Punkt MP02
Shares rank 8 of 9 dumb phones by recommenders
Recommended for its hardware and reliable call quality; critics cite frustrating T9 typing and limited carrier support.
Recommended for its hardware and reliable call quality; critics cite frustrating T9 typing and limited carrier support.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
High quality hardware
“The Punkt. MP02 had high quality hardware, but again its T9 typing was frustrating”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “Dumbphone 2” Great call quality and reliability
“I've found the call quality and reliability on the MP02 to be great after a year of use.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Punkt. Unveils MC03 Smartphone”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poor carrier and network support
“The Punkt mp02 for example, fails to support most North American mobile networks.”
Comment from 29 May 2026 in “Can these dumbphone evangelists convince you to dump smartphones?” “it doesn't work with most of my carrier options”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 and official releases are coming soon”
Other dumb phones people recommend
The four most recommended other dumb phones, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal Phone 2 | 34 | 26 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| Commodore Flip Phone | 31 | 16 | 66% | 6 | — | — |
| Nokia phones | 29 | 10 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Commodore Digital Detox Phone | 14 | 11 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
| Punkt MP02This page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it doesn't work with most of my carrier options”
“As far as I know, the mp02 or one of nokias Kaios phones are the only ones that provide that”
“The Punkt. MP02 had high quality hardware, but again its T9 typing was frustrating”
“The Punkt mp02 for example, fails to support most North American mobile networks.”
“the software was pretty bad (laggy, unintuitive navigation - Android on such a low powered chip was a bad choice)”
“It costs more than double than the Nokia and is worse in almost every dimension.”
“I've found the call quality and reliability on the MP02 to be great after a year of use.”
“Basic functionality like calling and texting often don't work, and their Signal client never work”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.