'Enough Phone' is an Android phone roughly the size of iPhone 13 Mini, launching in 2027
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Everyone says they want small Android phones back, and 2027 might be your chance to actually buy one. The “Enough...

I’ve been looking at phones lately and I’ve seen this company called Enough from their YouTube kickstarter video. It’s them and SLEKE (maker of OdesseyOS) working on building a nice size phone. I’m thinking of supporting their kickstarter because I am tired of these humongous phablets, and I can’t stand on how they feel in my hand when holding them.

The phone has everything I want but I am really wondering if the bootloader will be unlockable.

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Some important edits that should be added; (after looking on Enough’s website and kickstarter)

  1. No unlockable bootloader
  2. No sideloading
  3. On Enough’s website, storage is expandable by MicroSD or that same space is using a physical SIM card and you have the option for eSIM
  4. No headphone jack, but a USBC to 3.5mm converter is given if you do the kickstarter
  5. Stock android or OdessyOS only (from SLEKE); no flashing capabilities at all
  6. Replaceable battery
  8. Price of phone from kickstarter:
  9. Super Early bird price: $399 USD (sold out)
  10. Early bird: $449 USD
  11. Kickstarter special; $499 USD
  12. Retail price after campaign: $599 USD
    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      🤣 no, that was by accident. I was trying to create a spacing but it still listed it as a numbered list.

  • norealme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    My favorite smartphone size was sony xperia z1 mini And favorite size of dumb phone - nokia 3100

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    9 hours ago

    Locked bootloader is a no-go for me, I’m 100% on the GrapheneOS train now. But I do hope that smaller phones make some kind of comeback, I also hate how big they’ve gotten over the years.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    131·
    12 hours ago

    Locked bootloader, no headphone jack, dealing with a kickstarter. I’d absolutely risk the last one for the first two.

  • Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de
    4·
    9 hours ago

    if anyone here is fine with Android 8 then i can reccomend https://shop.shift.eco/shift5me as a small repairable phone with replaceable battery and headphone jack for like 200€.
    The ressources are quite limited and it does not have NFC but if its just a phone for simple tasks it can be enough (check if your banking app supports Android 8!)

    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      The only small phone ive seen that is getting the attention it deserves is the Mudita Kompakt. Ive been paying attention to all the software updates and they look really good, plus you can sideload. Its a minimalistic e ink phone but it has way more features than the Enough Phone.

        • defiance@lemmy.mlEnglish
          243·
          14 hours ago

          Their point is that “sideloading” is a PR framing device to relabel a complete reasonable action i.e. “to install any Software on your device” to something which is not intended, advised and should not be desired.

          Yes, the term “sideloading” is more distinct but it carries baggage

          • communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
            41·
            8 hours ago

            You’re adding negative connotations to words that have none. That’s like saying that we should rename piracy to “downloading media from alternative sources” or whatever just because corpos are anti-piracy. We use these words because they are precise and concise. Big tech is anti those words. We are pro those words. The word itself is neutral. “Sideloading” is a meaningful category because big tech makes it so by forbidding it, or making users have to use workarounds to do them. “It’s not sideloading; it’s just installing apps onto the phone you own”—well, that would be lovely, but that’s not currently the case.

          • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            71·
            12 hours ago

            Sideloading has been a word for installing apps that aren’t from a store at least since I started using Android in early 2010. There was never any negative connotation, aside from the acknowledgment that you wouldn’t get automatic updates.

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            59·
            14 hours ago

            I’m fully aware of what their point is. My point is it’s a senseless boogeyman distinction that someone made up about a word that precedes Google, and replaces it with a much longer phrase.

              • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
                42·
                11 hours ago

                This device has banned sideloading installing an app. Wouldn’t go anywhere near it.

                Surely you can see how that wouldn’t have conveyed the message I was sending in my comment?

    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
      9·
      19 hours ago

      TL;DR: a stock Android option is available where you still can sideload

      that’s only if you choose the “anti-distraction” OS where nearly no apps are available. stock android is also an option (on which sideloading is still very much possible but harder with a waiting period after the restrictions you’ve probably heard of).

      i think this feature of the anti-distraction OS is probably a misstep if it can’t be overridden, but you do not have to use the anti-distraction OS at all.

      Edit: Added TL;DR

  • likebudda@reddthat.comEnglish
    1·
    9 hours ago

    I got an OG Pixel Fold refurb for tree fiddy last year. Folded up it’s smaller than most modern phones but is still not a one-hander. Until then I’d use a pixel A phone and tether an ipad mini to it. The Fold’s inner screen is good for reading but meh for content consumption. I’ve ordered the new OLED ipad mini and am open to using anything as a new hotspot once my Fold conks out.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    14 hours ago

    As soon as parts became astronomically expensive, suddenly they’re all interested in scaling their phones down. Just a coincidence I’m sure

    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      If your talking about the specs, thats defitinely purposeful but the phone is being advertised towards the digital minimalism community, hence where SLEKE comes in. The phone is loosing so much potential and customers by making it too niche.

  • LilB0kChoy@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    It’s not for everyone but I’ve switched to a Keyphone Hybrid. It has a removable battery, headphone jack, physical keyboard and de-googled OS.

    It’s a “dumb phone” but they’re continuing to develop for it and are responsive to feedback. I love it because it’s the size of an iPhone Mini and it does what I need it to do without the distractions.

    I have my old smartphone still that I use around the house or on WiFi similar to how many use a full size tablet.

    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Ive looked at that phone before and seriously considered it but at its price point of 400 USD, plus extra for a better camera and different keyboard plus you cant download apps (yes i know its a dumbphone) i decided to pass on that one.

      • LilB0kChoy@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        I get that. I was weighing the Keyphone, Sidephone and Clicks Communicator. I’d have maybe gone with the Clicks but I waited too long and the price jumped up quite a bit.

        I liked the Sidephone but the battery was smaller and non-replaceable, no headphone jack and no eSIM.

        For me, since I was craving the phone style of my youth, the Keyphone was the clear winner but it’s just nice to see these alternative phone types in the market.

        • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          I like the innovation but theyre just not pratical to me. I looked at the others too that you mentioned but the price is a big no for me; Clicks just looks hella cheap (with how many more qwerty phones are coming out now, it dosent look like a superior product) and Sidephone really pissed me off with how they sell the phone in parts.

          I was thinking of the Brax Wink but Brax is another figure that recieves alot of mixed messages and his qwerty phone is like $700 USD😑😑

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    10 hours ago

    God I hope not.

    One of the reasons I went with a Samsung Fold 7 instead of a Fold 6 was because the the screen was bigger. Bigger, higher resolution display = more screen real estate. Honestly I wish the inner screen was 1-2" bigger. (But no I don’t want a tri-fold cause I’ll break it).

    FWIW, I use a 65" LG OLED as a monitor and I regret not going with an 80" instead. Screens can never be big enough for me. I used to own a projector for a giant 120" image, but once you go OLED, you don’t go back.