I've had the Light Phone 2 since launch, but just got rid of my old smart phone and switched over to it completely about a month ago.

If your goal is to overcome a phone/internet addiction, or just disconnect, then the LP2 will definitively help you achieve that! Your going to have to give some stuff up (No Spotify, no Directions yet), and deal with texting that worse then a smart phone but better then a number pad. But to me its definitely worth it.

I think the LP2 will eventually provide the same stuff that the original author gets from his Garmin watch and GSM Calls phone, which is pretty neat!

Try the Cat B26 phone. Nokia 3210 size, 4G + Wifi. KaiOS. T9 interface. Cutdown WhatsApp, cutdown Google Maps. Dual SIM. Can act as a 4G hotspot. Certified water and dust proof. Weeks long battery. 65€.

Very solid devices for cutting back internet dépendance or for traveling without but still having the basics.

This one[1]? It says it's only 2G GSM?

1- https://smile.amazon.com/CAT-Rugged-Phone-Factory-Unlocked/d...

Probably U.S. speeds. But it may be a European phone.

Try looking up other KaiOS phones. There aren't many.

oh it's by that Cat; Caterpillar, the one that does construction machinery. Out of curiosity, what's the battery tech? LiFePO? LTO?

I'd imagine heat tolerance and impact resilience would be more important than slimness and lightweight for these devices if they're intended to be used like say, at a foundry.

I almost bought one of these: https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp02-4g-mobile-phone/

but I realized I barely talk on the phone, I just use it for texting. Thinking old blackberry format would be better, as I prefer the keyboard.

It's a very neat looking phone and there are probably some economies of scale involved which mean they can't produce a $50-150 phone, but 330€ is absurd, I cannot imagine more than a few dozen people around the world would use this phone as a daily driver for that price. Cut the price in half and then you might have people talking.