Post #1328667

2026-01-13 19:47 UTC

I've been rocking a Minimal Phone for about 6 or 7 months now, and man am I excited to have options for QWERTY phones again. > just plain boredom with glass slabs This. So much this. They're all boring, too tall, and too skinny with about as much personality as a used up dryer sheet. It's like they're designed solely for scrolling an endless feed of mind-numbing slop. I remember being able to actually *do* things on my older smartphones (RDP, SSH, editing documents/spreadsheets, etc). You can still do those things now, but you basically have to break out a bluetooth keyboard to do anything more than the most basic things and it feels like trying to look at a panorama through a keyhole.

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@HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 2026-01-14 00:00

> I've been rocking a Minimal Phone for about 6 or 7 months now, and man am I excited to have options for QWERTY phones again. > It's like they're designed solely for scrolling an endless feed of mind-numbing slop. It is because they are exactly that. There exist palmtops and handheld computers. I have a [Gemini PDA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_PDA) running [Sailfish OS](https://sailfishos.org/) Linux and it feels very different - like a small, cat-sized laptop. No problem running ssh or vim or ledger on it, or self-written guile apps, or cross-compiled Rust CLI tools. It is a computer, not a consumption device.

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@Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-13 23:47

I would highly suggest you and anyone else wanting a keyboard that's actually useful to check out Unexpected Keyboard. You can write code with this thing without it being a nightmare. https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2

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@Areldyb@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 02:33

>I’ve been rocking a Minimal Phone You managed to get one? The website says they ship in 3-5 business days. I ordered in November, and this week I canceled the order because all they've done so far is lie to me about ship dates. Terrible, terrible experience.

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@three@lemmy.zip 2026-01-13 20:41

6 🤷‍♂️ 7

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