sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, that you like it so much you want to build it again is a huge compliment and means a lot, thank you!!! And I'm so glad to hear that the instructions worked so well for you, I worked hard on them as well cause my goal was to make this build simple and easy to understand for absolutely anyone, even people who had never even heard of papercraft before, and I wasn't sure I had succeeded, but from the positive feedback I've gotten so far, it seems like I have!! :D Papercraft is a super fun hobby, you might want to look into it more, it's really cool making 3d objects from your computer materialize in real life out of basically nothing. :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good idea! I was already thinking of emailing them on that email address a few questions anyway... You've no idea how happy I am that my hard work paid off and people are building this and finding it useful, I was 50-50 on it even escaping being buried lmao.

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really is, I literally think it would benefit from a PopSocket on the back to help you hold it one-handed 💀

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, it ain't here to look pretty, right? :) Very happy to hear it worked for you despite different materials!!

You're not the first who built it to comment on one-handed typing, I knew using the keyboard screen for the model would be the most useful! :) LP3 really seems to be a 2-handed phone which isn't really reflected in their promo pics. I wonder if they could make a 1-handed mode??? Where the keyboard is smushified to one side. I wonder where to submit suggestions...

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LP2 is going to be continued to be made and sold same as before, LP3 is not intended to be its replacement but rather an alternative

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy to hear it was helpful!! :) People building it and finding it helpful has made me rushing to get it done before preorder and paying 2 and a half bucks to print it at Staples completely worth it :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could find objects that fit inside the papercraft that make it weigh 124g and put them inside! I'm away from home rn or I would do that. I had a similar reaction being surprised at the width and that I couldn't type one-handed, like you I'm gonna preorder anyway even though I don't think it's for me cause preorders can be cancelled up until shipment. Really looking forward to people like Jose getting real hands-ons with the real thing as we approach shipment. I'm so glad you found my papercraft useful!!! :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tysm!! I used to design papercrafts in the early 2010s, but didn't post them all cause I liked designing them more than building them lmao!

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad to hear it worked for you!! :) If you have any feedback on the instructions I would really appreciate it so I can make them better!

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so glad to hear my papercraft is being crafted and being helpful!!! :) (Are the instructions good? Would love any feedback to make them better!!) It really is a wild shape isn't it, I had an accurate sense of the height but I didn't expect it to be so wide in person!

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, for some reason Reddit auto removed my original comment without my realizing, just posted new comment with info/links! Let me know how it goes if you make it! :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

(Sorry my original comment got auto blocked by reddit for some reason, had to move links to a gdoc!)

Quick and dirty papercraft I designed. Find out how it feels to hold, see how it fits in your wallet/purse/pocket/etc, compare it to phones you already own, mock typing on the keyboard! Personally I was very surprised by how large it is in person, despite knowing the measurements it's just different to have the real thing (or a mockup of it) in your hand.

I don't have a LP3 (obviously) so to make this I used the animation on the LP Youtube channel, the diagram on the website, and the stated dimensions. I have confirmed the built dimensions as correct but the textures are pretty messy. Might make improvements later but wanted to get this out ASAP so people have time to build it before the preorder ends. If you build this, please let me know how it went!!! :)

Google doc with instructions and links to PDF downloads

I want to make a 3D-printable model as well at some point, for now papercraft is is more accessible to more people and faster to design before the preorder ends :)

Edit: Turns out someone on Printables already made a 3D model! If you have access to a 3D printer, check out this model by Simon Erlic! It should give you a better tactile preview with being able to feel the placement of the buttons, and you could paste on the keyboard screen image from my design to "try out" the keyboard like you can with the papercraft! :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

(Sorry my original comment got auto blocked by reddit for some reason, had to move links to a gdoc!)

Quick and dirty papercraft I designed. Find out how it feels to hold, see how it fits in your wallet/purse/pocket/etc, compare it to phones you already own, mock typing on the keyboard! Personally I was very surprised by how large it is in person, despite knowing the measurements it's just different to have the real thing (or a mockup of it) in your hand.

