I switched to an e-paper Android phone with a physical keyboard - here's my buying advice

ZDNET's key takeaways The Minimal phone is available for pre-order now for $399, which is $100 off the regular price. Its e-paper display is refreshing and customizable, call quality is great, and you have access to the Google Play store. Texting with the physical keyboard comes with a learning curve, the camera is very low-fi, and the battery is not yet well optimized. View now at Minimal Company With a handful of so-called "dumbphones" entering the consumer market over the past year, such as the Light Phone 3 and the Mudita Kompakt, the Minimal Phone takes a different approach as an Android device with an e-paper display and physical QWERTY keyboard but full access to the Google Play store. Also: This dumbphone made me rethink what I need from a phone - and it beats E Ink That's right. You can download almost anything you want on this $400 phone, but you probably won't want to. I recently used the Minimal Phone for two weeks, first as a primary device and then as a secondary, an ... Read full article.