coming to America for $60
Need a phone and don’t need it to be “smart?” Earlier this year HMD announced that it was bringing back the iconic Nokia 3310… and by bringing back, I mean launching a brand new phone with design inspired by the original. It’s a candybar-style phone that doesn’t do most of the things modern smartphones do… […]