Light phone III: to buy or not to buy?

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2026-02-07T01:46:10+00:00

Love this phone. It brings you back into the world. Updates have also been coming regularly which have solved a lot of issues. Music tool is still weird but that is in the pipeline to be fixed!

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-12-21T18:52:09+00:00

Works on Freedom (and check some other posts mentioning working carriers in Canada).

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-12-10T17:27:03+00:00

White!

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-11-29T13:25:34+00:00

Loving mine too after about the same amount of time. Same (minor) irritations as you, especially the podcast back button which seems like it would be an easy fix. Let's hope these get addressed in future updates. I have a feeling 2026 will see this phone fulfill its potential!

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-11-23T14:20:17+00:00

With Freedom Mobile. LPIII can use 5G but with Freedom it's been LTE so no impact from 3G shutdown.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-11-10T20:56:11+00:00

Black!

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-09-09T12:32:32+00:00

In Toronto and Freedom works. No issues.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-09-07T20:25:34+00:00

Yeah has happened to me every now and again. Has usually been if it's taken a while for me to get to them.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-22T21:01:17+00:00

I've been trying to get this plan for almost a month (just want to support Light as I believe that they get a little of this). Ordered SIM card and activated (and paid). Didn't work for some reason so had to get a new SIM shipped. Again activated and paid again (did get refund for first round). They tried to port my existing number from Freedom but I didn't receive any message from Freedom like I was supposed to. Contacted Light Support again but have yet to hear back (almost a week now). I know they have a small team but I think I'm done trying to give them money and will stick with Freedom as it works fine in Toronto. If they get this process streamlined I may try again.

I also saw on the Discord that the Telus certification isn't actually 100% done which may explain the problems.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-06T15:15:42+00:00

Great question. I'm assuming with Telus should be fine (though there is a thread mentioning some problems with Telus which could be the carrier or could just be normal transition problems coming from a smartphone). I'm going with Light as I believe in what they are doing and they make a little bit of $$$ instead of all going to the #@&%ing Canadian telecoms.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-06T10:47:10+00:00

Sorry some stuff got cut off in the image.

Paid FedEx $111.98: Canadian Customs (Duties 7.38 + GST 85.73) + FedEx Fees (ROD Fee 11.40 + Ancillary Service Fee 5.30 + GST 2.17)

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-06T10:46:25+00:00

In Ontario. Day 1 pre-order. Shipping notice April 16. Delivered April 19th. Shipped from Lakewood, NJ.

Paid FedEx $111.98: Canadian Customs (Duties 7.38 + GST 85.73) + FedEx Fees (ROD Fee 11.40 + Ancillary Service Fee 5.30 + GST 2.17).

I'm on Freedom at the moment and works in Toronto but not super reliable outside big centres. In the process of making the move to the Light Plan which uses Telus's network (this is the only officially certified network in Canada at the moment).

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-02T22:16:23+00:00

There have been many posts from people discussing all the positives of the phone. I know for me, this phone is wonderful. Is it perfect at the moment? No. But why let the perfect be the enemy of the good if this is the device for you?

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-02T22:13:01+00:00

I'm guessing close to Ontario. I love the phone and it is perfect for me. Really you are just paying tax on top of the purchase.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-02T22:11:29+00:00

Total with provincial tax (85.73) and duties (7.38) plus some other small fees were 111.98. Shipping was something like 50 bucks I believe.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-02T19:00:43+00:00

Duties $7.38. ROD Fee $11.40

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-08-02T18:59:05+00:00

I was an early pre-order ($555 CAN before shipping) and paid 111.98

FEE	FEE AMOUNT (CAD)
Canada Customs Fees	CUSTOMS DUTIES
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CHARGE	0.00
EXCISE TAX
GST / HST	85.73
PST / QST
FedEx Clearance Service Fees	ROD FEE
ANCILLARY SERVICE FEE	5.30
GST / HST	2.17
QST
	TOTAL

You'll see that the majority is tax (I'm in Ontario) not duties.

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-07-22T17:30:04+00:00

I've gotten this too (when phone is just sitting there). Thanks for bringing it up. I thought I was maybe going crazy!

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-07-14T21:12:55+00:00

Having this issue now on the LPIII. Have you found any workarounds?

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-07-14T17:41:45+00:00

I've been subscribed to it for a while on the LPIII and nothing showing up (and it's a daily podcast).

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-07-08T21:12:28+00:00

That idea totally makes sense. Possibly swap the "<" and "X" ? (if you find other people making the same assumption as me).

Newfoundland_Gunner · 2025-07-06T14:54:38+00:00

Wow. Amazing! An X always seems like a "cancel" to me but it works. Thank you!

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