Best unlocked and carrier flip phones and basic phones you can buy right now

Smartphones are awesome devices and they can do tons of things, but sometimes they’re just not the right tool for the job. The market for feature phones, or dumb phones as they’re affectionately called, might have shrunk tremendously, but as long as there’s some demand for them, they’ll be around.

And there’ll likely always be demand. Some people just need a phone that lasts long on a single charge, can make calls, and can easily be operated with gloves. And let’s not forget durability. For some professionals, walking around with a glass-sandwich phone is a recipe for disaster. That’s what ...