{
 "id": 69828,
 "slug": "punkt-mp01-a-phone-without-apps-or-internet",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/punkt-mp01-a-phone-without-apps-or-internet/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Punkt MP01, a phone without apps or internet",
 "subtitle": "Calling and texting only, with a battery that lasts weeks.",
 "summary": "The Punkt MP01 is a mobile phone deliberately built without apps or internet: it only calls and texts. When I started using it in 2016, its minimal software meant the battery lasted weeks between charges.",
 "topics": [
  "creativity",
  "design",
  "experiment",
  "health",
  "lifestyle",
  "minimal",
  "review",
  "smartphone"
 ],
 "date": "2016-10-01",
 "published": "2016-10-01T00:00:00+02:00",
 "created": "2026-08-30T07:13:39.135000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-30T07:17:02.347000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2016-10-01_harvesting-boredom-to-let-creativity-flourish/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "What can the Punkt MP01 dumb phone actually do?",
 "text": "The MP01 was designed as a simple phone for basic calling and text messaging. It has big round buttons with a satisfying clicky tap and runs a minimal operating system that is neither Android nor iOS. There are no apps beyond a built-in alarm and a calendar that only shows the date; you cannot even save appointments.\nIt does support bluetooth carkits, and because the phone does so little, its relatively large battery lasts weeks before it needs a charge. The box contains a booklet, a charger, a SIM tool and a headset.\nI bought it for a three month experiment: deliberately creating boredom, because the constant stream of messages and lookups on a smartphone was hindering my creativity. Internet access remained available, but only through my laptop.",
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}