Light
Light Phone II
E Ink, tiny, and still supported. Where a lot of people started.
Limited stock Cold turkey devices
$299
$299 new in either color, the same figure for the North American and International models. Light also prices refurbished units at $175 and open box at $225, each with a one-year warranty, though both sit on unlisted store pages rather than in the shop itself.
- TypeTouch bar
- SoftwareCustom minimal OS
- Screen2.84" E-ink / e-paper
- Network4G
- Introduced 2019
Software and apps
- Operating system
- LightOS (custom, Android-based)
- App store
- Curated apps
- Web browser
- No
- No
- Sideloading
- Unknown
- No
- Spotify
- No
- Podcasts
- Yes
- Apple Music
- No
- Your own MP3s
- Yes
- RCS messaging
- No
- Group texts
- Yes
- Android Auto
- NoLightOS has no Google services.
- Maps
- Built-in maps
Hardware
- Form factor
- Bar (touch)
- Screen
- E Ink, black and white, no backlight, with a screen light that comes on automatically in low light.
- Camera
- No
- Battery
- 950 mAh not user-replaceable
- USB-C
- No
- Headphone jack
- Yes
- Water and dust
- IPX3
- Weight
- 78 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 4G4G LTE (FDD) with VoLTE. 5G SIM cards work in it, at 4G speeds.
- VoLTE
- Yes
- SIM
- Physical SIMNano-SIM
- Wi-Fi hotspot
- YesHotspot arrived in a firmware update, not at launch.
- Bands
- North American model: B2, B4, B12, B13, B17, B25, B26. International model: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28
- Works on
- AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
- Carriers
- Unlocked, in two regional models. In the US Light lists AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (no prepaid, no Numbershare), Ting, Mint, US Mobile and its own Light plan; Sprint, Google Fi, Cricket, Spectrum, Xfinity, Consumer Cellular, US Cellular, Metro, Straight Talk, Tracfone and Visible are out, along with most other MVNOs. In Canada, Telus, Public Mobile and Koodo.
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, Ships worldwide
- Countries
- Two models. The North American one covers the US and Canada; the International one has listed carriers in 51 countries across Europe, Asia, Australasia and parts of South America. Light's own store ships to 80 countries.
- Buy
- thelightphone.comAffiliate link. Buying through it pays this site a commission; it costs you nothing extra and it did not decide what the row above says.
Notes
Light says it has no plans to stop making or supporting this one. The interface is English only, and the APN cannot be edited on this model, which matters on some prepaid carriers.
Last updated September 16, 2026.
