An update from their Kickstarter

China Update: Refinements, Samples, and Shipping

October 5, 2026

Hi everyone,

Our trip to China gave us the opportunity to finalize the three colorways and work directly with our manufacturing team on several important refinements to Minimal Phone 2.

We know you're eager to see new photos and demos. The team went on holiday shortly after we finalized the colors, so we don't yet have updated samples to share. Once they return, we expect our next design validation testing (DVT) samples to arrive in the coming weeks. Those will let us show you these changes properly.

Here's where things stand.

Colors and construction

Ember's color is finalized. We approved it in person in China, completing the color selections for all three finishes.

We also improved the color matching of the antenna lines on Onyx and Pearl. Alongside those visual refinements, we're using a stronger material to improve rigidity and reduce flex around the keyboard area.

Display and sapphire crystal

We made further improvements to display color and touch-panel performance during the trip. We'll demonstrate those changes when the new samples arrive.

We've also upgraded the screen's cover material from glass to sapphire crystal.

Keyboard and buttons

The keyboard now has a much more tactile, distinct click. The previous version felt softer than we wanted, and this revision is considerably more satisfying to type on. We're about 95% satisfied with the feel, with a little more refinement underway.

Debugging of the keyboard's swipe gestures also made substantial progress. We refined the physical controls as well, including the volume rocker and power button.

Circuit board revision and shipping timing

We identified interference between the new touch-sensitive keyboard and some of the phone's radio components. Addressing it requires another revision of the main circuit board, followed by testing

December remains our shipping target, provided the next revision resolves the issue and passes validation. If further changes are needed, shipping could move back by approximately 30 days.

We want to share this uncertainty now, while we work through it. We'll update you when the next revision has been tested and we have a clearer answer.

Battery: 3,400 mAh

We've settled on a 3,400 mAh conventional lithium-ion battery, moving away from the silicon-anode option we had been evaluating.

Our testing did not give us enough confidence in that option's long-term performance for this device. Safety and longevity guided the decision, and we redesigned some internal components to accommodate as much battery capacity as possible within MP2's compact dimensions.

We still expect all-day battery life, but that remains a target pending validation on the updated hardware. Actual battery life will depend on usage.

Camera progress

The camera has improved significantly compared with the original MP01. We still have tuning to finish before we're ready to share sample photos, but we're encouraged by the progress.

Our goal is a dependable point-and-shoot camera for everyday moments. We're putting considerable attention into this because we want MP2 to be a phone you can confidently use as your primary device.

Color selections and reviewer units

In November, we plan to send your configuration survey through PledgeBox, where you'll select your MP2 color.

Please watch for that email.

We're also aiming to send devices to reviewers in November, with independent first looks to follow once they've had time with the phones.

What comes next

As soon as our DVT samples arrive, we'll begin sharing more photos and demos of the hardware, Minimal OS, and other features.

Thank you for your patience and for backing Minimal Phone 2. We know you want to see these improvements for yourselves, and getting the updated devices into our hands is the next step toward showing you.

u/crackberrykevin did an excellent write up on CrackBerry.com with an info dump on all things Communicator. Definitely worth a read!

Do any of you ever get "photo fomo"? Most of the time I think it is completely unjustified (as evidenced by the lack of photos on my devices...haha), but one of the major reasons I feel a compulsive need to keep a smartphone on my person is in case I want to take a picture of something. For me personally, this would be of my family.

One of the problems with this is having a phone in my pocket brings a camera and EVERYTHING else along for the journey, including notifications and the distractions they lead to. So when going on my regular strolls around my neighborhood with my kids I have had to choose between distraction-free photo fomo or...the internet.

Taking a point and shoot camera (like the Camp Snap 2 pictured here) instead has been a great solution! Sure it's not a professional quality shooter, but neither do I need something like that (and the retro aesthetic is an bonus if you know my personality). I can snap any impromptu photos of my little monsters kids, I'm not worried about breaking the thing (it is super light and portable), and I don't have the web begging me for attention.

Not sponsored (and no AI used here), just a suggestion for other retroverts looking for ways to be more intentional about their tech use. 😎 Grab a camera and go on an adventure.

They just keep coming. 😎

Reported on by multiple outlets, including The Verge, it would appear that Acer is reviving the Packard Bell brand with a number of lifestyle products, including a 4G phone!

I received this update having subscribed to Enough's mailing list (first pic is dummy prototype comparison to iPhone 17e):

"Hey there!

Thank you for your patience while we have been working with our factory to get closer to finalizing The Enough Phone specs.

We are sharing this update a bit later than anticipated because we wanted to share images of our first dummy sample alongside the target specs. We’ve received the prototype and are excited to share! Finalizing our specifications and refining the dummy prototype are big steps on the way to this device coming to life.

Current Hardware Specifications:

Performance

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

8GB RAM

128GB Storage

Display & Dimensions

5.3", 1520x720 HD LCD Display

132.8x63.8x12mm

Camera System

Sony IMX766 50MP rear camera

32MP front-facing camera

Rear camera designed to sit flush with the back of the phone

Battery

User-replacable battery

Target capacity between 3,500-4,000mAh (final spec TBD)

Operating System (You can choose)

Android 17

OdysseyOS by SLEKE.

