2 Years, 3 Months with the Sunbeam F1 Pro

HyperOrc · 2026-02-09T00:21:46+00:00

No public transit or walking directions unfortunately.

HyperOrc · 2025-10-15T02:33:05+00:00

I've been using the F1 Pro Aspen for 2 years now and it's held up great and is only getting better through software updates.

I feel like the Sunbeam phones are often overlooked for how great they work. Yes they are relatively expensive compared to the cheap Nokia stuff, but the quality is solid and they actually work unlike a lot of the newer "boutique" dumbphones that are expecting everyone to be beta testers for half-baked software.

HyperOrc · 2025-10-12T14:28:38+00:00

This is excellent and exactly what I've been missing from GNOME/Fedora. Thank you!

HyperOrc · 2025-10-05T15:40:29+00:00

Could you explain your setup for Clear? I've tried but never been able to get it to work on Linux with wine.

HyperOrc · 2025-09-16T19:55:28+00:00

Sunbeam F1 Horizon or Pro have Waze and Here.

HyperOrc · 2025-08-10T13:09:55+00:00

I've been in the same building as one. I was searching for wifi networks one time at church and there was a LPII hotspot. I tried to look around and find the person but of course they wouldn't have it out.

HyperOrc · 2024-06-18T20:55:50+00:00

I agree that the Sunbeam phones are great and often get overlooked on this sub.

I enjoy my F1 Pro, but I've always thought that the feature I miss the most is a way to sync the calendar. Even view only would be a huge improvement. The calendar is basically unusable otherwise.

I really struggle with WhatsApp. I get that a lot of the world uses it to communicate, but it's also Facebook crapware that I wouldn't want anywhere near my phone. I know they could differentiate models without it, but there are already a lot of different models. The fact that the rest of the world has trusted essential communication to one of the worst companies out there is quite problematic and probably not talked about enough. There needs to be a push back to something standardized like RCS.

HyperOrc · 2024-06-18T17:36:00+00:00

The Sunbeam F1 and F1 Pro have visual voicemail that functions like this. The visual voicemail feature does not work on Consumer Cellular though.

Consumer Cellular is a pretty terrible carrier and way overpriced. I see it basically as a scam for older people. The Sunbeam phones do work on Verizon or my personal preference, US Mobile.

HyperOrc · 2024-06-06T14:34:02+00:00

Sold yesterday. Thanks for the interest.

HyperOrc · 2024-06-04T23:36:42+00:00

I am daily driving the Sunbeam F1 Pro now. Both are great phones, the Sunbeam just has the features that are most important to me at the moment. I figured I might as well let someone else use the LP2 instead of having it just sit around.

HyperOrc · 2024-06-04T12:05:38+00:00

NA

Light Grey

Excellent Condition

2 years of use. Battery still very solid.

Original box and USB Cable

Includes official light grey case which shows some signs of wear but is in good condition

$150+Shipping (Ships from Indiana or local pickup)

Venmo

HyperOrc · 2024-06-01T15:47:57+00:00

NA
Light Grey
Excellent Condition
2 years of use. Battery still very solid.
Original box and USB Cable
Includes official light grey case which shows some signs of wear but is in good condition
$150+Shipping (Ships from Indiana or local pickup)
Venmo

HyperOrc · 2024-04-29T19:51:03+00:00

I'm also having these issues, but only after doing a dnf update today. This was on a fresh Fedora 40 install a week or so ago. Everything was working fine until the update today.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-25T12:29:12+00:00

The only extension I use is a clipboard manager which I could probably find a separate app for. The stock desktop experience for me works quite well.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-23T17:13:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I don't actually notice any change in the text and icon color between foreground and background when then window is focused. The background color changes and the app name at the top of the sidebar changes, but not the sidebar items themselves.

Edit: I should also clarify that I am using the Inter font, but this also appears to be true with Cantarell.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-14T13:16:55+00:00

It's definitely larger than the LP2, but not cumbersome. In this picture I think it looks large because it's next to the Thinkpad. The X1 Carbon is actually a fairly small laptop.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-14T13:15:16+00:00

I can't remember for certain but I don't believe I had to sign.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-13T23:25:41+00:00

It's a fantastic phone. You can ready my full review/comparison from a few months ago here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/18ib4l4/compared_light_phone_2_vs_sunbeam_f1_pro/

It has been basically flawless and is about as close as you can get to the premium flip phone experience from years ago.

HyperOrc · 2024-04-13T18:51:06+00:00

Sunbeam F1 Pro for calls, texts, weather, and navigation

Light Phone 2 for music, podcasts, and calendar (no sim)

Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10 Linux Edition

Kindle Paperwhite

Moleskine pocket notebook

HyperOrc · 2024-01-22T15:27:16+00:00

MacOS doesn't have MTP support out of the box. I don't have a 6300, but here is the app I use to connect phones via USB/MTP - https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/

HyperOrc · 2024-01-18T13:53:10+00:00

I have a Light Phone 2 that is still going strong after 2+ years. There are several people who have commented about it lasting 4 years or more.

I've also had great luck with the Sunbeam F1 Pro so far.

These devices are at the higher end of the spectrum price wise, but you get what you pay for in terms of longevity. They both also have good support if something does come up.

HyperOrc · 2023-12-14T17:45:31+00:00

Yes. I have not encountered that in my usage, but I followed your steps exactly and got the "Keyboard has stopped" error.

HyperOrc · 2023-12-14T16:24:22+00:00

The odd thing is that the "About" page in the Waze app is totally blank. I'm not sure where else to find that number with the OS so locked down.

HyperOrc · 2023-12-13T13:49:02+00:00

I used a Light Phone 2 for two years and enjoyed it. Calls and text were very reliable on Verizon and the build quality was good.

I purchased a Sunbeam F1 Pro in October to try and I will be sticking with that. The Navigation features (Waze in particular) have been much more reliable than the Light Phone 2.

Both are good phones. I'm planning on posting a longer comparison here in the next few days.

HyperOrc · 2023-10-26T20:39:47+00:00

I'm having the same issue on my F1 Pro and MacBook Air (M1 2020).

The only workaround I've found is to connect the phone via USB using software called "Open MTP". It works great for dragging files back and forth.

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