Microsoft Announces Nokia Dumb Phone
Microsoft might be selling off its feature phone division, but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing the Nokia…
Microsoft's New Phone Costs About As Much As a Drink at a Fancy Bar
Cheap smartphones don’t have to suck, but Microsoft’s updated Nokia 105 is on a whole other level compared to some of…
A New York City Mugger Declined to Steal a Flip Phone
There have been 13 robberies reported in Central Park so far in 2013. But in most of them the robber presumably takes…
Nokia's Asha 210 Is a Social QWERTY Phone Two Years Late
Just over two years after HTC released the Status—a QWERTY phone with Facebook integration that never even really…
Dumbphones Are Not the Answer to Smartphone Addiction
We look at the constantly rising numbers for smartphone adoption and just sort of assume that sooner or later,…
You're Now More Likely to Find a Computer in Your Pocket Than on Your Lap
It's official. A study released by Google yesterday shows that mobile devices, and smart phones in particular, are now…
It's Official: Smartphones Are Winning
In the last three months of 2010, smartphone shipments doubled all the way up to 101.2 million handsets. Android…
The Most Popular Phone in the World
Nokia has problems. Smartphone problems. Software problems. American problems. But to fully understand what's wrong,…
Would You Be Happy With a Phone That Just Calls and Texts?
Once upon a time, cellphones were used for making phone calls. Then text messaging became a thing. Cameras, maps, and…
Nokia Is the McDonald's of Phones
Didn't you notice? It was just Nokia World! The celebration of all things Finnish and phones. But with profits…
Microsoft Kin Review: The Best Cellphones You'll Never Buy
The Kins have an audience, a sense of style, and—a rarity from Microsoft—a coherent philosophy. They're precocious…
LG Arena Max Is Awfully Brawny For a Feature Phone
As we become more aware of the various viscera inside our gadgets, otherwise unremarkable gadgets seem suddenly... stran…
Sprint Clubs the Instinct HD Over the Head With a $250 Price
The first rule of dumbphones: They shouldn't cost more than smartphones. This shall not be broken. The second rule of…
Sonim XP3 Review: Boiled Alive
You might not know it, but you've heard about the XP3: It's that phone that's always getting drenched, elephant-smooshed
Sonim's Absurdly Tough XP3 Lands in the US: $400, Unlocked
After the beering, the hammering, the shooting, and the elephant stomping, it's fair to say that, on the toughness…
Samsung Reclaim Corn-Fed Ecophone Impressions and Gallery
Yes, it's a dumbphone, but it's a dumbphone with ideals. The Samsung Reclaim is as much an environmental statement as…
Sony Ericsson Conducts Rigorous Analysis of "Women," Presents Findings In Phone Form
This here is the Jalou, Sony Ericsson's newest ladyphone. On the surface, it's a boldly-styled, reasonably-specced…
Samsung Reclaim QWERTY Ecophone Is Ostentatiously Green, $50 On Sprint
Choosing which aspect of the Samsung Sprint Reclaim is most important will depend heavily on your worldview. Is it that…
LG Chocolate BL40's Little Brother Outed As BL42 Slider
Sure enough, that mysterious baby brick sitting next to the stretched-out BL40 is a direct followup to the last…
Sprint Instinct S30 Now Available, Awkward $130 Price Confirmed
Samsung's updated Instinct S30 is now listed on Sprint's website for 130 whole American dollars. Never mind that the…