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Does iMessage work on the Light Flip?

Not on the phone. Light asks you to turn iMessage off.

Ways to keep iMessage with this phone

Cheapest first. Checked October 2026.

Check in when you're homeFree

Your texts wait on your iPhone until you're back.

Needs: Nothing. Catch: Nothing reaches you while you're out.

Move your number, keep iMessage on a Mac or iPadFree

Turn iMessage off, then keep it on a Mac or iPad with your Apple Account email.

Needs: A Mac or iPad. Catch: People have to message your email, not your number, and group chats need to add you again.

Light's steps

A forwarding app on your iPhoneFwrd: free for 15 texts a month, then $4.99 a month. PhoneLeash: from $8.99 a month.

Forwards your texts from the iPhone at home to your second phone, one way.

Needs: Your iPhone at home and on, and a second line. Catch: You can't reply from the other phone.

Fwrd · PhoneLeash

Decaf · Made by us$20 once

A Mac app that relays important texts from your Mac at home to your second phone. Your replies go out from your own number.

Needs: A Mac that stays awake and online, your iPhone at home with Text Message Forwarding on, and a second line for the other phone.. Catch: Only the texts it judges important are sent, and they all arrive in one thread.

Decaf

Light Flip

Flip · Light's tools

Light's tools on a flip, with a physical keypad and a replaceable battery.

Cost: $349 unlocked, or $39/mo for 24 months (SIM-locked to Light)
Availability: Ships May 2027
Group chats: Not documented yet; the phone is still a prototype.
Maps: Directions are listed among its tools.
WhatsApp & Signal: No.
Typing: Physical keypad with predictive text.
Camera & photos: 12 MP rear camera; picture texting not yet documented.
Banking & payments: No bank apps or tap to pay. Carry a contactless card.
Music & podcasts: Music and podcasts tools are listed.
Tickets & QR codes: No. Print tickets or use the box office.
Uber / rideshare: Rideshare is listed among Light's tools.
Sign-in codes (2FA): Codes by text, and an authenticator is listed.
Voice notes: Audio messaging is listed.
Video calls: No.
Work apps & email: No.
Hotspot: Listed among its tools.
Battery: About 1.5 days (estimate); the battery is replaceable.
Carriers: Same list as the Light Phone III.
Returns: Unlocked pre-order: full refund before shipping. Bundle pre-order: cancelling forfeits the first month.

Checked October 2026 · Maker's page