Still The Best Dumbphone in 2024? Light Phone 2 First Impressions & Initial Review

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9 ай бұрын

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@DorianDevelops 9 ай бұрын

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@Pythonzzz 9 ай бұрын

The part about using your browser for stuff after deleting apps was too relatable 😂. Then after you watch crappy quality KZfaq videos for a while in your browser, you end up downloading the app again. Then you repeat the cycle every couple of months.

@tjmarshLoL 9 ай бұрын

I think it’s awesome that the features are so limited and unattractive. It’s the goal to break the addiction. Great video!

@s.l.1147 4 ай бұрын

For me the solution was getting a cellular apple watch. No social media, but I can stay in contact with my friends and family if I need it. I still can use my calendar, maps and music and the battery is good enough for one day of use.

@HajnalkaGyurgyovics 3 ай бұрын

That's a good point

@GloomBloomGroove 8 ай бұрын

Mine is in the mail, I’m stoked! After a couple years of thinking about it, I finally pulled the trigger

@Mathias-nq3ni 4 ай бұрын

Are you still using it?

@RawrTen 6 ай бұрын

I have a light phone 2, personally love mine. The fact the company continues to update the phones software and add more things as time goes. Not having to worry about it becoming left behind due to the 'latest' device being pumped out every 1-2 years.

@cooleymike1 9 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the video Dorian, if you could give an update on how maps and navigating with the phone works?

@NatalieBoat111 3 ай бұрын

I just wish I could connect to audiobooks or spotify and I would be sold

@ary_21 9 ай бұрын

Hey Been following your idealogies for a while Today i landed my first job (internship plus placement) 🎉🎉

@vatsalrajchauhan2983 9 ай бұрын

Love your videos

@BrandonLovesGames 9 ай бұрын

How was the light phone service? It’s in the ATT network right?

@abdoudjerdi9193 9 ай бұрын

same problem this addiction really consuming huge hours from my day ,in normal day i spend like 8 hours on my phone , this became a huge problem but i think this will be the optimal solution for this .

@heyyayyo 9 ай бұрын

Hey Dorian! Will you join the U4A Challenge? That would be sooo awesome and great content!

@st1llbleed1ng 9 ай бұрын

i know you don't like t9 keyboard but seeing the struggle I think you might be better off with feature phone of Nokia having wifi, Bluetooth and gps connectivity. Right?

@JoseBriones 9 ай бұрын

Let's go!!! Enjoy the Light Phone journey :)

@ari_is_sorry 6 ай бұрын

Heyyyy Jose! Knew I would see you here.

@MattPetersen-km2uc 2 ай бұрын

@dorian are you still using it? The phone?

@bishopcolenso 8 ай бұрын

Instead of the qwerty board you can always use voice to text - cool!

@ch0jin 3 ай бұрын

Do you need a data plan with these phones?

@estrophy 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking about to buy an used Nokia E52 for the same reasons.

@gingermangaming6790 3 ай бұрын

Camera?

@coolerking7427 9 ай бұрын

It's not a dumb phone. It's a minimalist phone.

@TheLunablackheart 3 ай бұрын

well, since dumb phone is the opposite of smart phone (aka, having computer features on a phone that is just supposed to be calls and texts), this is by definition, a dumb phone. yes it's minimalist, but it's also not a smart phone due to the lacking of smart phone features. meaning yes it's minimalist, but it is indeed also dumb.

@CF. 8 ай бұрын

I both love and hate this phone. I love it because it keeps me off my phone and I hate it because it keeps me off my phone. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😂

@MarkDuarte-wk8ds Ай бұрын

Does anybody know if this works in Canada? Has anybody on here successfully activated and used a Lite phone in Canada?

@HajnalkaGyurgyovics 3 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for this to get a litter bigger in size so I can text vertically and that Spotify integration🤞🏻 other than that it's really tempting. Also I'd appreciate taking good pictures as well so i don't have to carry an extra device for taking pictures 🤷🏻‍♀️ i get they want you to live in the moment but let's be real you wanna take a picture of that mountain peak too...

@adeebazadsheriff 3 ай бұрын

Looks like you have FOMO

@99MaxRepels 2 ай бұрын

So basically just get a smartphone bro

@HajnalkaGyurgyovics 2 ай бұрын

@@99MaxRepels nope those are all the best things about a smart phone without all the other pitfalls so not at all the same

@ChaoticSatire 3 ай бұрын

Me on youtube on my browser after deleting the app

@mirjalol_shamsiddinov 9 ай бұрын

damnn, i missed u so much bro... watching your videos are different. upload smth time to time

@mmsuwaid 7 ай бұрын

I like it. I want to buy it but the price is so high for something like this 😢.

@indigomizumi 8 ай бұрын

I'd love to have one of these but sadly they don't work in Canada.

