Punkt. MP02 4G Dumb Phone - Unlocked Minimalist Mobile Phone with Keypad, Wi-Fi Hotspot & Private Encrypted Messaging | Focus & Digital Wellbeing - Black

Battery life will be what you make of it. If you have mobile data & bluetooth disabled it will be pretty decent. If you use signal/pigeon and have 4g enabled it lasts around 3/4 of the day for me which is okay for my use case as I have it plugged in when I'm in the car or at work. Pigeon has a setting to set message fetching interval which I've noticed really improves battery life when set to 5 minutes or higher. Overall there was a bit of a learning curve going from having constant access to a smart phone but about a month in I hardly feel the difference. I love the feel and design of the phone. I would suggest ordering a screen protector with it or leaving the screen film it comes with. Like the headline says, I think its completely worth getting so long as you do your research. A lot of it can be negative (especially on places like reddit) which I knew going in and fortunately the only issues I've had are a less than ideal battery life (still perfectly manageable) and the pigeon app would crash which a recent software update has resolved completely.

The design of this is great but ultimately this phone fails at its intended goal. The Punkt does basically two things: Phone calls, and text messages. The phone call quality is fantastic. The calls are very clear and loud. The speaker also works great. As for text messages, this phone is a big loser. The T9 typing works just fine, but the lack of MMS makes this almost unusable. If you are in a text group, you will not receive most messages and the ones you do will be hard to sort out. I just stopped responding to any group messages. That and the inability to see pictures or GIFS sent is a bummer (although this does work on the signal app, pidgeon. As for the signal app, it's terrible. It's so bad, it's not worth using at all. It's separate from the text app and only works with other people who also have signal which I think is about 10 people worldwide. Also, when you install this app, it will break any other instance you have of signal, so no more signal on desktop or a tablet. Your choices will be: highly restricted lousy Signal or no Signal at all. I gave this thing 3 stars because I think the people who buy it know what they are getting into. Altogether though, it's not very good at the limited things it claims to do. If they improved the texting, it would be expensive but acceptable. Without the texting working well, it's basically a very expensive telephone. If you can swallow your pretensions and just buy a cheap feature phone, you will be much better served. Update: 8/2021 I decided to update the firmware on this phone and after the update, the phone was bricked. Black screen and would not turn on. I contacted Punkt support and they told me they would not issue a refund for their phone that bricked itself after 5 months because I bought it from amazon. They offered to send me a new phone sometime around December (4 months from now). Thankfully this isn't my only phone or I would be screwed. Nonetheless, I will have to go get another phone and definitely not a Punkt phone. All in all, this phone is garbage, even for what it claims to be. I don't expect it to be a smartphone but it is one of the worst dumbphones on the market and definitely the worst dumbphone for the price. Support is absolute garbage and is not willing to stand behind their product and fix major issues in a timely fashion. Like I said before, find another feature phone.

Omg I didn’t realize how much I was going to love this phone for the simplicity. Surprisingly, it was super easy to activate and update. It doesn’t not work with AT&T or Verizon, but it works amazing with any T-Mobile plan with 4gLTE, I was able to purchase a full year of unlimited talk and text with Ultra-Mobile for $136. After updating the pigeon software, I was able to make clear had calls, and send texts. The phone feels sturdy and heavy, the battery is great, and it only took about 1-2 hours to charge, and I haven’t had to charge it in over 10 days. However I use it as a back up phone and turn it off whenever it’s not in use.