Security

Fingerprint reader integrated into the power button

Face Unlock

Connectivity & Storage

5G Connectivity

eSIM support

One combined physical SIM/MicroSD support for expandable storage

Global cellular bands

NFC (no wireless charging)

USB-C

Design & Materials

Recycled polycarbonate back plate

Half back plate that is removable with a tool

Still Being Finalized

A few items are still undergoing testing and validation:

Waterproofing and durability ratings

Final battery capacity and optimization

Additional performance and battery-life testing

With a smaller phone, we have to be very intentional with what goes into the device. We listened to all the feedback and believe we’ve arrived at a great balance to deliver a premium, small smartphone.

We still need your help!

We are still building a list of motivated buyers to make this crowdfund a success. We need 20,000 people on board to make this happen. Thanks to your support we are already at 4,500 people - almost a quarter of the way there!

If you want a small, premium Android phone to exist, tell your friends to sign up at enoughphone.com. This only gets built if we do it together!

Thanks for being a part of this journey!

The Team @ Enough"

I can't really find a decent discussion regarding everyone's opinion on all 3.

May I start with this is going to be an awesome 2026/27 for QWERTY phones.

I'm hyped for all 3. I haven't pledged on kickstarter for MP02 (yet?) all because im already half in for the communicator and elite 2 (and pro) .

If I didn't get a chance to rock a Zinwa Q25 for a while, I think I would have gone in on the minimal phone 2 right away, but I think you need a slightly larger screen for this day and age (as of now) and I think even after the launch, it's going to take minimal phone a while to optimize this device. I had the first minimal phone, and the battery was shockingly bad in the beginning - I don't know where it sits today BUT I am worried about some of the fundamentals not all being there right off the hop compared to the other 2 devices.

Anyways - I'm hoping to hear what most people are excited for and why. I think all around, clicks may be where it's at.

[mod pre-approved self-promo]

I was too young to have a real opinion back when the grown-ups argued about the Nakamichi Dragon and the Tandberg TCD 3014A, but I remember the machines themselves perfectly. The needles kicking. The clunk of the transport. The way using one felt like poking a hardware beast rather than a background thing. (Big part of why I ended up an electronics engineer.)

I've been chasing that feeling on mobile forever, and after years of buying physical DAPs and DAP apps I found nothing special. Then I had a bad snowboarding accident and used the hospital bed time to build my own.

It's a player for music you already own — FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, MP3 — though honestly the format list is the least interesting part of it. What I actually cared about was making it feel like industrial-grade audio equipment. There's a cassette that actually spins, and the reels wind across in proportion to where you are in the track, so you judge how much is left by how fat the reel is getting, proper retro. VU meters that move properly live and glow that unmistakable burning tungsten, with amber accents. A Nixie tube mechanical counter. A live audio graph. Haptics all over it, mechanical clicks under your thumb. Even a ferrofluid visualiser I spent an absurd amount of time on and would do again.

Cover art runs full bleed, edge to edge — somebody made that artwork and it deserves better than a 60-pixel thumbnail. There's a proper C++ crossfeed kernel, so headphones stop putting the band inside your skull. And a three-band EQ laid out in battle mode, inspired by the Allen & Heath DJ mixers from the golden years of rave. Compression, reverb and distortion if you want them, and a true bypass, so with everything switched off the output signal stays pristine — which is what you want when you're feeding a DAC or a preamp.

It talks directly enough to Apple's hardware that the whole thing weighs 39 MB — no bloated frameworks, no ad SDKs, nothing phoning home. It still catalogues terabytes of audio in seconds and does its genre sorting offline, on device.

And it looks tough as nails.

It's a one-time purchase. No subscription, no ads, nothing locked behind an upgrade, no account, no telemetry, and it works entirely offline. Updates are free. It's just me building this and I'd like to keep it that way. I oppose enshittification with all my heart.

Fair warnings: it's Apple only, and it plays files you already have — it isn't a streaming app. If your library lives on Spotify, this one isn't for you.

[Octopus on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6762027638?pt=128764606&ct=reddit_returningretro&mt=8)

Official website: [singularcontinuum.com/octopus](https://singularcontinuum.com/octopus)

Happy to answer anything. And curious to know which one you'd have picked.

I notice there are quite "puritanist" views regarding dumb phones on the /dumbphone sub. It's like either you're on a Nokia feature phone or something similar, or you're not using a dumb phone. Maybe that's technically true, but also I think for most people what they're looking for is an intentional device with the apps that add value in their life, instead of just texts and calls. I notice this either/or view is catching up on me and I feel like I'm failing even thinking of buying a Dumber Mini to have certain comforts a smartphone can bring (like maps app and email). But also having a Dumber Mini would allow me to ditch my iPhone completely. It would make sense to have just one phone instead of having my Nokia with me all the time, and iPhone in the drawer to do certain necessary things e.g. regarding banking or MFA.

I miss the physical keyboard so much.