Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Volk One
A smartphone that doesn't need carriers
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Volk One launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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CMF Phone 1▲175A budget-friendly, modular phone from Nothing
2024 · nothing.tech · its alternatives →
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Capture, connect, charge & control from anywhere
2019 · its alternatives →
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(TL;DR: http://i.imgur.com/LuPHqiN.png) While digging around in drawers that hadn't been touched for decades, I found a wonderful piece of history. The Palm Treo 600 [1] was the Mercedes-Benz of the cellphone 10 years ago, and I was lucky enough to rediscover one.[2] So I decided to restore it to working order, slapping in a T-Mobile SIM[3] and a fresh battery. It worked! It could browse the Internet[4], send/receive text messages[5], make phone calls...[6] The onboard browser even passed Acid1[7,8] and could do some level of JavaScript![9] Unfortunately, most websites…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Find the best fucking WiFi just around the corner.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Brick 1100▲215Transform your smartphone into a classic brick phone
2025 · visnalize.com · its alternatives →
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a16z’s Benedict Evans & Steven Sinofsky discuss 💻📲-->❓
2015 · its alternatives →
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The all-in-one business phone, now made collaborative
2021 · its alternatives →
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2015 · janos.io · its alternatives →
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