Mudita Kompakt Review from Romania

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Hello! I got the Mudita Kompakt yesterday and wanted to share some stuff I loved about the phone, and things I believe could have some more features.

BTW, any other Mudita Kompakt owners from Romania? Greetings!

First impressions, I love the design and form factor of the phone. It feels great to hold, albeit the case is a tiny bit too slippery for my hands, but it isn’t a deal-breaker. The e-ink screen is by far the feature I love the most about it, and the fact that it runs Android, because I do need internet messaging for my faculty.

Some stuff I noticed for sildeloading:

  • I installed F-Droid Basic which seems to perform better with e-ink screens, as I also have used it on my e-ink tablet.
  • You can disable animations from the developer settings, which can help with some apps.
  • The developer settings has a ‘search’ button that also lets you search for any settings that aren’t on the main screen, which is quite useful.
  • GPS location may take a day or so to work. It didn’t work at all for me when I got the phone, but started working the next day. I also rebooted the phone if that changed anything.

Stuff I wish the phone would have:

  • Option to set the battery charging to 80% max, since I really want to prolongue the battery life
  • Romanian support for the keyboard, although I understand this can be a difficult thing to implement. For the moment, I sideloaded Fossify keyboard.
  • I have seen a discussion for an always-on display option. If it gets implemented, I’d like to have the option to disable it or choose a photo for the ‘off’ lock screen, like on some e-readers.

Overall, I am really pleased with the Kompakt and I really like what Mudita has done with it so far! It really feels like the perfect middle-ground for me, choosing only what really matters (and, of course, gotta love that e-ink screen! ).

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I wouldn’t worry about the battery too much, anyways just think about it you are going to charge it 3-6 times less, than any smartphone battery. That’s much fewer charging cycles. This phone is going to hold longer then you wish for :smile:

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I see, thanks for the tip! My last phone’s battery was really bad; it would last like half a day lol

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im using mudita with whatsapp and telegram and the battery 3 days ±

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@fedin78 Welcome to the Mudita Forum! We’re glad you’re here!
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback, our team is reviewing all feedback from our community and it helps us make better devices.

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Romanian as well. Enjoying my Kompakt. I’m thinking of using Fossify for the keyboard. How is it? Now I feel like the writing in the era of dumbphones without diacritics, which is not uncommon for a lot of us. I’m trying to stay away from sideloading. Challenging. Did you send any mms? I couldn’t which is probably a thing from my Orange plan. I’d like to avoid google services, meta, etc. but it’s not easy to get back to sms >))))

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