Stephone
The phone made for Pets OS.
Familiar in your hand. Different the moment you turn it on.
Flat metal sides, a glass back and boxy-but-soft corners. The Pets Island around the front camera is where Pip goes walking.
Keys
A key for your mood. A key for Clarice.
Press the Mood key to move between Everyday, Work, Chill and Sleep. Press the Clarice key to call Clarice from anywhere. Hold the power key to unlock with your fingerprint.
Cameras
A camera bump shaped like a paw.
The main camera is the pad. The ultra-wide, zoom, flash and microphone are the toes. Planned: a 48 MP main camera, a 13 MP ultra-wide and an 8 MP 3× zoom.
Every angle.
Tech specs
Stephone is a design concept. Sizes marked “estimate” and parts marked “planned” may change. Last updated 2 November 2026.
Size & build
- Height
- 148 mm (estimate)
- Width
- 70 mm (estimate)
- Thickness
- 8.2 mm (estimate)
- Corner radius
- 7.3 mm
- Frame
- Metal band, 0.5 mm wide
- Back
- Glass, finish colour
- Edges
- Flat sides with a small rounded edge
Display
- Size
- 6.3" diagonal
- Resolution
- 1206 × 2622 pixels (402 × 874 points at 3x)
- Pixel density
- 458 ppi
- Screen corners
- 6.0 mm
- Bezel
- 1.5 mm all round
- Pets Island cut-out
- 21 mm × 6.2 mm, 1.8 mm from the top (holds the front camera)
Cameras
- Layout
- Raised square bump, top left of the back, lenses arranged as a paw
- Camera bump
- 30 mm square, 5.7 mm corners
- Main (pad)
- 48 MP, 12.0 mm lens (planned)
- Ultra-wide (toe)
- 7.0 mm lens (planned)
- Zoom (toe)
- 7.0 mm lens (planned)
- Flash (toe)
- 3.7 mm
- Microphone (toe)
- 1.5 mm hole
- Front camera
- In the Pets Island cut-out
Keys
- Mood key
- Left side, 25 mm from the top, 5.0 mm long (next mood: Everyday, Work, Chill, Sleep)
- Volume up
- Left side, 36 mm from the top, 9.3 mm long
- Volume down
- Left side, 47 mm from the top, 9.3 mm long
- Power + fingerprint
- Right side, 39 mm from the top, 14.3 mm long (click: screen off/on · hold: fingerprint unlock)
- Clarice key
- Right side, 60 mm from the top, 6.7 mm long (calls Clarice from anywhere)
Ports & speakers
- Charging
- USB-C, bottom centre
- Speaker
- 6 holes, bottom right
- Microphone
- 4 holes, bottom left
Back
- Logo
- Pets OS footprint, centre, with "Stephone" underneath
- Small print
- Designed by Should Be Media · Pets OS
Software
- Operating system
- Pets OS for Stephone 1.3.0
- Built-in features
- Rest, Clarice, Pip, Moods, Pets Island, O Store
- Battery, chip, memory
- Not decided yet
Building it
What it would take.
To build one: the SoC module goes on a custom main board with the modem, cameras, sensors and power chips; the screen, battery and boards fit in the aluminium frame under the glass back. Pets OS also needs drivers for each of these parts: today it runs on a virtual machine, so drivers are the biggest software job. Not included in the prices: board design and assembly, tooling, testing, and radio and safety certification (FCC / UKCA / CE). A good first prototype is the SoC module's development kit plus a phone-sized screen.
The parts list has 34 parts and adds up to about $523 for one phone, before design, assembly, testing and certification.