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

This is a great replacement phone. It worked with my carrier Mint. The best thing is that it's not an expensive smart phone which screen cracks if it falls to the ground.It comes with bluetooth, google chrome, an email application, etc.

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.

I got this as kind of a detox phone and I really like it!! It seems durable, it is easy to pop the back cover on and off to access the battery, SIM, and SD card reader, and it feels nice in the hand.The camera isn't really something you're gonna want to take all your pictures with but I took a picture and sent it to a friend and he mentioned how flip phone cameras have come a long way so I guess it's decent enough for quick pictures.The phone is fast enough. Doesn't hold a candle to my Galaxy S25 Ultra (of course not lol) but gets the job done. Texting is fine, call quality is great. I found a really nice podcast app (PodLP) to round out the music player and FM radio functions for entertainment. Snake is a ton of fun, too.I don't need to use Google Maps, browser, etc. but it's nice that they exist. A friend texted me a twitter link and I was able to load it up and it was fine. Google Maps worked correctly and quickly when I tested it but I have built-in nav in my car so I haven't had a legit use case for it.All in all, it's a dumbphone with smart enough features and enough entertainment apps to not feel a total void the way you might with something like a TCL Classic. Battery life is spectacular, build quality is good, the interface and KaiOS are super easy to learn and navigate, and it is good enough at everything to where you don't feel too bad ditching your smartphone.

Bought this for an older relative because it was simpler than a smartphone. And as I started playing with it myself, I was really impressed at how much it does. Wifi, bluetooth, gps. Honestly decent camera (for well lit outdoor shots anyway). Also great physical build quality, the buttons and 'flip' action feel nice. And T9 texting brings back memories.There are two main downsides. First, the battery life is way way shorter than I thought. The nokia spec sheet says 18 days of standby time, so I figured even with heavy use I'd get multiple days out of it. Nope, honestly worse than a normal smartphone. Starting with a full charge in the morning, it needs a charge before dinner. And it's because of all those features. Do you use wifi? bluetooth? gps? Those turn that 18 day battery life into 6 hours. Also I didn't realize how much of a battery killer LTE calling is. in the US, the 3G networks have been shut down, so this phone has to use LTE calling, but it uses way more power than a 3G voice call. LTE talk time is only about 3 hours to go from full battery to empty.The second downside is the level of polish. This phone has so much potential, and feels like it's almost there, but not quite. No show stopping bugs, but more than I thought I would find on a dumb phone. Hopefully those get worked out in a software update but I kind of doubt they'll push out an update to existing phones.To recommend this phone (or not), really depends what you're looking for. If you're looking for a phone with a physical keypad, simple calling and texting, and can still connect to your car to make bluetooth calls. It's great. "How do I make a phone call"...you just the number in the keypad. "how do I answer a phone call"....you open the phone. These things can be surprisingly unclear on a new smartphone, so getting back to basic physical controls greatly simplifies the basics. The programmable button to call a specific contact is also a great feature for an older user.If you're more of a power user this phone can still be fun but you're going to hate the battery life. I enjoyed tinkering with it for a few days, but it would be hard for me to use this as a daily driver.