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.

Ok let's start with the hardware. When it comes to the construction quality of the Nokia 2780, it's SUPER cheap. We know the plastic that HMD started using some time ago, when moving from the 2720 to the 2760, was a downgrade. However, when I picked up my new 2780, it fell even below my already low expectations. The lid is TERRIBLY wobbly. In fact, you can close it and it will still wobble from side to side, making you feel as if at some point it will tear apart from the rest of the body. Also, the USB-C port only works one way, defeating the whole purpose of USB type C. Sometimes you just forget about this, plug the cable, and then realize after a few hours that your phone is dead because you didn't plug the cable "the right way". Regarding the software, it's totally amateur stuff. Even for the most BASIC stuff. I will list all my current issues with this phone, in no particular order: 1. The clock app is buggy AS HELL. Sometimes a scheduled alarm won't go off at all. Sometimes you disable or even delete the alarms and they will still sound. I've even seen something as weird as two or 10 alarms ringing at the same time -- imagine the alarm going off with some sort of insufferable and schizoid "echo" that doesn't stop, even after pressing the corresponding buttons over and over again. 2. The WiFi connection drops regularly (every 10 minutes or so). Not sure if this is on the software or hardware side though. 3. This one is particularly BIZARRE -- from time to time, the big clock on the main screen will show a different time from the small one on the top left corner. You have to way several seconds before seeing the right time. What the heck? 4. The contacts app is SUPER slow. For instance, I have set it up so it displays my contacts by last name. After you open it, you have to wait between 2-3 seconds for it to rearrange itself. (My list is not even over 100 contacts btw.) 5. It lacks a Spanish dictionary, despite advertising otherwise. Supposedly, the device comes with predictive keyboard for both English and Spanish. Yet when you choose Spanish, there is no dictionary, and despite the fact that you chose said language, it will change to English when texting. 6. Sometimes the phone will restart randomly after closing the lid. In general, there are several "details" around the whole system that look and feel unfinished or WAY too buggy, even for casual or basic use. I mean, if you can't even use this phone as an alarm, it doesn't make any sense. Well. At least the Nokia 2780 will make and receive calls. I wouldn't recommend this phone. There are better alternatives in a similar price range when it comes to feature or "dumb" phones!

If you are looking for an old school phone, primarily for phone calls and text messages, then you have made a great choice. I tried it on an European carrier and on T-Mobile and I was able to test text and phone calls without problems. The ring is also great as it features 15 volume scale, the highest suitable for when you place it in pocket or purse. Vibration also works well. Pictures are not of great quality as resolution is quite mediocre. In the end, this is to be expected since, back in time phones like these had similar characteristics. As far as internet (wifi included), I have tested it and it is not great, because you have to use the middle key (the largest one on the keypad) to move the cursor and browse, which, as the many perceptive of you may understand, is not practical, making the browsing experience lengthy. The goal is to have a phone without those features at all.

Good phone but had previously been owned. It was bought as a new phone and when I went to set up the Wi-fi hotspot, it had already been named and a password chosen. Works on both Consumer Cellular (although Wi-fi hot spot is NOT supported) and Mint Mobile (where Wi-fi hot spot IS supported). Quality, crisp calls. Better connectivity than smartphones when it comes to using as a telephone. Texting is pretty quick with the predictive text feature. I don’t use the internet browser or email but the weather works fine. Occasionally, gets colored snow and freezes upon opening it closing but it passes quickly. This is not a big deal since opening or closing again usually resolves this issue. Restarting helps if it totally freezes but this is not frequent. Phone is lightweight, fits well into a pocket or purse. Great for the basics with a little extra if needed. Deducted one star to its “new” status not being true. But the phone was in good great condition. Just wish seller had been honest about its status, thus offering a fair price on a pre-owned device. Would recommend since many flip phones out there lack sound quality.

If all you NEED is a feature phone - and you have limited interest in the user experience of your devices - the Nokia 2780 Flip is worth looking into: 1. Makes calls and receives texts like you'd expect. 2. Has a some conveniences: decent looks, USB-C charging, functional Bluetooth, etc. 3. I don't think it will fall apart ...immediately. 4. HMD seems like one of the less questionable feature phone manufacturers out there today. 5. Costs less than $100. But if you WANT a feature phone - and you want one that is nicely made, enjoyable to hold and use - I doubt you'll like this. It feels cheap (because it is). It isn't the simple, yet elegant device I hoped it would be. It is just a commodity feature phone with a very rough pair of screens. It isn't some diamond-in-the-rough "dumb phone." More Jitterbug than RAZR (2004).

Nokia phone is slow and somewhat unreliable. Like sometimes you’ll just open her and a static screen shows. Anyways you slam her shut and open it back up to check on whoever’s call you missed because you probably left this phone in the next room. 10/10. I’ve had flip phones for the last 2 years and this one is nice...er. Has google maps! What a treat. Also fm radio and mp3 capabilities are pretty sweet. Calls and texts come through what more do you want out of a phone??

I got this as kind of a detox phone and I really like it!! It seems durable, it is easy to pop the back cover on and off to access the battery, SIM, and SD card reader, and it feels nice in the hand. The camera isn't really something you're gonna want to take all your pictures with but I took a picture and sent it to a friend and he mentioned how flip phone cameras have come a long way so I guess it's decent enough for quick pictures. The phone is fast enough. Doesn't hold a candle to my Galaxy S25 Ultra (of course not lol) but gets the job done. Texting is fine, call quality is great. I found a really nice podcast app (PodLP) to round out the music player and FM radio functions for entertainment. Snake is a ton of fun, too. I don't need to use Google Maps, browser, etc. but it's nice that they exist. A friend texted me a twitter link and I was able to load it up and it was fine. Google Maps worked correctly and quickly when I tested it but I have built-in nav in my car so I haven't had a legit use case for it. All in all, it's a dumbphone with smart enough features and enough entertainment apps to not feel a total void the way you might with something like a TCL Classic. Battery life is spectacular, build quality is good, the interface and KaiOS are super easy to learn and navigate, and it is good enough at everything to where you don't feel too bad ditching your smartphone.

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.