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Enough Phone: a 5.3-inch minimalist Android at $599

The Enough Phone pairs a 5.3-inch HD screen, a replaceable battery and a choice of stock Android or the locked-down OdysseyOS. It costs $599.

A compact 5.3-inch Enough Phone with a thick body and a replaceable battery, shown in a minimalist setting.
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The Enough Phone, a compact Android handset built for people who want less from their smartphone, will cost $599. It joins the Light Phone III, Minimal Phone 2 and Mudita Kompakt in a growing group of devices that keep modern essentials while stripping out what is designed to hook users.

The phone is a joint effort between Will Stults, who sells dumb phones through his own venture, and Sleke, co-founded by Austin Boer and Brennan Jordan, which develops firmware for such devices. The two already had a retailer-manufacturer relationship. According to the team, demand for smaller phones has risen considerably, and as a boutique brand it only needs a modest customer base to stay afloat. That is notable given that Apple dropped its own small phone after two years.

Deliberate hardware trade-offs

The screen measures 5.3 inches, which the team calls a Goldilocks size: smaller would feel cramped and leave too little room for components. The panel is an HD LCD at about 320 ppi. The team says an OLED or higher-resolution panel would have pushed the price too high.

The body is 12mm thick, more than twice the iPhone Air, largely because of a replaceable battery. The camera sits flush with the rear shell. Inside are MediaTek's Dimensity 7500, chosen for efficiency, price and support through 2032, and a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 sensor. Camera tuning is still under way. There is no IP rating yet, and the team would only promise protection suitable for safe everyday use. A hybrid slot takes either a SIM or a microSD card.

Two operating systems

Buyers choose between stock Android and Sleke's OdysseyOS, and the choice is permanent for now. OdysseyOS blocks social media, games and a full web browser. Links and QR codes open in a rudimentary built-in browser with no URL bar, tabs or bookmarks. It is deGoogled and uses microG in place of Google Play Services. Most banking apps work, but some Google-dependent apps may not, and Google Wallet does not.

Both versions are promised Android updates and security patches through 2032. The team is also eyeing global carrier support. The $599 price is the biggest question, as it will test whether buyers will pay mid-range money for a deliberately limited phone.

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