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Enough Phone Brings Back the Small Phone With 5.3-Inch Screen

The Enough Phone, a 5.3-inch Android handset launching on Kickstarter for $499, lets buyers pick stock Android 17 or the distraction-free OdysseyOS.

A compact black 5.3-inch Android phone, the Enough Phone, shown with its back panel and four Torx screws next to other small smartphones.
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The Enough Phone, a new Android handset with a 5.3-inch screen, launched on Kickstarter today for $499, with a final retail price estimated around $599. Shipping is expected in May 2027. Its pitch is simple: a phone small enough to use with one hand, at a time when most displays measure around 6.3 inches, like the iPhone 17.

Buyers can choose between two software options. One is Android 17 with access to the usual apps. The other is OdysseyOS from Sleke, an Android fork that works like a dumb phone. It allows utility apps such as Uber, Google Authenticator, Spotify and WhatsApp, but blocks social media, games, browsers, news and multimedia apps. Messaging runs through Beeper, and a Perplexity-powered search bar returns text answers. Sleke curates the app store, and users can request additions. Co-founder Brennan Jordan expects most customers to pick OdysseyOS.

Specs and trade-offs

The phone has a black polycarbonate body, a MediaTek Dimensity 7500 chip, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, expandable by microSD through a hybrid SIM slot. It supports 5G and eSIM, and includes NFC, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, a 32-megapixel selfie camera and a single 50-megapixel Sony rear camera. There is no headphone jack, because of limited internal space and the goal of staying under $600.

Four Torx screws on the back give access to a replaceable battery, in line with upcoming European Union rules. To fit a battery of roughly 3,500 to 4,000 mAh, the phone is 12 mm thick, against 7.8 mm for the iPhone 17. Final specs are still being set, and camera quality and battery life remain unknown. It works on T-Mobile, with AT&T certification planned.

Who is behind it

Austin Boer, Brennan Jordan and William Stults founded the project. Boer and Jordan run Sleke, which sells refurbished Google Pixel phones with OdysseyOS. Stults helps run Dumbwireless, which sells dumb phones and wireless plans. None has direct smartphone-industry experience, though some Sleke engineers do.

The company promises software support until 2032, short of the seven years many flagship Android makers offer. It is targeting fans of the iPhone Mini rather than the mass market. “What's not a success for Apple could be a home run for us,” Jordan says.

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