Sunbeam Wireless
Sunbeam F1 Horizon
Sunbeam's cheaper flip. Same idea, smaller battery, lower res screen.
$250 to $309
Sunbeam's own price is $279 for ten of the twelve configurations and $309 for Eagle and Falcon, the two with text-only email, though all twelve were out of stock there. Resellers run from $250 to $309. An optional Sunbeam Premium subscription adds voice-to-text, hourly weather and radar, points of interest in navigation and NumberLink. Sunbeam has moved sign-up off its own site and no longer publishes a price for it, while a retailer quotes about $3.50 a month. The phone works without it.
- TypeFlip
- SoftwareCustom minimal OS
- Screen2.8" LCD
- Network3G / 4G
- Introduced 2024
Software and apps
- Operating system
- BasicOS
- App store
- No app store
- Web browser
- No
- PartlyTwo of the twelve configurations, Eagle and Falcon, carry text-only email.
- Sideloading
- No
- No
- Spotify
- No
- Podcasts
- No
- Apple Music
- No
- Your own MP3s
- No
- RCS messaging
- No
- Group texts
- Unknown
- Android Auto
- NoBasicOS has no Google services.
- Maps
- Unknown
Hardware
- Form factor
- Flip (small external display)
- Screen
- 2.8-inch inner display at 240x320, about 43mm by 58mm, plus a small external display on the lid. Touch input on most configurations, but Robin, Chickadee and Blue Jay are keypad only.
- Camera
- Partly
- Battery
- 1,750 mAh user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- Weight
- 152 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 3G / 4G3G WCDMA/UMTS on bands 2 and 5, 4G LTE on bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 20 and 71. The big US networks have all switched their 3G off, so calls ride on LTE at home and the 3G radio only really matters when roaming.
- VoLTE
- Yes
- SIM
- Physical SIM + microSDOne nano-SIM (4FF). No eSIM and no dual-SIM slot. There is a microSD slot that takes cards up to 32GB.
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- YesA hotspot connection is unfiltered, so whatever uses it does its own filtering.
- Bands
- 3G WCDMA/UMTS: B2, B5. 4G LTE: B2, B3, B4, B5, B12, B13, B20, B71. Sunbeam warns the phone will not work in much of Europe, Africa and Asia because it lacks the LTE bands used there.
- Works on
- AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Carriers
- Unlocked. Works on Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile in the US and on Bell, Rogers, Telus and Videotron in Canada, along with most of their MVNOs. Sunbeam's own compatibility table marks Safelink, Spectrum, Visible, Xfinity and US Cellular as not working.
- Kosher version
- YesSunbeam builds for observant buyers: every configuration is filtered, and you pick how far.
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, Canada
- Countries
- Sold to customers in the United States and Canada. Sunbeam's stated policy is North America only, because a warranty claim has to come back to North America; the phone is built for the Americas and lacks the bands needed in much of Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Retailer
- dumbwireless.com
- Also sold at
- dumbwireless.com (Bluebird $279, Eagle $309); thesafecell.com ($250-$280)
Notes
Twelve bird-named builds differ only in what is switched on, and four of them have no camera. Every configuration was out of stock when this was checked, and Sunbeam now steers buyers to the F1 Pro.
Last updated September 16, 2026.
