Nokia 2780 Flip | Unlocked | Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile | Red

I had the Nokia 6300 (if I remember correctly) and it worked great for awhile but then the buttons started double pressing and the software became really slow and was horrible. I really just want a simple dumb phone. Why can't they just make them like the old LG flip phones? Those were so durable and great. Or even the old Nokia phones. Don't need internet or apps - just want texting and calling the way it used to be. Anyways - finally couldn't text on it any longer (the 0 key no longer worked) so bought this instead. It has an updated software compared to what I had before and they improved many annoying texting features. So I am super happy with that. Texting with the predictive text is much more... predictable with this software. The phone is still obviously plastic, so not expecting it to last super long again but I am hoping that maybe the buttons won't give out on me the same way it did with the other Nokia phone. Only time will tell. So far I am very happy with it and when I text I no longer feel like throwing my phone against a wall. If you want a dumb phone that won't be using internet, so far I have enjoyed this. Just probably be careful with it. I will update if it starts going downhill. Only have had it for about a week now.

This isn't really a basic "feature" phone. KaiOS is a stripped down version of Android running on a little processor that isn't capable of keeping up with the demands of Android bloat. For example, open the phone, and in big numerals it will show you the time _that you last opened the phone_. It may take up to a minute to update and show the actual time. (You can train yourself you read the actual time on the tiny status bar.) Sending a text message? Type slowly because it won't keep up.(And good luck finding basic punctuation marks like the apostrophe or capitalizing a name in the middle of a sentence. And your preferences for which text typing mode you like are constantly being reset to bad defaults.)The UI is unnecessarily cumbersome. If you receive a spam text (aren't they all?), you're going to have to press a lot of buttons several times to delete it.I don't have a data plan because all I need is the occasional call and even rarer SMS message. But if this phone ever gets access to data for even a moment, it starts trying to update. And when that data is interrupted, your notifications will be spammed with a slew of error messages. And, sometimes, that leaves key apps, like your contact list, inaccessible.The beauty of Type C USB connectors is that you can insert them either way. However, if your charger and cable support PD (Power Delivery) and/or QC (Quick Charge), the phone will charge only when the cable is plugged in the "right" way. If you leave it overnight on a charger with the cable the wrong way around, you'll wake up to a dead battery. From what I've read, you have to go out of your way to design a Type C USB port that isn't symmetric. But why would you do that? (And the battery life is terrible compared to previous feature phones I've had. Putting Android under the hood may have been an expedient way to create KaiOS, but you can't throw that at a low power processor and expect it not to burn through the battery.)Oh, I almost forgot about Bluetooth. This phone fails to pair with my car. My car thinks the pairing is successful, but the phone does not. This phone does pair with my wife's car, but not mine. Every other phone I've used was able to pair with both cars.I don't have a great need for a cell phone (coverage at home is spotty at best), so I haven't gone looking for an alternative. Yesterday, however, the phone died, a just few days short of 10 months of very light usage. Outer screen won't light up. Inner screen is filled with random pixel values. If I call it, it doesn't even ring, so it's not _just_ a display failure.This device doesn't reach even the most minimal requirements of a cell phone. If Nokia still cared one iota about its brand name, it never would have authorized this disaster. It's actually worse that the Kazuna eTalk, which I wouldn't have imagined was possible. This is not fit to be called a phone.

Our oldest is 17 and has had an iPhone since around 13. It hasn’t really been until recent years that Snapchat and social media have at times led to a stereotypical bed rotting teen. A few things pushed me over the edge. I may only pay for a phone for one more year, but I’m making the most of it. Paid to remove the iPhone from our account and opted for the $90 Nokia. He was annoyed first thing, then laughed, then went to school and to my surprise his friends and teachers actually thought highly of it. Who knows, maybe he’ll start a trend. I love my son more than anything. Should have done this years ago!