GIGA Buying Advisor: The 5 Best Dumbphones Of 2020

2023 Author: Sheila Hailey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-25 04:29

Nokia 3310 (2017) in hands-on

Facts:

• Price: from around 50 euros on Amazon
• 2G mobile phone: only telephony and SMS
• 2 MP camera with flash
• Weight: 181 grams
• Lithium polymer battery
• 6 colors: Azure, Charcoal, Dark Blue, Yellow, Gray, Orange

Particularities:

• Talk time up to 22 hours, standby time up to 31 days
• Dual SIM and single SIM models
• microSD card slot
• Bluetooth
• radio
• MP3 player

GIGA thinks:

If you really want to completely do without the mobile Internet, but want to take some of the additional options of a mobile phone with you, then the newly launched cult mobile phone Nokia 3310 is the ideal "deceleration machine". You can listen to MP3 music or radio on the go or take a snapshot. Otherwise there are actually only SMS and telephony. And the Nokia 3310 has been rigorously proven to forgive rough handling. The price is certainly sensational: you can spend that much on a smartphone for the case.

Nokia 3310 2G mobile phone (2.4 inch color display, 2MP camera, Bluetooth, radio, MP3 player, single sim) warm red

Now from € 51.00 at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 27.07.2020 02:08 a.m.

Ushining folding cell phone - revival for your pocket

Facts:

• Price: 22.89 euros at Amazon
• Talk time up to 240 minutes, standby time up to 7 days
• camera
• 1.8 inch display
• Colors: red and black

Particularities:

• Dual sim
• Bluetooth
• MP3 player
• radio
• MicroSD card slot
• Alarm clock

GIGA thinks:

This clamshell phone - available in red and black - clearly demonstrates that standard chips are getting cheaper and cheaper. As a dumbphone, of course, it only masters telephony and SMS, but can entertain you with music, take photos and hold out for a relatively long time. The folding technique makes it handy and protects the display at the same time. With these functions, it is ideal as a first cell phone, holiday cell phone or just to reduce cell phone stress.

Small folding phone with large keys without contract, GSM mobile phone sports phone 1.8-inch color display (fits in every pocket, Bluetooth, mp3, radio, long battery, dual SIM) Red

Now from € 21.24 at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 27.07.2020 02:08 a.m.

Sliding mobile phone: Nokia C2-05 Slider-Hany with Internet - still…

Facts:

• Price: Around 58 euros at Amazon (in blue)
• Weight: 98.5 grams
• Talk time up to 4 hours, standby time up to 27.5 days

Particularities:

• MP3 player
• radio
• Internet with GPRS / Edge

GIGA thinks:

Not quite as cool as the sliding cell phone from Neo from “Matrix”, but still quite practical. Nokia C2-05 has a display with 65,000 colors, can be expanded with memory cards and has a camera - which is pitiful. It is extremely handy for that. Internet can do it too, but only faster in the GPRS / Edge standards will soon be eliminated anyway due to the 3G shutdown.

Nokia C2-05 slider phone (5.1 cm (2 inch) display, VGA camera) dark gray

Now from € 99.90 at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 27.07.2020 02:08 a.m.

Absolute minimalism: Simvalley credit card cell phone

Facts:

• Price: around 30 euros at Amazon
• Telephony, SMS, phone book, redial
• Monochrome LCD display (1.8 ″ / 4.6 cm), 128 x 64 pixels
• Talk time up to 180 minutes, standby time up to 6 days

Particularities:

• Dimensions: 50 x 85 x 5.5 mm
• Weight: 31 grams
• radio
• Backlit display and buttons
• Bluetooth (for headphones)
• Micro USB charging

GIGA thinks:

The cell phone for purists: The Pico RX-482 credit card cell phone really does not support anything except SMS and telephony as well as a few basic functions. A radio is built in, but is likely to quickly drain the tiny battery. For this, this device can actually be kept in the wallet next to the credit cards. You can be reached, you can call someone and then your cell phone comes back in your shirt pocket.

simvalley MOBILE mini cell phone: Pico RX-486 credit card cell phone with BT, guaranteed call, GPS (small cell phone)

Now from € 29.58 at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 27.07.2020 02:08 a.m.

The dumbphone for the ear: L8STAR BM70

Facts:

• Price: 23.99 euros at Amazon
• Talk time up to 5 hours, standby time up to 5 days
• Available in black and white
• 0.66-inch OLED display with 64 x 48 pixels
• Weight: 20 grams
• Micro SIM

Particularities:

• MP3 player
• Bluetooth - can also be used as a headset for another phone

GIGA thinks:

Smaller than a disposable lighter, as thick as a thumb, the mobile phone is simply plugged into the ear for making calls. It has a mini display and a keyboard in the front, and an ear plug in the back. Micro-SIM in and you can make calls and send / receive SMS. It doesn't get any smaller, nor easier.

Mini Thumb Handy L8STAR BM70 Bluetooth 0.66 "OLED Headphone Headset Headphone 3 in 1 GSM SIM Smallest FM Dialer Music MP3 (Black)

Now from € 23.99 at Amazon price can now be higher. Price from 27.07.2020 02:08 a.m.

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