Light Phone is a New York company specializing in smartphone born with the intention of being “not very smart” and bringing an old-school device into the hands of users, with a few simple functions useful for daily life, but without making the user device dependent.
And it is precisely from this perspective that the Light Phone 3, the third attempt by this company which actually takes some steps forward with respect to technology, while still remaining not very smart. Here’s what we know.
What the Light Phone 3 can do
The Light Phone 3 is what is called a “dumb phone“, a “stupid” phone in the sense that in this case it does not belong to the much more widespread category of smartphones and therefore also has various limitations in operation.
From the first official statements, it seems that the functions on board the device will be: alarm clock, timer, calculator, calendar, directory exploration, satellite navigator, the ability to write memos or record them and a player for music and podcasts.
Other than that, there shouldn’t be the option to install other applications (there isn’t even an official store, in fact) except for the arrival of some system updates which should guarantee access to the streaming musicale and, perhaps, some app for the instant messaging, here too the declarations are uncertain and the possible arrival of this function could slightly “distort” the basic idea of this device.
There are also rumors of some functionality based onartificial intelligencebut it would make a device too smart which, in fact, is designed not to be and, indeed, wants to help people detoxify themselves from such technologies.
How the Light Phone 3 is made and when it arrives
Il Light Phone 3 there is a display OLED in bianco e nero 3.92 inches, with 1,080×1,240 pixel resolution.
The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 con 6 GB in RAM e 128 GB of internal memory.
Definitely essential photographic sector with a 50MP main camera and an 8MP front camera. Interesting to note that, according to the manufacturer’s indications, these two sensors will be used mainly for frame QR Code, make video calls and, in some ways, simulate the old ones film camerassimple and without any form of posthumous “editing”.
Between connections there are 5G, Bluetooth 5.0, the NFC chip, a USB-C 2.0 port and various technologies for geolocation
The drums it has 1,800 mAh and, no small feat, it can be replaced directly by the user to extend the life of the device. The operating system is Light OSlight and practically without any graphic detail and extremely customizable by the user.
Finally, present IP54 certificationwhich certifies the resistance of the device to dust and splashes of water.
The release of the Light Phone 3 And set for 2025 but the device can already be pre-ordered on the official website at the launch price of $399however the release price is not yet 100% confirmed and could also change based on the sales trend.
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