Light to Ship $299 Flip Phone With 12MP Camera by April 2027
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Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 21
Light to Ship $299 Flip Phone With 12MP Camera by April 2027
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Jul 21
Summary
$299 is Light’s new entry price for the Light Flip, a clamshell device due in April 2027 that brings its minimalist LightOS to a fully tactile, no-touchscreen format.
Gen Z demand drove the project: Light said young flip-phone users liked the form factor but complained about poor build quality, pushing the startup to make a sturdier, more polished alternative.
Cost cuts from the $799 Light Phone III came by dropping the touchscreen, NFC and selfie camera, while adding plastic shells in six colors, a 2.8-inch inner OLED display and a rear 12-megapixel camera.
$39 a month over two years is Light’s financing option with its own service plan, and the company is launching a “Flip Your Life” program to keep preorder customers engaged during the long wait to shipment.
The launch extends Light’s broader pitch that simpler phones can reduce doomscrolling and smartphone dependence without forcing users to quit connected devices entirely overnight.