Light Phone
product on 5 shows · 8 statements across 3 episodes · said 48 times in 8 episodes since 2021
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2023 38 mentions in 2 episodes 19 per episode
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Zimmer uses the Light Phone III as his sole SIM-enabled device
“Light Phone Three, their third device I'm using as my, it's my only phone that has a SIM card”
Morin: Devices like Light Phone and Daylight are downgraded 'diet smartphones'
“Light phone, daylight, all of these things are like a less good
Smartphone that also, it's like a diet smartphone rather than being something that's like much, much better.”
Hollier: Early app business models prioritized time spent over direct monetization
“Well, there's kind of like a golden metric that was really what was most important, and that was how many hours a day someone spent with the product. So if you could make something that was sticky and You know, that people would use for hours a day. There didn…”
Hollier: The Light Phone's value comes from its lack of features
“The actual value that we brought them wasn't in any one feature, but actually in the lack of features.”
Hollier: Original Light Phone used 2G and custom call-forwarding software
“What that actually meant was that the original light phone was a simple two G cell phone that had its own SIM card, and we made software that would kind of Make it seamlessly feel like it was your, an extension of your smartphone number. Your calls would forwa…”
Tang: Foxconn, manufacturer of iPhones, is an investor in Light Phone
“One of our investors from Foxconn The company that make iPhone and Samsung.”
Tang: Both Light co-founders use the Light Phone exclusively
“Yes, both Joe and I use light phone exclusively.”