The Light Phone III is now available for pre-order. This minimalist phone supports basic phone and text messaging features, but does not support apps, social media, or email. A curated set of essential features is designed with privacy in mind.

The Light Phone III is here, with availability directly from the company and from supported retailers. This minimalist phone includes a black-and-white OLED screen, though it costs $800.

The new $799 phone uses a small OLED display to make it faster to knock out the essentials. The Light Phone 3, the newest take on the company's minimalist phone line, launches Thursday following a nine-month period since it's announcement.

You're addicted to your smartphone. Light Phone III looks to break that addiction while still providing you with the mobile phone basics you need.

And how might you interact with your phone differently if those things were all you had? The $599 Light Phone III is one attempt to answer those questions. The Light Phone III is substantially more powerful,

The Light Phone II was my favorite high-end dumphone, taking over from the Punkt, and the Light Phone III (previously) changes the worst thing about it-the slow e-ink display (which I thought I'd love) is now a fast OLED one.