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Want a phone that brings peace instead of pings? My review of the Light Phone 3 reveals why this “dumb” phone is a smart choice! Simple specs, no distractions, just real life.
Read now: https://techglimmer.io/light-phone-3-review-2025/
#LightPhone3 #Minimalism #TechGlimmer #MobileLife

The light phone 3 - testing article on techglimmer.io

@btp DANG it looks so good. The dial for screen brightness and flashlight, the dedicated two-level shutter button (also opens the camera tool), the UI, it's just great.
But it also has 6GB of RAM (not sure why that much), no headphone jack, no [micro]SD -card slot, and is made in China (despite the high-ish price). If it were open-source, though, I would probably buy it anyway right now. #LightPhone #LightPhone3

Cold water creek sitting

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography #Appalachia #Reflection #ALTtext

A rock dam stretches across a creek, shot from one side looking across to the other. Upstream (left side of frame) appears still due to to the dam with the water downstream appearing to glitter with movement. The water level is shallow in the creek bed, 4-6 inches deep upstream from the dam. Reflections of the trees on the bank opposite the photographer color the deeper water. This was captured on a Light Phone III and then put away to enjoy playing in the shaded creek with my kids. It was a great day.

A fun place to be

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography #Fungi #Mushroom #Macro #Bokeh #Mosstodon

A small, brown mushroom pokes up through mossy grass. The cap forms a cup, like cuppy pepperoni, with a little black ant waking around the edge. The woods in the background are blurry circles of light. Snapped on a Light Phone III.

Russula

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Fungi #Mushroom #Macro #Bokeh

Two flat top mushrooms stand together in the grass. The top is a rusted orange color, typical of the Russula, gills and stems are white. Gills on the right mushroom are in focus. The woods in the background are blurry dots of light. This shot was nice, the ground was mostly cool moss here and I could have took a nap beside the fungus. Snapped with a Light Phone III.

Stacked

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography

Split firewood lays stacked on top of each other, ready to use. The ends of the wood resemble slices of pie where the were quartered from larger pieces of tree. The wood fills the frame. Shot using a Light Phone III.

New peach

#Photography #Peach #PeachTree #LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Garden

A new peach start hangs on a tree branch. The fuzzy fruit is still small, not much bigger than the pit inside. Just right of center, this stone fruit is as green as the leaves that surround it. Shot from under the tree canopy with a Light Phone III.

The pits

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography

In the center of the frame a kid holds a peach pit in their open hands. Photographer’s feet are visible as the shot is toward the ground. Yellow peach tree leaves are sprinkled on the grass. Shot with a Light Phone III.

Fungi.

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Mushroom #Fungi #Photography #Bokeh

Two brown mushrooms push up through the lawn. One is closer, in the left center of the frame, and more in focus. A fallen twig lies between the mushrooms, horizontal across the shot. The lawn spreads out in the background and glitters with light. Captured on a Light Phone III.

Wild Strawberry

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography #BloomScrolling #Nature #Macro #Blur

A wild strawberry in focus in the bottom left corner of the frame, bright red and shiny, nestled in a yard full of clover. Shot close to the ground with the horizon line fading from green to black just before the top of the frame. Captured with a Light Phone III.

Fern.

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography #Fern #Macro #Blur

A fern frond extends up from the ground in the center of the photo. This frond appears pale green due to over saturation of light. Other fronds, grasses, and rocks are on the ground and blurry under the center, focused frond. Shot with a Light Phone III.

Gills.

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography #Bokeh #Mushroom

A white mushroom with large gills on a grassy hillside. The mushroom is flat on top, like the perfect table for a field mouse. Clover surrounds the white stem. The tree line is blurry in the background. Shot with a Light Phone III.

Conway & Loretta.

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography

An RCA stereo, circa 1973, sits with the cabinet top open showing the internal record player/radio. The 1972 Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn DECCA record “Lead Me On” is propped up displaying the cover photo of the two singers holding hands while facing each other. Shot with a Light Phone III.

Soda

#LightPhone #LightPhone3 #Photography

Grabbing a soda from the fridge in the garage. Holding a Pepsi zero sugar tilted to the right in line with the open door. The tops of hard lemonade bottles line the shelves on the door. Various canned beers are clustered on the top shelf inside the lit fridge. Shot with a Light Phone III.

I've been rocking this LP3 exclusively for almost a week now. I have some thoughts:
1) yes, getting rid of my smart phone was the right decision. I am happier to be in the moment, I can watch a movie without being distracted etc.
2) The biggest losses for me are
a) facetime/imessage (my son can no longer call me from his ipad)
b) online banking and zelle

#lightphone #lightphone3

I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder] for it.

Plus their #Website being built to mandate #JavaScript isn't very "respecting" of me as a potential user.

I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.

But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.

Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...

I do however acknowledge that there is a #market for #smol & #sleek "#StupidPhones" or rather compact #Smartphones and I do want to see more competition for it.

What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...

I just think that requiring people to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.

I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...

It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay (by #USA standards!) but still...

I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.

Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...

It’s finally here! #lightphone3

Boxes containing lightphone3, case, and screen protector.

Light Phone 3 Launches With OLED Display, Much Higher Price Tag #lightphone #lightphone3 #mobilephones #smartphone

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/346575/light-phone-3/

Tech replacement ist coming up by the end of the year: we will be replacing #MacOS with #Linux on #Thinkpads or #Framework and we would also totally give our staff #lightPhone3 s to replace iPhones right away, *if* it had Support for Signal and Session Messenger. Also: a *hotspot* feature would be great to work on Trains. Please consider soon! #lightphone #lightPhoneIII

I personally struggle with phone and Internet addiction, and I am very much not the kind of person who can just self-control my way out of a rut. I spend almost every day wishing I could just throw my phone into an active volcano, but it sometimes feels like it has become a requirement for all sorts of things.

In an attempt to curb some of these behaviors I have spent the last several years intermittently blocking or time locking certain sites (reddit, YouTube, etc), or just completely removing myself from others (Facebook, Instagram, etc). Sometimes, especially when I'm feeling down, I'll just disable the blocks and carry on into the abyss, but other times when I try and navigate to one of those sites and my phone stops me from going there I feel such a massive wave of relief...

With my recent #lightphone3 preorder I am extremely hopeful that soon enough I will have the same feeling when I start to pick up my phone to doom scroll or zone out on some game or app and it's just not even an option, and I'll just put it down, or forget it entirely, and instead spend that time reading or doing a hobby or otherwise just living my life disconnected from the chaos that I've found in being perpetually connected and online.

#LightPhone3

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