Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The MKBHD Team loves the idea of dumbphones, so we split up to test a few different minimalist devices! Spoilers: there isn't a perfect 'dumb device'... yet.
We Mention These!
3D Print a Z Flip 5 Dumbphone - thingiverse.com/thing:6610964
Using The Z Flip 5 As a Minimalist Phone - youtube.com/watch?v=axi8GQVhaVE&pp=ygUZWiBGbGlwIDUgbWluaW1hbGlzdCBwaG9uZQ%3D%3D
Using The Light Phone II For a Year - theverge.com/24140675/light-phone-2-one-year-retrospect
Light Phone II: geni.us/F1T4CU
BOOX Palma: geni.us/6h8yKr
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: geni.us/2hUiq
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Chapters:
00:00 MKBHD Team's Daily Screentime
00:47 This Phone is Tiny
02:33 Z Flip 5... but weird
03:33 We Made an iPhone Dumber
04:57 The Defacto Dumbphone
07:54 Full Android on E-Ink??
09:24 Would This Stop You From Using Your Phone?
11:17 Creating The Perfect Dumbphone
Shop the merch:
shop.mkbhd.com
Join the Discord:
discord.gg/mkbhd
Music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
epidemicsound.com/referral/8m00ja
Follow The Studio:
twitter.com/TheStudio
instagram.com/thestudio
Follow the staff:
Marques Brownlee twitter.com/MKBHD
Adam Molina twitter.com/AdamLukas17
Alex Wolfe twitter.com/thealexwolfe
Andrew Manganelli twitter.com/AndyManganelli
Brandon Havard twitter.com/b_hvrd
David Imel twitter.com/DurvidImel
Ellis Rovin twitter.com/ellisrovin
Eric Villa twitter.com/ericvillla
Jono Tan twitter.com/jonotan86
Mariah Zenk instagram.com/totallynotabusinessacc
Michael Emerick twitter.com/Mikey_Emerick
Miles Somerville twitter.com/SomeOfMiles
Rich Ho instagram.com/richontrack
Tim McMahon twitter.com/timmcmahonn
Vinh Dang twitter.com/danggvinh
Equipment used in this video and others:
Canon EOS C70: geni.us/AtpxW
Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L: howl.me/chHqd63eV8A
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8L: geni.us/Tbimi
Sennheiser MKH-416: geni.us/jYxRVj
Sennheiser ME 2 lav: geni.us/0bpKiZX
PowerDeWise lav: geni.us/SRX1Th
Zoom F8n Pro: geni.us/tuv7o8
Hollyland Lark Max: geni.us/mkJRt7
Shot and produced by Eric Villa
Audio by Ellis Rovin
Graphics by Tim McMahon and Michael Emerick
The MKBHD Team loves the idea of dumbphones, so we split up to test a few different minimalist devices! Spoilers: there isn't a perfect 'dumb device'... yet.
We Mention These!
3D Print a Z Flip 5 Dumbphone - thingiverse.com/thing:6610964
Using The Z Flip 5 As a Minimalist Phone - youtube.com/watch?v=axi8GQVhaVE&pp=ygUZWiBGbGlwIDUgbWluaW1hbGlzdCBwaG9uZQ%3D%3D
Using The Light Phone II For a Year - theverge.com/24140675/light-phone-2-one-year-retrospect
Light Phone II: geni.us/F1T4CU
BOOX Palma: geni.us/6h8yKr
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: geni.us/2hUiq
~
Chapters:
00:00 MKBHD Team's Daily Screentime
00:47 This Phone is Tiny
02:33 Z Flip 5... but weird
03:33 We Made an iPhone Dumber
04:57 The Defacto Dumbphone
07:54 Full Android on E-Ink??
09:24 Would This Stop You From Using Your Phone?
11:17 Creating The Perfect Dumbphone
Shop the merch:
shop.mkbhd.com
Join the Discord:
discord.gg/mkbhd
Music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
epidemicsound.com/referral/8m00ja
Follow The Studio:
twitter.com/TheStudio
instagram.com/thestudio
Follow the staff:
Marques Brownlee twitter.com/MKBHD
Adam Molina twitter.com/AdamLukas17
Alex Wolfe twitter.com/thealexwolfe
Andrew Manganelli twitter.com/AndyManganelli
Brandon Havard twitter.com/b_hvrd
David Imel twitter.com/DurvidImel
Ellis Rovin twitter.com/ellisrovin
Eric Villa twitter.com/ericvillla
Jono Tan twitter.com/jonotan86
Mariah Zenk instagram.com/totallynotabusinessacc
Michael Emerick twitter.com/Mikey_Emerick
Miles Somerville twitter.com/SomeOfMiles
Rich Ho instagram.com/richontrack
Tim McMahon twitter.com/timmcmahonn
Vinh Dang twitter.com/danggvinh
Equipment used in this video and others:
Canon EOS C70: geni.us/AtpxW
Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L: howl.me/chHqd63eV8A
Canon RF 28-70mm f/2.8L: geni.us/Tbimi
Sennheiser MKH-416: geni.us/jYxRVj
Sennheiser ME 2 lav: geni.us/0bpKiZX
PowerDeWise lav: geni.us/SRX1Th
Zoom F8n Pro: geni.us/tuv7o8
Hollyland Lark Max: geni.us/mkJRt7
Shot and produced by Eric Villa
Audio by Ellis Rovin
Graphics by Tim McMahon and Michael Emerick
