The product

A premium instrument.

Not a punishment device.

Kern phone at three-quarter angle showing keyboard and aluminium build

Hardware

Built to last. Built to stay in your pocket.

Display

Small OLED panel with an always-on clock. Enough to see what matters. Not enough to doom-scroll.

Keyboard

Physical QWERTY, BlackBerry-style. Every navigation step is a conscious, deliberate choice.

Processor

Qualcomm SoC with LTE and 5G connectivity. Performant enough for everything you actually need.

SIM

Dual SIM support: one physical nano-SIM slot plus eSIM. Personal and work on one device.

Battery

Multi-day battery life, optimised for low screen-on time. Charge it when you remember, not when you must.

Build

Premium materials with IPx4 splash resistance. This is a tool you carry every day. It should feel like one.

OS

Custom AOSP Android fork. No Google Services framework. No telemetry. Full control over your device.

Apps

Full Android app compatibility via Aurora Store and MicroG. Banking, rideshare, work tools. Nothing removed.

Kern phone held in one hand, showing compact size and notification summary

Software

The OS rewires defaults, not capabilities

Launcher

Text-only home screen. No icons, no widgets, no visual noise. A list of names. You type what you want, or you scroll deliberately.

Notifications

Filtered and batched. Only people can interrupt — calls and direct messages break through. Everything else waits for you.

App Tiers

Three-tier access system. Tier 1: native, instant. Tier 2: social media in controlled wrappers — utility without the trap. Tier 3: any Android app via Aurora Store, behind deliberate friction.


AI Agent

Say it. Done.

Natural language to Android intent. No app opening. No browsing. No rabbit holes. The agent handles the task and returns control to you.

24 intent types
12 app wrappers
> call mom
  resolves contact. dialling.
> tell alan i'll be late
  resolves contact. sms sent.
> navigate to the airport
  opening maps. turn-by-turn ready.
> set an alarm for 7am
  alarm set. no ui opened.
> play something by radiohead
  playing. no browsing.
> remind me to buy milk at 6pm
  reminder created. 18:00.
> what's the weather tomorrow
  14°C, overcast. no app opened.
> take a photo
  camera launched. viewfinder only.

Privacy

Your phone works for you. Not for an ad network.

No Google Services

No GMS framework. No Play Services telemetry. No background data collection. The phone is silent unless you speak first.

Standard Protocols

CardDAV for contacts. CalDAV for calendar. IMAP for email. Your data syncs with any provider. No vendor lock-in, ever.

No Mandatory Cloud

No account required to use the phone. No forced cloud backup. Local-first storage. Cloud is opt-in, not opt-out.

Manual AI Only

The AI agent activates only when you trigger it. No passive listening. No ambient processing. You press the button, it works, it stops.


Pricing

Starting at £249–£349.

Optional cloud AI: £4/month. No subscription required to use the phone. Join the waitlist for early access and launch pricing.

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