Sidephone
Sidephone SP-01
Swap the keypad tile and the phone changes character. T9 comes in the box.
Shipping Cold turkey devices
$299
$299 with Classic T9 keypad included; extra tiles $29 each
- TypeKeypad bar
- SoftwareCustom minimal OS
- Screen2.8" LCD
- Network3G / 4G
- Introduced 2025
Software and apps
- Operating system
- Custom AOSP 12: no Google Play Store, no Google Mobile Services, no Play Integrity
- App store
- Curated apps
- Web browser
- Yes
- Yes
- Sideloading
- Yes
- Yes
- Spotify
- Sideload
- Podcasts
- Yes
- Apple Music
- No
- Your own MP3s
- Yes
- RCS messaging
- No
- Group texts
- Yes
- Android Auto
- NoAOSP with no Google Play Store.
- Maps
- Yes: HERE
- Rideshare
- Yes: UberUber is in Sidephone's own app library. No Lyft, and the phone is de-Googled, so anything leaning on Play Services will not run.
Hardware
- Form factor
- Bar with swappable keypad tiles
- Screen
- 2.8in LCD touchscreen at 480x640. The keypad tiles are not backlit.
- Camera
- Yes
- Battery
- 2,000 mAh not user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- No
- Water and dust
- Not rated. Sidephone states the phone has no IP rating
- Weight
- 120 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 3G / 4G4G LTE, both FDD and TDD, with VoLTE. WCDMA bands are published too, though 3G is switched off in most places. No 5G.
- VoLTE
- Yes
- SIM
- Physical SIMOne nano SIM slot. No eSIM, which Sidephone flags as a problem for travel data providers. A physical SIM and an ejector tool ship in the box.
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- Yes
- Bands
- WCDMA 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 19; LTE FDD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28A, 28B; LTE TDD 39, 40, 41. Bands 13, 66 and 71 are absent.
- Works on
- AT&T, T-Mobile
- Carriers
- Sidephone USA says T-Mobile and its MVNOs are fully supported and that AT&T works, though coverage can be limited in places. Verizon and Verizon MVNOs are not supported. No PTCRB and no carrier certifications, and LTE bands 13, 66 and 71 are missing. Sidephone USA also sells its own optional plans, Sidephone Mobile, which run on T-Mobile's network, and a Sidephone SIM ships with the US retail phone. The maker recommends it as the simplest setup, but it is not required.
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, Ships worldwide
- Countries
- Sold from a US store and an international store that ships to 60+ countries and regions, not everywhere. Sidephone's own list of destinations covers North America, the Caribbean, parts of Latin America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, parts of the Middle East, and Asia, and it sold a Canada and LATAM Founders Edition as a run of its own.
- Also sold at
- usa.sidephone.com for US orders; sidephone.com for everywhere else
Notes
No carrier certification, and LTE bands 13, 66 and 71 are missing, so Verizon is out. It is de-Googled, so anything needing Play Services will not run. The keypad is a magnetic tile you can swap for QWERTY, a media wheel or a game pad.
Last updated September 18, 2026.