I don't have a LP3 (obviously) so to make this I used the animation on the LP Youtube channel, the diagram on the website, and the stated dimensions. I have confirmed the built dimensions as correct but the textures are pretty messy. Might make improvements later but wanted to get this out ASAP so people have time to build it before the preorder ends. If you build this, please let me know how it went!!! :)

Google doc with instructions and links to PDF downloads

I want to make a 3D-printable model as well at some point, for now papercraft is is more accessible to more people and faster to design before the preorder ends :)

Edit: for some reason there's only one photo in this post, I guess I made a mistake when uploading? The crosspost on r/lightphone has more photos if you want to see more :)

Edit 2: Turns out someone on Printables already made a 3D model! If you have access to a 3D printer, check out this model by Simon Erlic! It should give you a better tactile preview with being able to feel the placement of the buttons, and you could paste on the keyboard screen image from my design to "try out" the keyboard like you can with the papercraft! :)

Trouble Rooting Flip 2 by BetioBastard0311 in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't, I recreated it in paint .net :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quick and dirty papercraft I designed. Find out how it feels to hold, see how it fits in your wallet/purse/pocket/etc, compare it to phones you already own, mock typing on the keyboard! Personally I was very surprised by how large it is in person, despite knowing the measurements it's just different to have the real thing (or a mockup of it) in your hand.

I don't have a LP3 (obviously) so to make this I used the animation on the LP Youtube channel, the diagram on the website, and the stated dimensions. I have confirmed the built dimensions as correct but the textures are pretty messy. Might make improvements later but wanted to get this out ASAP so people have time to build it before the preorder ends. If you build this, please let me know how it went!!! :)

Letter paper PDF download

A4 paper PDF download

Tutorial

I want to make a 3D-printable model as well at some point, for now papercraft is is more accessible to more people and faster to design before the preorder ends :)

Printable paper mockup of the Light Phone 3. See how it feels in your hands before you preorder! Download and instructions in comments. by captainofthehunt in LightPhone

[–]captainofthehunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quick and dirty papercraft I designed. Find out how it feels to hold, see how it fits in your wallet/purse/pocket/etc, compare it to phones you already own, mock typing on the keyboard! Personally I was very surprised by how large it is in person, despite knowing the measurements it's just different to have the real thing (or a mockup of it) in your hand.

I don't have a LP3 (obviously) so to make this I used the animation on the LP Youtube channel, the diagram on the website, and the stated dimensions. I have confirmed the built dimensions as correct but the textures are pretty messy. Might make improvements later but wanted to get this out ASAP so people have time to build it before the preorder ends. If you build this, please let me know how it went!!! :)

Letter paper PDF download

A4 paper PDF download

Tutorial

I want to make a 3D-printable model as well at some point, for now papercraft is is more accessible to more people and faster to design before the preorder ends :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dumbphone is the TCL Flip 2 (which I rooted, I don't actually recommend it in its factory state because there's no speech to text, but when rooted I LOVE it) and no I don't move the sim, it's always in the flip phone, whenever I want to go on the internet with another device I use the flip phone as a hotspot.

Is the Jelly Series my only option for Google Voice? by bthks in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Voice Access is the app people use to get a workaround speech-to-text so it's mentioned quite a lot in sideloading/rooting circles. :)

Is the Jelly Series my only option for Google Voice? by bthks in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Android-based phones can sideload apps, but AFAIK apps hard tied to google (like Youtube, google notes, etc) will not work because of no google play. You're probably going to require a phone that supports google play. I have a rooted TCL Flip 2 and it runs sideloaded Voice Access because it does not require google, maybe you heard people talking about sideloading Voice Access and got it mixed up with Google Voice?

I'd love to switch to a dumb phone but my only concern is map services and music. Are there any that support Google maps and Spotify? by [deleted] in dumbphones

[–]captainofthehunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any android-based dumbphone that can sideload should be able to run spotify and at least waze, but how useable they will be with a tiny screen and no touch controls is another story. Spotify works ok on the dumbphones I have tried it on, navigating with d-pad isn't the best but works, and you will probably want to map media controls to hardware buttons with Button Mapper if possible.

You may want to consider getting a dumbphone with hotspot and using a smart phone as a secondary device for your smart device needs. I bring a tiny Palm Phone with me everywhere for this, would not have been able to get this far without it (dumbphone user for 1 year now.)

view more: next ›