
An excellent phone for texting with its full-size QWERTY keyboard that slides out from underneath the 3.2″ touch screen. The Extravert 2 recognizes voice commands and is T4/M4 hearing aid compatible.
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Take calls like Captain James T. Kirk!
Rumor has it that flip phones were inspired by the sci-fi communicators of the first USS Enterprise’s crew, of the 1960s original Star Trek series. Short of going back to the good old cable-and-dial phones, can a cell phone get any more retro than that?
There’s nothing quite like taking and ending your calls by flipping your phone open or closed. Here we’ve compiled an overview of the most popular non-smart flip phones available today:
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Phone | Casio g’zOne C781 Ravine 2 | Samsung Jitterbug5 | Samsung Convoy 3 U680 | LG 450 | Samsung U750 Alias 2 | LG Exalt VN360 | Samsung a157 |
Approx. price | $90 | $100 | $75 | $60 | $70 | $75 | $80 |
Battery | 1150mAh | 1780mAh | 1300mAh | 950mAh | 880mAh (ext. avail.) | 900mAh | 800mAh |
Bluetooth | v3.0, A2DP | v2.1, EDR | v2.1, A2DP | v2.1, A2DP | v2.1, A2DP | 3.0 | |
Browser | Opera Mini | No | Opera Mini | Yes | Yes | Opera Mini | |
Camera | 3.2 MP | 1.3MP | 3.2 MP | 1.3 MP | 2 MP | 2 MP | No |
Carrier | Verizon | GreatCall | Verizon | T-Mobile | Verizon | Verizon | AT&T |
Dimensions | 2" x 0.8" x 4.3" | 2" x 0.8" x 3.9" | 2" x 0.8" x 4.1" | 3.86" x 2.01" x 0.73" | 4.0" x 2.0" x 0.7" | 4.4" x 2.1" x 0.6" | 3.8" x 1.8" x 0.7" |
Display (ext) | 1.38", 128x128px | 1.3" | 1.3", 128x128px | 1", 64x96px | 1.3", 128x128px | 7x15px | |
Display (int) | 2.2", 240x320px | 2.2" | 2.4" 240x320px | 2.2", 176x220px | 2.6", 240x320px | 3", 240x400px | 1.8", 128x160px |
E-mail client | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Flashlight | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Form factor | Flip | Flip | Flip | Flip | Flip | Flip | Flip |
FM Radio | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Games | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
GPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Headset jack | 2.5mm | 3.5mm | No | 3.5mm | No | 3.5mm | |
Hearing aid | M4/T4 compatible | M4/T4 compatible | M4 | M4/T4 | M4 | ||
Memory (RAM) | 256MB | 256MB | 60MB | 100MB | 256MB | ||
MP3 player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
MP3 ring tones | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Rugged | IP67, 810F | No | 810F | No | No | No | No |
SIM card | Yes | No | No | Yes (included) | No | No | Yes |
SD card (max.) | 32GB | No | 32GB | No | 32GB | 32GB | |
Speed dial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Speakerphone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Standby time | 21 days | 25 days | 19 days | 14.5 days | 14 days | 18 days | 10 days |
Talk time | 4h40m | 5h | 6h30m | 3h20m | 5h | 5h30m | 5h |
USB | MicroUSB 2.0 | MicroUSB | MicroUSB 2.0 | MicroUSB | Yes (w/ adapter) | Yes | |
Vibration alarm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Voice dial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Waterproof | Yes | No | Not 100% | No | No | No | |
Weight (oz) | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.0 |