Nokia 2780 Flip | Unlocked | Universally Compatible with All Mobile Carriers | Black

This flip phone is exactly what an a teenager who is addicted to social media needs. It allows my child to make and receive phone calls, as well as to do basic texts. A simple call to T-Mobile customer service on her prepaid Sim card plan allowed me to shut the data off. It does have Wi-Fi so if your goal is to eliminate social media, you’re going to have to block this device on your router. I have Comcast and it allows me to Restrict Wi-Fi access based upon each device attached to the network. Don’t underestimate your child’s ability to find other Wi-Fi sources, but the operating system on this phone render it relatively useless. The phone can still access the Internet through an installed browser in the operating system, but it’s fairly rudimentary and , I suspect that it in effect eliminates the desire for social media since it’s so difficult to type out a sentence on a numeric keypad. So my recommendation is 1) buy this flip phone 2) get a T-Mobile, prepaid Sim card and pair it to your child’s cell phone number after you’ve ported the number to T-Mobile 3) select the $10 a month prepaid plan 4) call T-Mobile customer service and ask them to shut off the data on that phone number. They will give you our time and tell you that that isn’t an option, but it is an option and you just need to continue to insist on it and speak to a supervisor if they aren’t willing or able to do what you’re asking. 5) finally, block, access to Wi-Fi on your router for this device. If you do those five things, you may have a chance to have your child back and hopefully pull them away from the devastating draw of social media.

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.

Great flip-phone! The Nokia 2780 is consistently reviewed as one of the best flip-phones on the market. The design is excellent, the construction, fit & finish are impressive, and it has several smart-phone type features that should please many.The appearance and feel of this phone is rock solid. The case comes in either red or blue and is quite rugged with a heavy-duty hinge. The top screen displays the time and caller info and is large enough and easy to read. When opened, the main color screen is bright, clear and reads easily. The keyboard is intuitive and has larger keys with a great tactile response. The operating software (KaiOS) works as expected and arrives with an array of mostly useful apps preloaded (minimal bloatware).The phone is super easy to flip open and close. The case back removes simply to expose the sim card slot, a micro SD card slot for storing music, etc., and surprisingly a removeable and long-lasting lithium battery. The phone has a standard 3.5mm headphone input and a state-of-the-art mini USB-C charge port & charger.My impressions of the Nokia 2780 are all positive. I occasionally use it to talk on the phone to others -- but mostly as an emergency phone if needed on my motorcycle, bicycle and boat. On Amazon, I purchased a terrific prepaid 1-year unlimited talk & text plan for just $75 with Jethro Mobile. Great service through the T-Mobile network and an absolute bargain.For those of us who prefer to live in a text-free world, this is literally the perfect phone. Folks who frequently text and gamers will find the keyboard useable, but quite cumbersome compared to an Android or iPhone touch screen.However, for the growing number of people who are increasingly unplugging from the grid, or for older people and the very young with simpler communication needs, the Nokia 2780 is a genuine winner. Check it out for yourself.