Update: decided not to return the phone. The limitations described before are still there, but I have agreed to live with them. Had this phone for about a week and a half now. The punkt MP02 is really unmatched in its style and design. For those of us looking for a truly minimalist phone that in all possible ways discourages endless scrolling/ "app jumping", yet at the same time provides essential functions like high quality voice calling, minimal texting, and wifi tethering when needed, nothing on the market beats punkt's concept. It is an elegant concept with an equally elegant hardware. No news, no social media, no games, no icons - the only reason you will pull this phone out of your pocket is to either call someone, or answer a call. The speaker quality is also excellent. With that said, the phone's software is woefully lacking. Fundamental technologies that are standard to the modern world like MMS/group chat and WiFi calling are not supported. Although the Signal platform implemented via the pigeon app works, it is impossible to link an additional device to the punkt as it lacks a camera to scan the QR code. (I'm okay with no camera, but I wish there was a work-around to link another device). The battery life is very poor - especially for a such a feature-less phone. The battery seems to last about 2 and 1/2 days for me on standby (with me not doing anything at all with the phone). The WiFi tethering eats up the battery at rate of about 40 % in 30 minutes. Even more annoying is the poor reception on T-Mobile's network. One would think such a pricey phone that is marketed as a high quality voice phone "built with the 21st century in mind" would have a powerful antenna and support every single frequency out there, but the phone barely has network signal in a urban-suburban setting. Network is non-existent when indoors. I can't imagine it being hard to implement/ improve these seemingly basic features, but the punkt team really bluffed with the software. I tried so hard to try and justify the price for this phone, but at the end of the day, it doesn't make the cut. When you are unable to make and receive phone calls at most times, that really defeats the purpose of any phone - especially that of the punkts. I considered keeping the phone, and hoped they do a major revamp of the software, but I am wary of that ever happening. This phone has been around in some from since 2015. That is plenty of time during which nothing was improved. I will sadly have to return this device before its return deadline expires. Hopefully, Punkt rethinks their strategy and give this beautiful phone the software it deserves.

Is it overpriced? Maybe, but so is an iPhone—come on, don’t act like it’s not. Other reviewers say this phone is all about design and not functionality, as if design were some worthless, frivolous thing. This phone is not meant for your elderly loved one who just needs a dumb phone—you can get one of those for a third of the price of the Punkt. They won’t care about the interface anyway. But for someone who wants to exit the matrix, the slick, minimalistic design is precisely what makes the Punkt usable long-term. It’s not annoying, it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not; it is utterly uninteresting. I don’t care about battery life since I barely touch this phone unless I’m making an actual call. This phone is NOT a substitute for a smartphone. You can’t live in this day and age without a smartphone, but you don’t have to let it take over your life, your sleep, your attention span, your energy. I have peace now. It’s so nice to know I’m not carrying my entire digital footprint in my bag—the personal data, the anxiety, the overkill security measures I'd have to take if I lose the damn thing. It’s also incredibly lightweight. And if my family or friends have an emergency, they can (and will) make a call. I’m really happy with this product overall. It works for me. I don’t care about social media at all. Punkt + laptop + smartphone turned off at home is the way to go. I keep my smartphone for bank apps, WhatsApp, and GPS on the rare occasions I travel, but I don’t carry it with me all the time. Sadly, I don’t think this phone will stay on the market for long because most people won’t make this leap. It’s like living in a different reality. If SMS is your main messaging app (USA, I’m talking to you), this probably won’t work for you. No voice clips, no group chats, no images. I do all of that via WhatsApp linked to my laptop, so I’m golden. I’m lucky I can use this. Even if you don't feel as negatively affected by the constant flow of information and excessive screen usage as I do, this phone is worth a try. You deserve to at least remember what it's like to live without the chokehold "the algorithm" has on you.

I love this phone. It's everything it should be...for the most part. However, there are a couple issues - one in particular that leaves the phone unusable. First, the software. Over all, it's decent. The texting, calling, and contacts work fine. Importing contacts was quick and easy. Never had an issue with calls. The smart keyboard works well while texting. There are a couple minor issues, such as the fact that when you scroll down on a text, it only displays on the top half of the screen. A bit odd, but not the end of the world. I don't really use the other apps, such as the calculator. The clock is fine, and the alarm works well. The calendar is a bit useless, as it only shows the day in a month view, with nothing else to do. The notes is just what you would expect on a T9. And this is what I expect from a dumbphone with smart features, so I see it as a plus. The mobile hotspot works fine. The reception is decent. The battery life is great, normally getting 4-5 days of use on a single charge. Now for the hardware. It runs fine, lasts a long time, and does its job. The problem is the build quality. The case is built of a solid plastic, which is strong yet light, and the rubber on the back is a nice touch. Sadly, the buttons are not built with the same sturdiness. After 2 months of use, the printing on a couple of the buttons is starting to wear off. And the star button no longer works... I got some dirt on it while working, and it got underneath the buttons. Most of them were fine, but the star button no longer works and I have to really press the 0 hard to get it to register. So while I love it, I cant use it anymore. Most of my communication is texting, and without the star button or 0, Icantwriteamessagewithspacesorpunctuation

