A new Android phone is trying to bring back the small phone. The Enough Phone has a 5.3-inch screen, a battery you can take out and replace yourself, and a promise of five years of software updates. It is now on Kickstarter, with reservations from $399 and shipping planned for May 2027.
It is a crowdfunding project, not a finished product on shelves, so everything below is what the company is aiming for. The phone was first announced in June, and the maker has since shown a dummy sample.
The company’s target specification post describes a mid-range phone. It uses MediaTek’s Dimensity 7500 chip with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The 5.3-inch IPS screen is 1,520 x 720 pixels, and the body measures 132.8 x 63.8 x 12mm, which makes it thicker than the iPhone 13 mini but about the same size in the hand.
The cameras are a 50MP main sensor, which is a Sony IMX766, and a 32MP selfie camera. The fingerprint reader sits in the power button, and the phone also supports face unlock, 5G, eSIM and NFC for contactless payments. Notebookcheck’s write-up of the specification post adds a microSD card slot.
Small phones have mostly vanished from the market. Most makers now sell screens of six inches and above, and Android Authority’s recent reader poll suggests plenty of buyers still want something smaller. The 720p panel works out to about 317 pixels per inch, which is sharp enough at this size, and the Dimensity 7500 is a 4nm mid-range chip that should keep power use low on a small battery.
The battery is the feature the phone is built around. It is user-replaceable, and the company is targeting about 3,500mAh, a range that runs up to 4,000mAh, and the company says the final capacity is not decided. Whether it will use the newer silicon-carbon cells that pack in more capacity is not stated.
On software, buyers can run Android 17 or a stripped-down, dumbphone-style system called OdysseyOS. The company is aiming for five years of updates, which would take Android support to 2032, according to Android Authority.
On Kickstarter, the super-early-bird tier is $399, the regular early-bird tier is $449 and general backers pay $499. The planned retail price is $599. The company has said it needs at least 20,000 customers to make the phone happen, and by Notebookcheck’s August count about 4,500 had left an email address.
As with any crowdfunded hardware, a reservation is a bet on a team shipping on time, and the May 2027 date is an estimate. The company has not said which countries it will ship to.
