Wire-android: App demands a phone number

[Bugsbane]

The wire.com homepage says that one of the features of wire is being able to register without a phone number.

The Android app though seems to demand a phone number when registering. Can we make the app fit the marketing promise, please?

[someoneEsle]

You can register with email at app.wire.com and then sign in on your android phone using the email/pasword you provided. The only reason why the android client doesn't provide the option to register with email is developing priorities. I think it's already there in ios, and I'm pretty sure it's bound to come to android too because it's been requested many times.

[bjoernherbig]

Yes, phone number sign up on mobile is mandatory at the moment. e-mail sign up on desktop as described by @someoneEsle
We are considering changes though. Closing this for now

[Bugsbane]

Then basically either the marketing should claim "No phone number required for the web version" or the mobile clients shouldn't demand one. At the very least add "(Coming soon to mobile)".

Currently you are actually making a false promise, and relying on a technicality to justify the difference between how people are likely to understand the claim, versus the technical reality.

This is not helpful in building trust in an app whose primary benefit is being more trustworthy (the end user benefit of increased privacy, security etc).

[varac]

I agree with @Bugsbane. Please re-prioritize email-only registration for android, or change your documentation/website so ppl will know what to expect.
Having phone number as identifier is really bad from a privacy perspective, and wire should respect this.
Also, I wonder about a bad UX for android tablets without any mobile phone capacity ?