Signalist Smartphone

December 16, 2023 11:45 AM

Is there a minimalist smartphone that includes Signal? I've only found the Boring Phone, which is out of stock.
posted by michaelh to Technology (6 answers total)

What makes a phone "minimalist" for the purposes of this question? I can't think of any phones that ship with Signal installed, but you should be able to install and run Signal on any contemporary Android or iOS device.
posted by Alterscape at 12:55 PM on December 16, 2023

Response by poster: It's a category of smartphones that prevent you or encourage you not to use addicting features. Dumbphone is another term that's used. They typically don't have browsers or app store access so the allowed apps and services come preinstalled.
posted by michaelh at 1:15 PM on December 16, 2023 [1 favorite]

Quick search brought up Punkt MP02 that might meet your brief.
posted by droomoord at 1:29 PM on December 16, 2023 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: That is a cool device. I'm hoping to find something using the official Signal app, but it looks the Punkt/Pigeon developers are working on full sync with your other Signal app instances. I'll watch that.
posted by michaelh at 2:32 PM on December 17, 2023

I just use a reaaaally small smartphone, Unihertz Atom. Runs android buy on like a 2” screen so you only really use inet when you have to.
posted by Iteki at 3:03 PM on December 17, 2023

https://signal.org/android/apk/

You should be able to sideload that on any android phone. Pay attention to the cautions though if you're using Signal for anything serious.
posted by nixxon at 3:53 PM on December 17, 2023