My current phone is on its last leg and the screen has just started to turn blue 
I’ve been trying to hold onto it for as long as I can, hoping I wouldn’t have to buy a new phone before the Kompakt arrives. I will at least need to back it up, but is there any ETA on the NA Kompakt as of right now?
I think all we know is sometime this month. I’m hoping its soon because it’s meant to be a birthday gift for someone (that totally isn’t me) and the birthday is Saturday. I’m not expecting to have it come in by then but hopefully we’ll have a timeline by then.
We will definitely announce when we are getting ready to ship. Rest assured that we’re still on track to start shipping Mudita Kompakt this month.
This month means end of May, if you look at when the Global version shipped I am strongly assuming NA phones won’t start shipping till the week of May 19th at the earliest
We can always hope haha. But I won’t be upset unless it’s not shipping by 5/31
No way they will happen lol, it is shipping way before that!
I was hoping it would directly follow global shipments
Me too but I think they would have announced NA shipping by now. They announced Global a week before they started.
I was at least hoping for an announcement that they have received the NA versions. They announced when Mudita received the Global versions at their office. It makes me worried Mudita has not even received the NA versions yet?
Yeah. Jokes aside, I wish we got a single update about them. Even if that were the case, I would still rather be told the truth than left in the dark.
I just asked about it here: Customer support thread (all questions welcome)
Posting “NA version when” every day until we get a more detailed shipping update on the NA versions- that isn’t either “May”, a rumor, or an AI image of people packing them in a warehouse. 
My guess is we get an announcement next friday that phones will ship the following week!
Fingers crossed 
I sure hope it’s very soon. I need this phone now more than ever
I hear you my friend! I am DYING to get this phone lol, thank god I have the light phone 2 as I wait, I will always have a special place in my heart for this small at often times frustrating phone lol, but it taught me patience and kept me in the moment and literally rewired my brain, that being said, I want my Kompakt! lol
Assuming you actually are right about the 19th we should get an announcement on Monday
Actually thats true!
I am very disappointed in how all of this was handled, if it were me, I would have said June shipping, and surprise, it’s shipping earlier than expected. Other problems are the wording, such as they’ll announce the shipping date well in advance, so now on May 8th, what does well in advance mean? or that it is on track, it’s on schedule, what that schedule is? They won’t say. If this is to make people excited, and thinking about the Kompakt, that is the wrong direction.
I do not like anticipation, and there is no way of avoiding anticipation with something that advertises a lifestyle change. Since last year I had been telling myself, no I am not getting a Kompakt, coming up with any reason I can that I will not like it. Even though I have been longing for a useable e-ink phone for the past 5 years. Because I knew that once I began to anticipate it’s arrival, I would begin thinking about it, and that would take me out of my present moment, I wouldn’t be living NOW. Funny since this phone is something that is suppose motivate people to live in that way, yet the long anticipation of it’s arrival is forcing them to await a future that is not now. I placed an order a month ago because I figured okay I can wait a month without it taking up so much mental energy I end up resenting the thing when it finally arrives, but now that has become at least two months.
The solution I have come up with, I will no longer check this website for updates, nor will I be checking my email. I’ll try to put it out of my mind, and when a box arrives then I can begin thinking about the Kompakt, otherwise I am not going to let it steal my focus just like every other piece of technology.
I don’t understand why they can’t just tell us the current status. It’s not like I’m asking them to hurry up. Just a simple thing like “they are still being shipped to our warehouse” or “our employees are taking a little break before starting the next batch”. Any communication other than “still on track for May” would be fantastic.
@nownotlater Welcome to the Mudita Forum. We’re glad you’re here 
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 
We’re trying to walk a fine line here We set a realistic timeline, stuck to it, and now we’re hearing we should have underpromised just to overdeliver! If only pleasing everyone were that simple.
We totally get that anticipation can feel at odds with the very spirit of mindful tech use, and we admire your self-awareness in recognizing how it was affecting your focus. While we wish we could teleport Mudita Kompakts to everyone instantly, we’re genuinely proud that we’ve kept to the original schedule we set back in October with no delays, no last-minute surprises.
Hopefully, when that box does arrive, it’ll feel like a quiet little gift to your present-moment self.
Until then, we support your decision to step away and stay grounded.
That’s exactly the kind of intentional living we’re here for.
