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Consumer phones, mobile operating systems, repairability, and device markets.

5,629 stories · 92 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026632 stories
MiMo v2.6↗ mimo.xiaomi.com · HN · 482 comments · 1130 points · Sep 21, 2026
Your phone is about to stop being yours↗ keepandroidopen.org · HN · 889 comments · 1702 points · Apr 28, 2026
All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027↗ theolivepress.es · HN · 1268 comments · 1446 points · Apr 20, 2026
Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 562 comments · 1298 points · Mar 04, 2026
Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS↗ motorolanews.com · HN · 884 comments · 2358 points · Mar 02, 2026
2025765 stories
Nano Banana Pro↗ blog.google · HN · 685 comments · 1275 points · Nov 20, 2025
Finland Bans Smartphones in Schools↗ yle.fi · HN · 472 comments · 790 points · Apr 30, 2025
Two new PebbleOS watches↗ ericmigi.com · HN · 525 comments · 1658 points · Mar 18, 2025
It is as if you were on your phone↗ pippinbarr.com · HN · 132 comments · 852 points · Mar 09, 2025
We're bringing Pebble back↗ repebble.com · HN · 738 comments · 2843 points · Jan 27, 2025
2024775 stories
Google Pixel 9 Pro↗ store.google.com · HN · 1170 comments · 514 points · Aug 13, 2024
Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)↗ howtoware.co · HN · 141 comments · 424 points · Jun 17, 2024
Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet↗ daylightcomputer.com · HN · 858 comments · 2230 points · May 23, 2024
We're ending our Samsung collaboration↗ ifixit.com · HN · 396 comments · 678 points · May 23, 2024
Kobo announces color e-readers↗ theverge.com · HN · 205 comments · 396 points · Apr 10, 2024
2023817 stories
The Invisible Screen – An E-Paper Smart Display↗ shop.invisible-computers.com · HN · 128 comments · 136 points · Dec 26, 2023
Using Qt for Mobile in 2023↗ camg.me · HN · 67 comments · 99 points · Dec 25, 2023
Beeper Mini is back↗ blog.beeper.com · HN · 249 comments · 233 points · Dec 11, 2023
My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do↗ raymii.org · HN · 37 comments · 69 points · Jun 15, 2023
Why a European mobile operating system can’t challenge Android and iOS↗ gael-duval.medium.com · HN · 91 comments · 65 points · Mar 27, 2023
2022848 stories
Cramming 'Papers, Please' onto Phones↗ dukope.com · HN · 180 comments · 1297 points · Aug 06, 2022
Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED↗ asus.com · HN · 575 comments · 588 points · Aug 05, 2022
Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technology after two decades↗ cnn.com · HN · 581 comments · 633 points · Jul 20, 2022
I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone↗ smallandroidphone.com · HN · 1053 comments · 1658 points · May 17, 2022
Why I will never buy another Samsung device↗ lehtimaeki.medium.com · HN · 634 comments · 828 points · Feb 22, 2022
2021873 stories
SerenityOS demo at Handmade Seattle 2021 [video]↗ media.handmade-seattle.com · HN · 180 comments · 786 points · Nov 18, 2021
Germany wants smartphone makers to offer 7 years of software updates↗ xda-developers.com · HN · 351 comments · 718 points · Sep 06, 2021
Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were called "feature phones"↗ twitter.com · HN · 397 comments · 679 points · May 20, 2021
It's your device, you should be able to repair it↗ bbc.com · HN · 553 comments · 707 points · Apr 30, 2021
How to overcome Phone Addiction↗ cognitiontoday.com · HN · 298 comments · 742 points · Jan 02, 2021
2020919 stories
Dasung just released a 25 inch eInk monitor↗ reddit.com · HN · 382 comments · 725 points · Dec 25, 2020
The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017)↗ journals.uchicago.edu · HN · 369 comments · 874 points · Sep 18, 2020
E Ink smart screen puts a newspaper on your wall↗ onezero.medium.com · HN · 300 comments · 597 points · Apr 10, 2020
4.2″ and 7.5″ NFC-powered e-Paper Displays Work without Battery↗ cnx-software.com · HN · 146 comments · 770 points · Mar 17, 2020
ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 319 comments · 641 points · Mar 17, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

MiMo v2.6↗ mimo.xiaomi.com · HN · 482 comments · 1130 points · Sep 21, 2026
There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 143 comments · 321 points · Sep 22, 2026
Minimal Phone 2↗ minimalcompany.com · HN · 262 comments · 328 points · Sep 18, 2026
Playa Phone↗ playaphone.com · HN · 235 comments · 751 points · Aug 31, 2026
How my e-reader lost its stripes↗ serpentine.com · HN · 47 comments · 226 points · Sep 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

MiMo v2.6↗ mimo.xiaomi.com · HN · 482 comments · 1130 points · Sep 21, 2026
Playa Phone↗ playaphone.com · HN · 235 comments · 751 points · Aug 31, 2026
Minimal Phone 2↗ minimalcompany.com · HN · 262 comments · 328 points · Sep 18, 2026
There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 143 comments · 321 points · Sep 22, 2026
Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements↗ theregister.com · HN · 203 comments · 310 points · Sep 07, 2026
I don't have a smartphone or at least I wish I didn't↗ ploum.net · HN · 261 comments · 265 points · Sep 02, 2026
How my e-reader lost its stripes↗ serpentine.com · HN · 47 comments · 226 points · Sep 14, 2026
Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 218 comments · 225 points · Sep 07, 2026
How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 261 comments · 203 points · Sep 04, 2026
RotaryCell: Making an unmodified rotary phone work over LTE with an ESP32-S3↗ github.com · HN · 53 comments · 157 points · Sep 01, 2026

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