First impressions: Enough Phone bets small-phone fans won’t mind the thickness
Somewhere between bigger screens and thicker camera bumps, phones became awkward to carry in jeans pockets. The Enough Phone wants to bring back the smaller format. Its height and width are close to Mini territory, but the depth? That extra thickness could undo much of the appeal.
Three founders from Sleke and Dumbwireless are raising money for the Enough Phone on Kickstarter, and the hardware so far is a non-working prototype. You can order the handset with Android 17 or with OdysseyOS, Sleke’s pared-down fork that keeps maps and music but drops social feeds. Shipping is penciled in for May 2027.
Two dimensions shrink, the third doesn’t
The campaign photos put the Enough Phone next to an iPhone 12 mini, and the resemblance is hard to miss. The Enough Phone measures 133 × 64 mm, with a width that should keep one-handed use comfortable. The 5.3-inch display has a 1520 × 720 resolution. That may not be sharp by today’s standards, but I don’t need a high-resolution panel to read texts or follow a map.
Depth comes in at 12 mm. An iPhone 17 measures 7.8 mm.
I multiplied all three sides out of curiosity and got 102,000 cubic millimeters. A Galaxy S26 Ultra comes to about 101,000 by the same math. Nobody pitches a compact phone as having the volume of Samsung’s biggest slab. The arithmetic says it does.
Where the extra depth goes is easy to see. Four screws hold the back plate, and behind it waits a 3,500 mAh battery you can swap at home with the screwdriver that ships in the box. I’m glad to see a user-replaceable cell come back.
The depth buys less than I’d hoped
As the Gadget Flow team’s resident foldable obsessive, I can’t sneer at a chunky phone. A folded flip earns its bulk by opening into a bigger screen. The Enough Phone’s extra millimeters don’t open into anything, and 3,500 mAh is a modest return on a 12 mm body.
There’s no headphone jack either. One of the founders blamed tight internal space and the goal of keeping the price under $600, an explanation I find hard to square with a 12 mm chassis.
Then the unknowns. The campaign doesn’t say whether the display is OLED or LCD, and working samples aren’t due until December 2026. The Enough Phone is worth backing when pocket size outranks every other spec on your list, and an easy skip for anyone expecting all that thickness to pay out in battery life.
Mini owners, mostly
You’re the audience when an iPhone 12 Mini or 13 Mini is still in your pocket and its battery is fading. Co-founder Brennan Jordan framed the bet in one line. “What’s not a success for Apple could be a home run for us,” he said.
OdysseyOS buyers make sense here too. A small screen suits software built to be put down.
Price is the hurdle. Retail is set at $599 for a midrange MediaTek Dimensity 7500, and the $449 Early Bird tier still had spots left at the time of writing.
My take for now
I like what the Enough Phone is trying to do. A replaceable battery and software support through 2032 are both welcome. But why make a compact phone this thick? If it occupies as much space as a Galaxy S26 Ultra, I haven’t gained much by going smaller. The 3,500 mAh battery also needs to prove it can last a full day. I’d rather try one before spending my money.
