Dumber
Dumber Mini
A tiny Android keypad phone that still runs WhatsApp, Spotify and Maps.
Pre-order Hardware-induced friction
$219
$219 for the US and Canada model on the maker's store, or CAD 313 in Canada. The shop's home currency is sterling: GBP 149 for the US and Canada model and GBP 159 for the rest-of-world model. Taxes are included for UK, EU and US orders.
- TypeKeypad bar
- SoftwareAndroid
- Screen2.8" LCD
- Network2G / 3G / 4G
- Introduced 2026
Software and apps
- Operating system
- DumberOS (AOSP 14 / LineageOS 21)
- App store
- Full app store
- Web browser
- Yes
- Unknown
- Sideloading
- Yes
- Yes
- Spotify
- Yes
- Podcasts
- Yes
- Apple Music
- Yes
- Your own MP3s
- Yes
- RCS messaging
- Partly
- Group texts
- Yes
- Android Auto
- Unknown
- Maps
- Google Maps, HERE WeGo, Waze
Hardware
- Form factor
- Bar with a 2.8 inch touchscreen above a T9 keypad and D-pad (21 keys)
- Screen
- 2.8 inch IPS capacitive touchscreen at 640 by 480. The maker posted a notice in August 2026 about screen faults on the first shipment.
- Camera
- Yes
- Battery
- 2,150 mAh not user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- Unknown
- Weight
- 110 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 2G / 3G / 4GTwo hardware variants with different band sets. The maker says the US and Canada model works outside the US only patchily.
- VoLTE
- Yes
- SIM
- Dual SIMTwo nano-SIM slots and no microSD. No eSIM; the maker points people at a third-party eSIM adapter instead.
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- Yes
- Bands
- US and Canada: 2G GSM EGS850/PCS1900; 3G WCDMA B1/B2/B4/B5; 4G FDD-LTE B1/B2/B4/B5/B7/B12/B13/B17/B66/B71. Rest of world: 2G GSM 850/900/1800/1900; 3G WCDMA B1/B2/B5/B8; 4G FDD-LTE B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28B; TDD-LTE B38/B39/B40/B41
- Works on
- T-Mobile
- Carriers
- T-Mobile only in the US, per the maker, and Telstra only in Australia. Canadian carrier compatibility is not stated yet.
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Ships worldwide
- Countries
- Shipped from the UK. The store's own country list runs to about fifty countries across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, with a separate US and Canada model and a rest-of-world model.
- Also sold at
- Mostly direct from the maker; the rest-of-world model is a separate listing at dumbermini.com/products/dumber-phone. Romobil.no in Norway is a named reseller.
Notes
The maker supports only T-Mobile in the US and only Telstra in Australia, and there is no Wi-Fi calling and no eSIM. In August 2026 it published a notice about widespread screen faults on the first shipment. Apps that check Play Integrity, which means a lot of banking, will refuse to run.
Last updated September 16, 2026.
