Does iMessage work on the Sunbeam F1 Pro?
No.
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.
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.
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.
Sunbeam F1 Pro
Flip · offline maps
A flip with offline maps, physical keys, and a hotspot on some models.
- Cost
- $359 unlocked (some colors $389). Optional Premium plan, $3.50/mo
- Availability
- In stock
- Group chats
- Sunbeam says group texts work with iPhone and Android on the Pro models; no RCS.
- Maps
- Waze or HERE offline maps; search and traffic need Premium ($3.50/mo).
- WhatsApp & Signal
- No WhatsApp. The Walnut and Poplar models will message Signal users.
- Typing
- Physical keypad.
- Camera & photos
- A basic camera; picture messaging on most models.
- Banking & payments
- No bank apps or tap to pay. Carry a contactless card.
- Music & podcasts
- Not documented.
- Tickets & QR codes
- No. Print tickets or use the box office.
- Uber / rideshare
- By phone call or text: Uber's Call to Ride line, Tremp or GoGoGrandparent.
- Sign-in codes (2FA)
- Codes by text.
- Voice notes
- Not documented.
- Video calls
- No.
- Work apps & email
- Email on some models, such as Juniper and Spruce. No Slack.
- Hotspot
- On some models, such as Aspen, Cypress, Maple, Juniper and Walnut.
- Battery
- Not documented.
- Carriers
- Unlocked. Not Visible, Spectrum or US Cellular; on AT&T, no hotspot.
- Returns
- 30 days from receipt, $30 restocking fee.
Checked October 2026 · Maker's page