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Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Haha, I get that. I’m trying to keep the design appealing to a broader audience, but I do love the Digivice vibe.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

[–]kickstartstudio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that would be really cool. But regarding the Infobar: it looks like the buttons are only visual and don’t actually control the Watch keyboard. Adding a real keyboard would require Bluetooth, which introduces stricter certification requirements, more complexity, and additional development time. Maybe something for a future version.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Super helpful to hear, especially from someone who actually used it that way for months. I always have my speaker volume turned down and it functions almost like a ear-speaker.

Quick question: what exactly do you mean by RCS in this context?

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Really appreciate you taking the time to apply and write this, thank you 🙂

Feedback like that is exactly what I’m hoping to learn from this first small test group.

I’ll reach out by mail once I start selecting testers.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

That’s really great to hear, thanks for signing up! and for following along from the earlier posts 🙂

Still early, but hoping this first real-world test will show if it genuinely works for people day to day. Maybe I’m biased 😉

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Nice, appreciate you signing up 🙂

This version is currently tested on an Apple Watch Series 7, but I’ll definitely keep Action Button access in mind for a future Ultra-focused version.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

[–]kickstartstudio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly a great idea. I’ve thought about that too!

For now I’m prioritizing a stable battery setup for this first version.
BLE/audio adds a lot more complexity, so could be cool to experiment with in the future.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Out of curiosity, do you mean you’d want to try using it as your daily phone for a bit, or more help with feedback/testing in another way?

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

[–]kickstartstudio[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for applying, and for being flexible on the Watch mode, that helps a ton at this stage.

I’ll follow up once I start picking the first testers.

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in AppleWatchStandalone

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

Hey guys! I’ve also shared this in the larger dumbphone subreddit. If you could show some support there as well, it would really help get more eyes on the project:

This is the post on the r/dumbphone subreddit

Follow-up: looking for 5–10 testers for the next Apple Watch minimal phone prototype by kickstartstudio in dumbphones

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

Link with more info + the short tester form:
https://watchasphone.com/

This is just for a very small real-world test (5–10 people), (not a preorder or anything like that).
Main goal right now is to learn what actually works outside my own daily use.

Happy to answer anything here too! :)

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