Best Feature Phone in 2019


Featured phone formerly also known as "dumbphone" is a great choice when you want to break your smartphone addiction or when you are looking for a cheap secondary phone. 

-> They are easy to use, offers great battery life 
-> However, finding the right feature phone isn’t that easy especially in this competitive era where you can get feature phones from $4 [India eXclusive] to $400, Yeah I'm not kidding.

-> Here is a list of some of the best "not so cheap" feature phones or dumbphones in the market right now.

1. Punkt MP01 – "The best-designed feature phone"

Punkt MP01 comes from a brand based out of Singapore. If you’re someone to whom design matters, this phone will be a perfect alternative to your smartphone. The UI is simple, it doesn’t have any app icons or mainstream Operating System like the Palm phone. So if calling and messaging is your only concern, this sober-looking phone might be worth the try.


It has a solid build with two colors on offer, black and white. It uses a gorilla glass screen [No version specified]. A 1000 mah battery. For better text messaging there is T9 predictive text input.
Cons:

 - It only supports 2G spectrum, so might not work with some carriers [Indians you have Voda & Airtel so no worries].

Pros:

 - The monochrome interface looks clean and displays sharp text.

 - Dedicated contact button, takes you to the address book eliminating time searching for contacts.

- Bespoke Ringtones are original ringtones created by Norwegian sound artist Kjetil Røst Nilsen, so you don’t have to be confused, the next time your phone rings.

 Buy Punkt MP01 ($229)
2. Light Phone 2 – " The best minimal feature phone"

 If you ask was Light Phone one was a hit? Then yeah it was definitely a huge hit because Light Phone 2 raised about $8.4 million in seed funding from Foxconn and  John Zimmer (Lyft) due to light phone one success.

 It has Light OS running through its veins and boy it's stunning as well as minimalist, which is pretty dope. They claim to have a stand by time of up to 7 days and 3 days of regular use. It also has GPS, Bluetooth, and WIFI.
Cons:

 -> This phone is restricted to just calls and text only. 

 Pros:

-> E-ink is used in the screen, so there is almost no use of the battery, it comes in black and light gray.

 ->They have a  separate service plan and SIM card (Only USA)  to make it easy and more streamlined for the consumer, which includes services like unlimited calling and text.  

3. Palm Phone – "The best secondary phone"
Palm Phone is a super but not super duper tiny phone, that might fetch you weird looks if you walk around with it. Yeah!, you think I'm kidding? Yes. The idea behind these phones is to keep your main phone away, it runs on Android but with a screen of just 3.3 inches even smaller than the iPhone 5/SE, it makes an unlikely choice for multimedia consumption. 
-> It packs a mammoth battery of 800 mah, It has top of the spec😂 Qualcomm 435 processor Octa-core CPU which can handle your basic messaging and email apps. 
-> In-camera department , It a packs 12MP primary camera [No GCam support as of now]and 8 MP selfie camera in the front.


All your day to day apps like booking a cab with Uber or check out a restaurant on Maps , Palm can handle like a breeze. 
-> It packs a dual speaker grill so that's dope. 
-> In the sensor arena, it almost covers all like G-sensor, GPS, Gyro and a proximity sensor. 
-> It runs Android 8.1 Oreo and It has not been equiped Fingerprint sensor instead it has Face Unlock for security.
Cons:
-> The price might be a concern if we consider it as a secondary device but other than that its pretty dope. 
Pros :
-> It is certified by IP68 for its ruggedness, so you can throw it any time you want.
    -> Due to the small factor it can easily fit in your coin pocket, which is lacking in this smartphone era