The Ultra-Cheap Phones Even iPhone Users Will Crave

Flip phones and candy bars are back, with low prices, great battery life and some modern conveniences

Remember flip phones and candybars? Well, they're coming back. WSJ's David Pierce explains how a few upgrades are giving formerly dumb phones advantages that could make iPhone users jealous. Photo/Video: Emily Prapuolenis/The Wall Street Journal

Hi, welcome to Phones R Us. Can I interest you in a flip phone? What’s that? Why are you laughing? Wait, please don’t leave!

OK, fine, I get it. The last time you cared about a flip phone was the early aughts, when Donald Trump was a brand new reality-TV star and the sleek Motorola Razr was the coolest gadget on the market. Now it is in a museum, a relic from before we knew the cellphone’s true potential.

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