Minimal Phone 2 is a compact, focus-first smartphone built around a physical QWERTY keyboard and a philosophy of reducing distraction: "use your phone, don't let it use you." It pairs a milled 6000-series aluminum unibody and sculpted 2.5D glass with a one-handed 122.6 × 72 × 9.48 mm footprint and an individually backlit, ~69 mm two-thumb keyboard using metal dome switches and touch-sensitive gestures (swipe typing, cursor control, custom gestures). Hardware highlights include a 50 MP rear and 20 MP front camera, 3.5 mm headphone jack, programmable switch, LED notification light with custom colors/patterns, side-mounted fingerprint sensor, dual speakers/mics, and modern connectivity (5G, Wi‑Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, GPS). Pre-order pricing starts at $599 (12 GB RAM + 256 GB) with a $100 launch discount; finish options include Pearl and Onyx and shipments are estimated for December 2026.
Software centers on Minimal OS, which consolidates messages, calls, email and calendar into a single hub and surfaces useful actions while keeping everything else out of the way. Focus tools let users enforce grayscale, block social apps, set strict screen-time limits and quiet hours (changes often require a factory reset), while still allowing any Android launcher and full access to apps like Spotify, WhatsApp and Google services. Power users can unlock the bootloader and flash custom ROMs; an official de‑Googled build and full ROM are provided for those who want to remove Google services.
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