For a designer product, this thing doesn't execute too well. Note that the phone comes with TWO layers of screen protectors, and the lower layer often ships with ugly bubbles. Carefully peel off the two layers to reveal the main screen. Its big privacy feature, the Pigeon Signal client, stops working every three months. The contacts editing UI is awkward, prompting you to erase changes when you're not even making any changes. There is only one alarm sound, and it is annoying. There are a handful of messaging alert sounds, equally awful, and a few more ringtone choices. They're all bird noises that are more jarring than anything else. The company spends a lot of time hyping their products to new customers on Twitter, but little time resolving the hundreds of bugs and quirks for their existing customer base. Even the worst, most cheaply made Android phone has better notification controls than this supposedly lifestyle enriching phone. You cannot reply to MMS SMS chat groups.

Been using it for a few months now. The reason I bought this phone is due to it having mobile hotspot while still being a dumb phone. I've been using my old smart phone at work so I can still listen to music and stuff and use the hotspot for that. So, when I go home, I leave my old phone there and just use this phone for everything else. A little bit of a complicated ordeal, but I've been loving it. The phone itself is a weel made product, and the call quality has voLTE so you can hear perfectly fine. the biggest drawl backs for me are the signal. If you are out in a mild bfn you probably have very little signal if any at all, but if you are near somewhere its perfectly fine. And my biggest miss is being able to take and send pictures, which is obviously a design of the phone in which it doesn't have a camera. You can receive pictures however the quality isn't the greatest, so unless it's an easy to see picture you're going to have a hard time making it out. other that those two issues I have been enjoying it, and another fact is it is the phone is a lot smaller than you think.

【バッテリー持ちについて】 添付画像の通りほぼ待ち受け専用かつVoLTE、4Gネットワークを常時ONにして電源は入れっぱなしの状態で1日以上経過しても半分近くバッテリー残量はある状態。約1200mhの容量のバッテリーの中ではかなり保つ部類かと。 【使いやすさ】 UI周りや操作性についてはあまり期待しない方が良い。待ち受けにバッテリー残量が表示出来ないとか、メニューの最下層で↓キー押しても1番上のメニューに行かないなど地味に不便な点がある。 【デザインと感触】 デザインについては人それぞれと思うので割愛。 自分はデザインで一目惚れして購入したのはinfobar xv以来。 サラサラとした触り心地で、各ボタンはしっかりとしたクリック感があり、押し間違えにくい。 また、出っ張り部分が「小さくても持ちやすい、操作しやすい」を見事に両立させている。 唯一残念だなと思ったのはストラップホールが無い事。小さいのでポケットに入れても滑り落ちる可能性が高く、また、アクセサリー類がほぼ無い為各自で対策せねばならないので、次世代はストラップホール実装かアクセサリー類を充実させて欲しい。 電話とテキストメッセージとテザリングと言う最低限の機能だけの携帯なら1万円以下のものもあり、本端末は正直高いと言わざるを得ない。 ただ、それでも持っているだけで所有欲を満たしてくれると言う点が価格を補ってあまりある様に思う。 使いやすさについては厳しいところもあるけれど、通話専用機として持っていてワクワクする端末が欲しい人には迷わずオススメ出来る端末だと思う。 最後に、自分の設定が上手く行かなかったのか、自分はauのSIMでは全く使えなかった。サブで持っていたY!mobileのSIMでは正常に利用出来ている。

