SLEKE.
Sleke Phone
An upcycled Pixel 8 running a custom OS built around answers rather than feeds.
Shipping Curated essentials
$499
- TypeSlab
- SoftwareCustom minimal OS
- Screen6.2" OLED
- Network4G / 5G
- Introduced 2025
Software and apps
- Operating system
- OdysseyOS - a modified CalyxOS, current with Android 16
- App store
- Curated apps
- Web browser
- Partly
- Yesvia Beeper; dumbphones.org also lists WhatsApp support
- Spotify
- Yesdumbphones.org lists Spotify support; SLEKE's own wording is that the curated store includes music
- RCS messaging
- Noabsent from dumbphones.org's RCS filter, which fits a de-Googled CalyxOS base
Hardware
- Form factor
- Slab (touch)
- Screen
- Google Pixel 8 display
- Camera
- Yes
- Battery
- Unknown not user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yes
- Headphone jack
- No
Connectivity
- Network
- 4G / 5GPixel 8 hardware
- VoLTE
- Unknown
- SIM
- Physical SIM + eSIMPhysical SIM or eSIM
- Bands
- Pixel 8 bands
- Carriers
- Most major carriers and MVNOs worldwide, excluding Google Fi
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States
- Countries
- Sold via dumbwireless (US)
- Also sold at
- dumbwireless.com
Notes
Custom OS loaded onto upcycled Google Pixel 8 handsets (earlier units used Pixel 7). Answer-based search instead of a link browser. Beeper aggregates 14 messaging services. Hidden browser blocks 3M+ NSFW/tracker links. Sideloading blocked. Founded by Austin Boer and Brennan Jordan in Nevada. Buyers get Discord access and direct founder contact; 1-year defect warranty.
Sources
- dumbwireless.com
- shaastramag.iitm.ac.in
- dumbphones.org (North American catalogue; RCS, Spotify and WhatsApp feature filters read from user screenshots, 15 Sep 2026)
Last checked 2026-09-15.Photo: SLEKE (via dumbwireless.com).
