There aren't many dumbphones left that are useful. Nokia makes a few that support VoLTE, but that's about it.

Ask yourself what exactly it is that you need. For me the only reason I ever carry a phone is to listen to music and to occasionally snap pictures. I can do that with an mp3 player and small digital camera, both of which are a lot less cumbersome than a smartphone. I have a fancy samsung galaxy phone that almost never leaves my home and vpn wifi.

kek. you smartphone-guys are paying for you own surveillance. A smartphone is like all the bugs the feds could ever want to plant on you, and you're taking them everywhere you go.

i lived without a smartphone until 2019 or so

my old phone was a burner samsung a157 from walmart. i loved that thing.

bought a kai os phone to try for $30.... its just.. not.. good. not enough CPU/RAM to run the OS

try one of the nokia feauture phone offerings amd let us know what you think.

I run an old android with a replaceable battery, lineage os and no google. All the convenience none of the spyware (that I can protect against, if government wants in they will get in). I download apps I want as .apk's. For me this is the way to go.

My android spies upon me.

Intermittently messengers pop up with "UNKNOWN_SENDER!" which after a second are deleted.

At this point I've somehow managed to end up without a telephone at all, let alone a cell, and I've never cared enough to change that.

Have an android phone, but it's rarely touched (lives on a shelf by the door).

Function of married life and economics for me. I'd be without a cell phone if I were single.... meaning that I only have a phone Because of my wife. As such, I only have the phone with me when not with her (fairly infrequent, she only works 22 hours a week over 3 days and I don't work outside the home), and pretty much don't leave the home without her. So the phone is used 99% of the time in the house, where and while it's plugged into the wall.

As for why android phone? Economics... she needs one for her medical job, when it no longer functions reliably enough for her (34 years), she gets a new one and I take the old one. I'd rather a dumb phone, no GPS, no texting, no camera, just a phone... but those aren't made anymore. "Dumb phones" of today still run android and are still packed with all the same crap as a typical android phone, just minus the massive screen, plus they cost a significant amount (more than the normal phones my wife buys, pixel 4a right now), or at least that was true when I had to relinquish my old dumb phone when the service was discontinued on the provider side.

I'm also old-ish (50's), I'm not afraid of my vehicle breaking down on the road and not being able to help myself. I'm capable of navigating using paper maps. I don't need some perceived safety net, and will argue that life quality is better Without that safety net (more perceived risk, more reward).