> shaped for one hand

Unfortunately, it is as wide as a regular iPhone (i.e. the 17e), so it’s not an iPhone mini/SE replacement in terms of one-handed use.

At 158 grams it’s also heavier than any mini/SE.

I can't believe that statistic about 186 pickups per day, that would be every 5 minutes on average assuming 16 hours awake.

I get why these types of devices are appealing from an "oooh new shiny" perspective but let's be honest: the smartphone design is essentially perfected. Software keyboards are far better than physical ones at that size due to the adaptive keyboard touch target re-sizing that goes on behind the scenes. Just use your existing phone and delete all the distracting stuff, it'll be far more reliable than some small-batch manufacturing run of something like this.

Why on earth does this need an oled screen and aluminum body? They’re trying to be Apple when they should be the opposite.

so I'm tempted to order this even if its a premium price point. My question is how close to kickstarter buyer beware is this company?

I ordered the Astro Slide 5G and never received it, so much for me getting to see what all of the psion fuss was about, so this device is both tempting and making me remember past regrettable experiences.

How does a minimal phone like this one compare to not installing a shitton of apps and disabling all but essential notifications?

Awesome. To make the device even smaller, I would probably get rid of the physical keyboard

A new QWERTY is a blessing, but please, open the bootloader and drivers so users can install whatever they want.

The picture showing a thumb typing makes it clear that anyone with long fingernails is going to find it difficult to use.

I feel like if you are really want to have a minimal phone, you can just use a smart watch now.