@scottandrews3268 8 ай бұрын

Yes it does, I use one and am on a public mobile plan

@indigomizumi 8 ай бұрын

@@scottandrews3268What provider? I'm with Fido currently.

@kalonecho 8 ай бұрын

use voice to text it's amazing

@JackTheStrippa 9 ай бұрын

They really should have just made a normal sized phone. Everything else makes sense bar the size. My hands are too big for the phone im certain of that. I have a Note 8 and im always pressing the wrong keys

@DanielSanchez-oi9et 5 ай бұрын

I´m just waiting for the phone to have coverage in Colombia :(

@tasmto 9 ай бұрын

Man, it would be so cool if it supported uber, that is like the only other app I really need on a phone

@kimchi-des 9 ай бұрын

i saw a random short where someone just called a phone number to get an uber

@GloomBloomGroove 8 ай бұрын

I think the company is trying to get that collar with Uber

@echoftw 6 ай бұрын

Leave a smartphone with no SIM in your car and hotspot it to the Light phone

@tkta69 9 ай бұрын

I heard you could do voice texting…

@kushaljaiswal3301 8 ай бұрын

Bro you look like johnny sins😂

@AmirHamzah_MAHBAR 9 ай бұрын

The design, shape is resemble Nokia Asha 501

@kalonecho 8 ай бұрын

I love my light phone

@EliW95 7 ай бұрын

i prefer to call them a minimalist phone, as there is nothing 'dumb' about them

@Spoondota 8 ай бұрын

1st time i saw the thumb nail i thought you are an astronaut, plummer , police, fireman etc.

@pdmark311 9 ай бұрын

Should not need a login to use

@artimus7525 9 ай бұрын

I would love to see the ability to tether dumb phones to smartphones. Unfortunately I have the need for a few work related smartphone apps so I would love to just leave my smartphone on my desk while walking around the house with the dumb phone so when I get calls on my smartphone it immediately forwards to my dumb phone.

@smileychess 8 ай бұрын

Could leave the smartphone connected to wifi, and use your phone sim in the Lightphone. Or, using Ting service, add a 2nd line for $7 per month, just for the smartphone. But this starts getting into the "what's the point?" territory.

@chlum6295 5 ай бұрын

use a tablet ?

@Spiritual.Madness Ай бұрын

Having another type of charging cable feels to cluthered for me.

@ChaoSTrophicS 5 ай бұрын

Thanks to this review now I’m positive I’m not getting these minimalist phones

@pkre707 8 ай бұрын

I just wish it had audible.

@kalonecho 8 ай бұрын

nobody's gonna steal your charger added silver lining with this phone lol

@DrAllerechte 7 ай бұрын

Even though the idea of a phone that increases your productivity sounds really interesting, it nowhere near explains the price. $300 for just a simple E-Ink phone is literally a scam, especially with the few features it provides. If it had a price between $100 - $150, it would be fair, but nothing over that. I don't want to pay for the simplicity.

@itsjustaname777 4 ай бұрын

Why not just use an iphone and not sign in? I've got an iphone 7 I think, had them since the 3gs, since iphone 4 I've not signed into apple. It texts, takes pictures and occasional browser use for like, the weather or store closing times. Yeah it tracks you still but government can track anything that connects to cell towers and from what I've read, even devices with removed batteries are still tracked using firmware battery powered systems.

@bubblevest1544 2 ай бұрын

Do you mean not signing into an ICloud acct?

@peterw3160 3 ай бұрын

If only it had Audible.

@aimanzainal4802 6 ай бұрын

Johnny sins, subbed. Im looking for a dumbphone!

@christopherkaspar7821 3 ай бұрын

check out Wisephone

@usernamesareforidiot 9 ай бұрын

I feel like this swung the pendulum too far the other way. I literally just want a phone that blocks social media, but I still want to be able to listen to music or set up an Amazon Alexa. I'm not paying $300 for a phone that doesn't have the common things like working as a GPS while driving, setting up and using smart home devices, or reading Wikipedia.

@MusicTVComedy 8 ай бұрын

That's why I'm opting for the Jelly Star. I wish it were a tiny bit bigger, but I'll have all the essentials and it's cheaper.

@provisionalhypothesis 7 ай бұрын

So use a regular phone but don't install social media on it

@99MaxRepels 2 ай бұрын

But if the option to download is there, people will. That's the whole point, there's a worldwide addiction going around

@usernamesareforidiot 2 ай бұрын

@@99MaxRepels Some will, sure. But I think there's a significant amount of people who won't. Just straight up block social media apps and websites, curate useful apps, and let the device allow me to live in modern society without the negative aspects.

@ghostfox7400 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate the video but you didn't show actual use of the phone at all

@user-kj5pq6zb2u 2 ай бұрын

The group messaging problem is realistically apple’s fault with the iMessage bullshit lol

@arunk5307 8 ай бұрын

New software??? Having no software is the point here righ ?

