The team at Light has been working on minimalist phones for more than a decade. Its last device had a lot in common with a smartphone, but the newest model, the Light Flip, is something very different. Light CEO Kaiwei Tang explains why Light made a flip phone, how the world's opinion of smartphones is changing, and whether you can cure your tech problems with more tech.

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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/971790/apple-homepad-rumor-launch">⁠Apple’s reported ‘HomePad’ may launch as early as October⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/968563/light-flip-phone-price-specs">⁠The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/4/20847717/light-phone-2-minimalist-features-design-keyboard-crowdfunding">⁠Light Phone III review: everything in moderation⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/4/20847717/light-phone-2-minimalist-features-design-keyboard-crowdfunding">⁠The high hopes of the low-tech phone⁠</a></li>
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 <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/3/17304466/minimalist-light-phone-nokia-3310-unihertz-jelly-punky-mp01">⁠There’s no perfect minimalist phone — yet⁠</a></li>
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