The cover "flips open" to reveal the screen, keypad, speaker and microphone. Also called a "clamshell phone," the flip phone is a basic cellphone without Internet access. A step up is the "feature ...

Alcatel’s Go Flip V is a case in point. The $99 flip phone is aimed squarely at the more luddite-minded amongst us, whether young or old. Alcatel Go Flip V, $99, us.alcatelmobile.com A similar thing ...

With enough force, almost every phone can fold in half – not even the best smartphones on sale are immune from brute strength. But only a few can do it without suffering terminal damage. From retro ...

Even when there’s almost nothing on it, the smartphone is hard to ignore. I long pondered switching to a flip phone, but I always found an excuse to stay. Ultimately it was two of my students ...

Developing a seamless interface experience, maximizing surface area for functionality, and maintaining the same nostalgic flip phone aesthetic while making use of familiar smartphone features isn ...

This phone aimed at older users defaults to a simplified interface with large text, on a large screen, but is also a smartphone that can run Android apps. Key features include 13-megapixel main ...

This thin, sleek Android phone sports a 5.5-inch quad-HD AMOLED ideal for VR, plus a 16-megapixel camera, fingerprint sensor, and NFC for secure mobile payments. Other features include 8-megapixel ...

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consider your budget and how you intend to use your phone, among other factors. Check out CNET's list of the best flip phones and best foldable phones to learn more about our top picks.

Whether you're looking for an Android smartphone, an iPhone, or a simple feature phone, these are our top picks for a variety of budgets across the major US wireless carriers. I’m one of PCMag ...

There’s a ray of hope for fans of those days though, in the form of [befinitiv]’s 2000-era Sony flip phone. It runs Android. Yes, you read that right, there on the tiny screen is Android 9.