Sparrow is a hand-built phone that does five things.

What it does

• Phone calls

  4G LTE. Onboard speaker, earpiece, or 3.5 mm headset.

• SMS

  T9 keypad — multi-tap or predictive, your choice in Settings.

• Spotify (Premium)

  Liked songs, your playlists, recently played, search. Album art on the screen.

• Local microSD music

  MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg, Opus. Drag and drop over USB. Around 40 GB of room.

• Bluetooth audio output

  A2DP — pair your wireless headphones or speaker for music.

What it doesn't do — by design

• No browser

  Reading is for screens that aren't in your pocket.

• No app store

  What's on the device is what you bought. Nothing snuck in later.

• No social

  Conversations happen in calls and texts. The feed lives elsewhere.

• No camera

  Carry the camera you actually want when you actually want one.

• No notifications other than calls and SMS

  If it's not a person trying to reach you, it can wait.

• No infinite anything

  Lists end. Songs end. The home menu has four items on it.

Specs

Body

70 × 135 × 16 mm, ~180 g

Screen

2.4" 320×240 SPI (non-touch)

Input

24-key T9 + D-pad + soft keys

Storage

64 GB microSD (~40 GB user)

Cellular

4G LTE

Audio

3.5 mm headphone jack + Bluetooth 4.2 + onboard speaker + earpiece

Charging

USB-C

Battery

2000 mAh LiPo

OS

Pi OS Lite + LVGL on framebuffer

Made in

Ottawa, Canada

Edition 01

Twenty hand-built units. $399 CAD. Numbered and signed. When the twenty are out, Edition 01 is closed.