The bottom grille is stereo speakers and the audio is surprisingly good-it will get big! I had to relearn how to download music again, but once I did, I uploaded several albums like GNX, Through the Light Phone’s web dashboard on your PC. (The phone has 128 GB of internal storage.) Unfortunately, there is no headphone jack, but you can pair wireless earbuds with Bluetooth. It quickly pairs with the Bluetooth of my car so I can pull out music or podcasts on the ride. Speaking of which, it’s easy to add specific podcasts through the online dashboard, you can force the podcast tool to sync on your device for new episodes.
The microphone is also solid in quality. I answered multiple calls and no one noticed my voice quality was lacking. Even in the Notes app, you can write notes or record voice memos, and my voice sounds clear, although I mainly document myself in a relatively quiet environment.
The 1,800-MAH battery can easily last for two days. If you play music or podcast for a few hours, that’s a huge reduction. It charges via USB-C. The four screws on the back make it easier to replace the battery, although this does mean you only get an IP54 waterproof rating; it’s great in the rain, but don’t put it in the water.
Photo: Julian Chokkattu
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Photo: Julian Chokkattu
You may use the phone tool the most. Adding a contact is a quick event on the dashboard via Google Contacts (you can upload .vcf), and since the design is more extensive, texting is better on this phone than its predecessor, although you still find it squeezed. You can even attach images you captured from the Lightweight Phone III to Convos.
Direction tools are very useful. It is powered here and I successfully got a Google Maps-style driving and walking route. However, I noticed that the built-in GPS is a bit slow and can find its location, especially indoors. There is a public transport option, although this is more similar to printing a set of instructions from MapQuest.
I like the catalogue very much. If you want to find a nearby coffee shop or look up a museum’s time, enter it and you will get a range of details such as operation time, contact information, and even a star rating (sometimes). You can quickly choose to navigate there via a monochrome map or make a call.
On the back is a 50-megapixel camera with an 8-megapixel selfie camera. The results were better than expected, but this may be because my expectations were low. Smartphones with comparable value will easily capture the photo quality of the lightweight phone III, but I found myself loving the Lo-Fi look of these images. In a low light setting, you have to adjust the exposure compensation to get anything available. Even then, it will look super granular, but that’s popular, right? Now you have to connect your lightweight phone III to your computer and enable media transfer on your phone to transfer photos, but eventually, they will sync to your web dashboard.
