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Interesting Cell Phone Idea- Sidephone
Jun. 16th, 2025 11:04 pmThis is a cool idea for a retro device; it's called the sidephone and the latest design they have has swap-able tiles in its final design. It has been a long time since I have been excited for a new device coming in, and I hope the team succeeds in their first project! It can be found in both the r/dumbphones and r/sidephone subreddits here, and here.
Some people have pointed out that the phone reminds them of the Nokia c2-01, and I can see it (after looking it up). Either way, I showed my mom the interview/unveiling video of the final design and she liked it (because one of the QWERTY keyboard tiles was blue), and thinks the current price was reasonable for its specs and listed capabilities. The full video can be found here, unless you just want to get to the unveiling part its here, as well.
Right now, they're still finalizing the specs and the phone's OS, sideOS. As well as they were going to set pre-orders/crowd funding somewhere in either June/July, and possibly ship it out by August or September; at least from the last time I checked. From what I've learned while lurking about, the creators are paying all of the production side out of pocket. So, producing a thousand items makes since before making more of it just in case it falls flat on its face. (I hope it doesn't! We definitely need more variety in cellular devices than a slab of glass.)
Personally, again, I like the idea behind it. I thought there was a device that had a modular design back about a decade ago.I can't remember what it was, I just checked and it was either Phonebloks or Project Ara back in 2013, I feel old looking that up, but the idea has stuck itself and hidden away in my brain for a long time. I find modular devices an interesting concept since you're not throwing out a whole phone but simply changing out its parts based around what you want. Such as the camera and battery (I can't believe have to mention the joys of replacing an old battery, but here we are). So, seeing the sidephone having modular keypad tiles lit my neurons up, basically. :^)
Oh! Here's the Nokia c2-01 phone in question down below.
Some people have pointed out that the phone reminds them of the Nokia c2-01, and I can see it (after looking it up). Either way, I showed my mom the interview/unveiling video of the final design and she liked it (because one of the QWERTY keyboard tiles was blue), and thinks the current price was reasonable for its specs and listed capabilities. The full video can be found here, unless you just want to get to the unveiling part its here, as well.
Right now, they're still finalizing the specs and the phone's OS, sideOS. As well as they were going to set pre-orders/crowd funding somewhere in either June/July, and possibly ship it out by August or September; at least from the last time I checked. From what I've learned while lurking about, the creators are paying all of the production side out of pocket. So, producing a thousand items makes since before making more of it just in case it falls flat on its face. (I hope it doesn't! We definitely need more variety in cellular devices than a slab of glass.)
Personally, again, I like the idea behind it. I thought there was a device that had a modular design back about a decade ago.
Oh! Here's the Nokia c2-01 phone in question down below.