It’s impossible to get any notion what using this phone is like without experiencing it first-hand. A picture won’t do. An online review won’t do. In fact, this brings to mind the best thing about this phone: it helps you realize that living life through a screen isn’t living your life, but experiencing someone else’s; you can’t “get” the Punkt experience without, well, actually experiencing it. I “got” the value of this phone when I first pulled it out of my pocket rather mindlessly - compulsively, actually. The interface is designed so. intentionally. It’s the exact opposite (the experience, that is) of the software & hardware on smartphones - I mean, I took my iPhone out to look something up and 3 hours later, here I am writing this review after mindlessly going from one app to the next. I HATE this about technology. I really tried working with the smartphone system - setting screen time limits, deleting social media accounts and apps with “bottomless feeds,” the whole 9 yards; I used to work for Apple and know more than a trick or two in terms of the hardware & software. The limits didn’t work for me because I would get in my own way - I’d just bypass the limitations when I “wanted” to. It didn’t work for me. “At some point you realize it’s riskier to stand where you area rather than moving somewhere else.” Because I realized my way wasn’t working (I was finding myself becoming more and more averse to using my smartphone as an actual phone due to my mixed feelings toward it - I decided this love/hate experience was telling me something. For me, smartphones are too much input, too powerful a tool to have in my pocket 16 hours a day; it was time to go back to the pre-2008 days, time to get a dumbphone and change my relationship with technology. I’m glad today’s rabbit hole led me here to write this review, it was my intention to share my experience with others and offer a different take than the tide of negative reviews on this product. Now I will kindly get the hell off my iPhone; I have things to do, a life to live, dreams to realize and thoughts to string together IRL, not on a screen. This phone isn’t perfect, in fact I wish the battery lasted longer, but Punkt is working on this with software updates. The generation before this (MP01) actually had crazy battery life but 2G got shutdown in many places. Fun fact: call quality back in the day was actually better than it is now - we’ve made trade offs to allow for faster data speeds. Well, Punkt adapted and created a 4G version - and it gets me through a day of use and the software is being updated with fixes that impact hardware & software interfacing such as battery life/performance - what more can I ask? It’s apparent and obvious that the company is as dedicated to serving its customer niche of dedicated disconnectors as smartphone companies are to, well, making hardware & software that demand its users’ attention with ever increasing fervor. Do I think it’s best for everyone? No, but it was the full-stop I needed. This phone is for those that want a master of one trade, not a Jack of all trades but master of none (Litephone, I’m looking at you). If you either already have or don’t need things like: a music player (old smartphone or iPad or iPod) an e-book reader and a camera - than this is the best PHONE I’ve ever used. If you need navigation and music and books and podcasts in one device than maybe the Litephone would be better for you. Well done, Punk - I love what this dumb phone is delivering and having held it in my hands and used it for a week, I can see how brilliantly the idea of a phone like this was executed. Thank you for designing a tool that’s so perfectly, beautifully, and simply: a phone.

Just arrived after prompt and timely delivery. Love the product and overall build quality of the phone. Was also able to update at once to the latest firmware and with no issues so far.

事情があって、たまたまこういったブリックフォンを購入することになったのですが、普段からスマホとタブレットの両方を使っていたので、「用途の違いと言えば電話番号絡みのことだけだなぁ」と思い、Punkt.からテザリングをして、より画面が大きく作業効率の上がるタブレットやモバイルノートPCだけで仕事をするように戻りました。 外に出るときは最低限の持ち出しとしてこれだけを持ち、仕事や趣味はパソコンとタブレットで行うようになってみると、思った以上に気が楽になりました。いつも持ち歩く物なので気づかないうちにスマホに時間を取られていたなぁ、とも感じられ、まさにコンセプトどおりの商品だと思いました。 驚いたことに、実際に使っているところを見た友人知人たちからは非常に好評で、他の人たちもスマホに時間を使われてしまっていることへの悩みがあると、改めて実感しました。なるほど海外の若者たちの間で、こういった端末が流行っているというのはそういうことかと、逆に新鮮な体験です。 初期不良のある個体に当たってしまったのですが、こちらの販売元が懇切丁寧な対応をしてくださり、あっという間に交換をしてくださいました。国内利用者の少ない輸入品のサポートとしては驚くほど手厚く、とても助かりました。

No tiene buena calidad, presenta daños en la pantalla líquida, poca batería, y el mandar un mensaje es un reto. Por lo demás funciona de manera aceptable