SCOUT· 65%32m·2026-07-28·TechnologyFlip phones are so back
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…
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“What on earth is this filter on Kai’s face?”
“IMHO, the killer feature for any phone is a mfa authenticator app. For me at least, it's the reason why I'm locked in into either iPhone or Android. My bank is using a proprietary push-based mechanism, and it's only available through their…”
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