Alternatives

Products that do what The Basic Phone does

Somewhere between a smartphone and a dumbphone

1
Light Phone▲499
Phone designed to be used as little as possible
2017
2DT
Dumbphone – Turn your smartphone into a dumbphone▲82
2014 · play.google.com
3
Simple Phone▲101
A launcher that helps you focus on the more important things
2018
4
Minimal▲181
The minimal phone
2024
5
Nothing Phone (1)▲225
Less distractions. More soul.
2022
6
Dumb Phone▲453
Turn your iPhone into a minimalist style phone
2024
7
NoPhone▲178
This thing won't let you use your phone.
2018
8
OpenPhone 3.0▲293
The new phone for business, in an app
2020
9
OpenPhone 2.0▲427
The new phone for business. Now on desktop and for teams.
2020
10
Nothing Phone (3)▲312
Beyond lights, with the new Glyph Matrix
2025
11
CMF Phone 1▲175
A budget-friendly, modular phone from Nothing
2024
12
Google Pixel 2▲453
Ask more of your phone.
2017
13
The NoPhone▲171
A fake phone to disconnect. This isn't an April Fool's joke.
2016
14
Palm▲277
A small smartphone that fits in your palm
2018
15
Fairphone 3▲172
The phone that cares for people and the planet
2019
16
OpenPhone for Teams▲129
The all-in-one business phone, now made collaborative
2021
17
MAKERphone▲181
Educational DIY mobile phone 📱🛠
2018
18
Allo and Duo▲377
Google’s new smart messaging and video calling apps
2016
19HN
Hacker News' “most unique support email of 2014”▲401
(TL;DR: http://i.imgur.com/LuPHqiN.png) While digging around in drawers that hadn't been touched for decades, I found a wonderful piece of history. The Palm Treo 600 [1] was the Mercedes-Benz of the cellphone 10 years ago, and I was lucky enough to rediscover one.[2] So I decided to restore it to working order, slapping in a T-Mobile SIM[3] and a fresh battery. It worked! It could browse the Internet[4], send/receive text messages[5], make phone calls...[6] The onboard browser even passed Acid1[7,8] and could do some level of JavaScript![9] Unfortunately, most websites…
2015
20
OffScreen▲234
Less phone, more focus.
2019
21
YotaPhone 2▲89
Android smartphone with a LCD and an E-Ink display
2014
22
Fairphone▲60
A smartphone that puts social values first
2014
23
OnePlus 2▲198
An affordable, beautiful Android
2015
24
Bond▲338
A simple app that reminds you to keep in touch with people
2014

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