A smartphone is essentially a tiny computer in your pocket. A dumb phone lacks the apps and features that smartphones have.

This story was originally published on August 8, 2024, and has been updated. Your smartphone is designed to suck you in. You might pick it up to quickly check the weather, only to find yourself an ...

HMD has introduced another trio of basic phones, shortly after unveiling a similar set of 4G models. CEO Jean-Francois Baril ...

update Despite strong growth projections for the entry-level mobile phone segment in emerging regions, not all phone manufacturers should enter this market, an analyst has advised. According to a ...

Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

In the age of smartphones, the appeal of feature phones might seem obsolete. However, in 2023, these handsets prove their mettle by providing users with the basic phone functions coupled with some ...

The Orbic Journey V is Verizon's newest "basic, simple phone" with no smartphone, Android, or iPhone features of which to speak. This is the phone which the average young person, or more likely their ...

Unlike the smartphone division, the basic-phone business is profitable and unit sales are increasing. Nokia's cheaper phones outsold its smartphones 7-to-1 last quarter and, at 2.29 billion ($2.86 ...

Just when you thought you had seen the last of basic Nokia phones, Microsoft is launching its Nokia 130 today for $25 (€19). In June, Microsoft decided to wind down service for Nokia’s low-end Asha ...

That’s what runs through my head, more or less, during Apple’s annual new-device announcements. My roving eye has even been known to wander flirtatiously over to the latest Google Pixel—I’m only human ...