The device has an e-ink display and claims to have a very good speaker. The operating system has a meditation app and an "inspirational quotes" app.
I'm still curious about which kind of person would purchase a device like this instead of a feature phone, given that they are way cheaper.
> I'm still curious about which kind of person would purchase a device like this instead of a feature phone
At uni we had a teacher that used to brag telling the story about how he bought his phone. Allegedly he went into the store and asked about the most basic phone.
No, not the cheapest phone, but the basic. Because he didn't needed cameras and apps and stuff.
I'm fairly positive that's the kind of people this phone is targeted at.
"Although we would have liked to only use 2G, the least harmful radio frequency, it is currently being phased out around the world. We spent a good amount of time trying to find a flexible, modern and global GSM module, which could be used for travelling anywhere in the world. With the user’s health in mind, Pure always chooses the lowest spectrum available to limit radiation."
My theory is this is because they know their core market now is old people and other "basic users" who will never bother looking for these features.