"Most phones make a familiar bargain: free services and slick apps in exchange for constant tracking, profiling, and data being treated as currency. The line about how if you do not pay for the product, you are the product, has gone from cliché to lived reality. Punkt. has been quietly pushing back against that logic for years, starting with minimalist feature phones and now moving into full touchscreen territory with the same philosophy intact."
"AphyOS splits the phone into two spaces. Vault is the calm, minimalist home screen with Punkt. curated, privacy-friendly apps and Proton services, a hardened enclave for mail, calendar, messaging, and files. Wild Web is a swipe away, where you can install any app you want, but each one lives in its own privacy bubble, with clear controls over what data flows where and who gets to see it."
"The interface is deliberately color-free and stripped back. Icons are simple, backgrounds are monochrome, and the whole thing is designed to reduce visual noise and cognitive load. The idea is to make the phone feel less like a slot machine and more like a tool, nudging you toward intentional use instead of endless scrolling, without taking away the apps you actually rely on for work or getting around."
Punkt.'s MC03 is a premium smartphone designed in Switzerland and built in Germany that runs AphyOS and uses a subscription model to avoid monetizing user data. AphyOS divides the device into Vault — a minimalist home with curated, privacy-friendly apps and Proton services — and Wild Web — an area for installing third-party apps each confined to its own privacy bubble with explicit data controls. The interface is monochrome and stripped back to reduce visual noise and cognitive load, promoting intentional use. Built-in privacy tools include Digital Nomad VPN and Ledger permission controls, and the phone supports de-Googling to reduce reliance on Google services.
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