Keyphone
Keyphone The Hybrid
Modular and repairable. Keypad, battery, camera and screen all swap out.
Shipping Cold turkey devices
$399 to $464
$399 direct with the numeric keypad and the 13MP camera. The Signature QWERTY keyboard adds $35 and the 20MP camera module adds $30, so a fully specified Hybrid is $464. Dumbwireless sells the QWERTY build at $428.
- TypeKeypad bar
- SoftwareCustom minimal OS
- Screen2.8" LCD
- Network4G
- Introduced 2025
Software and apps
- Operating system
- Custom skin on AOSP 15: 15 built-in apps, no app store
- App store
- No app store
- Web browser
- No
- NoEmail and the hotspot are not built yet.
- Sideloading
- No
- No
- Spotify
- No
- Podcasts
- Unknown
- Apple Music
- No
- Your own MP3s
- Unknown
- RCS messaging
- No
- Group texts
- Unknown
- Android Auto
- YesOptional Google services cover Android Auto and contact syncing.
- Maps
- Unknown
Hardware
- Form factor
- Bar with swappable keypad (T9 / QWERTY / touch)
- Screen
- 2.8in at 480x640 in Hybrid mode; the 4.0in full-screen model runs 540x1080. Touch works but can be switched off, and the Hybrid has no on-screen keyboard.
- Camera
- Yes
- Battery
- 2,400 mAh user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- Weight
- 159 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 4G
- VoLTE
- Unknown
- SIM
- Dual SIM + eSIM + microSDOne physical SIM plus eSIM profiles. Keyphone's product page calls the tray hybrid dual. MicroSD is rated to 128GB, and the manual labels the single side tray SIM/SD card.
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- NoEmail and the hotspot are not built yet.
- Bands
- 4G LTE FDD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28B, 66, 71
- Works on
- AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Carriers
- Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, plus MVNOs including Mint, Cricket, Metro, US Mobile, Visible, Total, Straight Talk, Tracfone, Red Pocket, Xfinity Mobile and Consumer Cellular. Bell, Telus and Rogers in Canada; EE, O2, Vodafone and Three in the UK.
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, Canada, Ships worldwide
- Countries
- Sold direct to the US, Canada and internationally. Keyphone publishes carrier lists for the US, Canada, the UK, the EU and Israel.
- Amazon
- amazon.comAffiliate link, and a search rather than one listing, because the sellers change. Buying through it pays this site a commission at no extra cost to you.
- Retailer
- dumbwireless.com
- Also sold at
- dumbwireless.com; Amazon
Notes
Sideloading and APK installs are blocked outright, so the fifteen or so built-in apps are the whole phone. Email and the hotspot are not built yet. Some retailers advertise 6GB and 128GB, but Keyphone's own documentation says 4GB and 64GB.
Last updated September 16, 2026.