@superiorgolden 5 ай бұрын

Johnny Sins became a tech blogger?

@gamertechkid1490 9 ай бұрын

Wow an 11 minute video where you never actually use the phone in your hand. What a joke. Well done

@collinschoenfelder677 7 ай бұрын

If i ever have a kid im getting them a dumb phone until they can save up enough to buy a smart phone on their own

@mrmeadowsiscool 7 ай бұрын

cool but a point of a smartphone is functionality.

@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241 5 ай бұрын

Mint Mobile is the best.

@JOHNTITOR-kg9zj 25 күн бұрын

the ad u did was extremely long omg

@j0hnny_R3db34rd 4 ай бұрын

BOO HOO Micro USB 🤣🤣🤣

@amjit1 7 ай бұрын

Are you Johnny sin?

@soez_strg6166 9 ай бұрын

Why would someone buy a "premium minimalistic" phone.. That doesn't exist lol. Could've just bought an old phone and not try to join this weird trend. Paying $300 for a $10 phone is just insanity for me.

@JoseBriones 9 ай бұрын

As someone who has reviewed plenty of dumbphones, most of those $10 phones end up failing in one area or are frustrating to use. There are definitely alternatives cheaper to the Light Phone 2, but the days of cheap phones are long gone tbh. Also, remember that in the US, we have to use 4G devices and that makes it complicated for a cheap $10 phone.

@NiceLikeJesusX 9 ай бұрын

@@JoseBrionesI’m convinced Jose is the owner of Light phone 2.

@LetFreedomSPK 9 ай бұрын

I agree the Nokia 225 is only $50 paying that amount for a light phone is too expensive

@connorlaurey4647 8 ай бұрын

If the Nokia 225 had a hotspot I would be down 😅 anyone have any suggestions for a phone like these that has a hotspot feature? I'd still like to be able to work or study when I'm out of the house

@francescaknapp 8 ай бұрын

Yes also and don’t have good maps

@icoderdev 9 ай бұрын

❤

@simontsegay7959 6 ай бұрын

300 is too much for the phone. If it was half the price I would have bought 5 minutes after seeing it. There is no way this phone costs as much as 300 smart phone if not the greed

@VickiTakacs. 4 ай бұрын

If it tethers it is not a dumbphone.

@Bloated_Tony_Danza 6 ай бұрын

Not to be shallow, but I dont imagine that most beautiful young women would be comfortable giving out their number to a guy who pulls out a 20 year old flip phone. Girls would probably judge you less with a dumb phone like this

@rudiroose1992 8 ай бұрын

Why not by a 20 dollar old blackberry

@illogical001 8 ай бұрын

Because old blackberry’s don’t work anymore? 🤣 I get your point, but blackberry’s is the wrong example to use. They stopped working last year, unless you cracked it previously.

@ShotByFemto 7 ай бұрын

I get the appeal but why are these $300? I'm guessing it's pretty inexpensive for them to make these and there's no features or anything that would justify that price point. It's greed, they know people are going to be stupid enough to spend that much money on a glorified toddler toy

@DorianDevelops 7 ай бұрын

Agreed! I bought into the hype myself. I made a 30 day update and I DON'T feel that this phone is worth the $300!

@ShotByFemto 7 ай бұрын

@@DorianDevelops I bought the PS5 on launch, I know what it's like to feel that disappointed lol. I just don't get why these are even a thing when companies still make good flip phones and non flip "dumb" phones. Most of those are only like $20-$40 anyways. Even the Kendrick Lamar Light phone just doesn't impress me at that price point. Apologies for rambling lol

@colefox2882 3 ай бұрын

Damn Johnny Sins reviewing a phone for a living. Never thought I’d see the day

@seanpuello 7 ай бұрын

Seems like the perfect phone for a childs punishment. 👍

@mlouis7 Ай бұрын

Yeah, but it probably has radation like these smartphones

@hdtravel1 2 күн бұрын

Screen savers are a total waste of money and degrade using a phones screen - skip them

@kevinbothwell8425 8 ай бұрын

The light phone doesn’t work on mint mobile…weird ad for this video 😂

@DorianDevelops 8 ай бұрын

It 100% does work with Mint in the US and I'm using it with Mint Mobile right now! www.thelightphone.com/compatibility-checker

@aaron7352 9 ай бұрын

lmao!! 😆

@IndyBuckeye0 5 ай бұрын

But its 2023

@s_u_n_j_a_y 9 ай бұрын

🤣

@nicolas-xo3hi 4 ай бұрын

no usb-C for 300 $ ???? its joke.... shame!!!

@hdtravel1 2 күн бұрын

This is a NO GO due to the old school Micro-USB - hopefully the Light Phone 3 will use USB-C like every other device made - also did not not like your scammy Mint Mobile ad you embedded in your video. BIG THUMBS DOWN dude !!