![]() ![]() It seems much more featured than I need or want.Ĭoolpad Belleza - newer phone, and almost no user reviews to find, so hard to judge.Ĭoolpad Snap - reviews say it is SLOOOW and unresponsive, poor battery, many died quickly, unreliable calling, a few users like it, many seem to really really dislike it.Īlcatel GO FLIP 4 - may be good, most 1-star reviews complain about seller not phone, a few complain about frequently missing calls and not receiving texts, short battery life, not terribly durable, clunky software, seems like could be a solid basic phone for predominantly calls. Sonim XP3plus - pretty new (mid-Sept '21), and therefore expensive ($220+), and HUGE, massive for a flip phone, 4"x2"x1", heavy (9oz), not many user reviews yet, just "official" reviews. Here are the summary notes I took down, for my own future reference and for anyone else's curiosity: So, I just spent some hours digging through tons of reviews and comments and videos and spec sheets for the all of the band-71 basic "feature" phones on, and unfortunately it seems there just isn't anything out there like what was made 10-15-20 years ago, just simple and reliable. Is there any good, reliable, Tello-compatible basic phone out there anymore like those from the good old days? All others I read reviews of complain of bad sound and reception, dropping calls, slow, awkward non-intuitive menus, etc. ![]() The Nokia 225 is a maybe, but it has some issues too from many amazon reviews. I see Tello sells the Alcatel Go and the Coolpad Snap, but both of those have mostly lousy (1-2/5 star) reviews around. Either bar or flip is fine, though I personally prefer the bar type. Our old phones have great signal, good sound and mic, long battery, (and for my mom, is simple to use), and those are the main things I want in a new phone. No apps or browser is needed or wanted, just a contacts list and T9 for texting. We both have plain, basic 10-15 year old dumbphones that work beautifully to talk and text, which is all we need a phone for. With CDMA going away, I need to upgrade 2 phones for my and my mom's Tello service. Obviously a smartphone is outside the main list for obvious reasons, but below are two irresistible examples.Anyone using such a phone on Tello that they love? The huge advantage of that route is that you remain able to communicate the way most people do now – via a disparate array of messaging apps, typing at speed and rarely speaking. It’s worth remembering that you can get a relatively ‘light’ phone without depriving yourself of much needed features if you opt instead to exercise your own self-control. There are a variety of phones to suit particular needs on the list above, but one that occurs more than once is the now firmly established digital detox market. The giant antenna stops it looking like an average dumb-phone, but put up nearly anywhere in the world and thanks to a network of geostationary satellites you will be able to make a call without fear of the satellite moving out of position. The phone is built for adventure with IP65 compliance, a reflective screen with Gorilla glass, a dedicated location sharing button (texting your location as a GPS text to an interested follower), and an SOS button. Together and you have the recipe for a dumb-phone like tech best suited to keeping in contact from remote locations, which is just what the IsatPhone 2 does. Physics, however, does give satellites one huge advantage: the infrastructure is just a few satellites able to see most of the earth’s surface. Because of the limited bandwidth, this technology hasn’t embraced data transfer with the same enthusiasm as cellular. One kind of phone which ought to appear in this list is one of the best satellite phones. Dumb may be the opposite of smart, but what we really mean here are phones which are relatively inexpensive, can handle basic communications, may also include a camera and music player, can be relatively robust, and significantly, in many cases, only need charging once a week. On the other side of the coin the name ‘dumb phone’ very much does the devices it encompasses a disservice. They’re also potentially problematic if you’re paying your employee’s bills. In exchange for that, they’re expensive, have a short battery and shelf life, and are relatively delicate. The descendants of the iPhone are good at multitasking, handling simple computing tasks and providing us media on the move (social and traditional). Now, though, times have changed the success of the best smartphones is assured, so rather than eliminating the last memories of other kinds of handset, it’s perhaps worth choosing the best phone for the job. Ever since Steve Jobs introduced his ‘internet communicator’ to the world in 2007, the traditional mobile phone has been taking a kicking. ![]()
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