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Apart from the Google tie-in, I've been wanting a KaiOS phone ever since they were announced. I actually miss the days of my Nokia E71; a stripped down but mode

Apart from the Google tie-in, I've been wanting a KaiOS phone ever since they were announced. I actually miss the days of my Nokia E71; a stripped down but modern feature phone with battery life measured in days instead of hours would be a blessing. Unfortunately these are not marketed at all in the Western world and probably wouldn't work on domestic carriers.

abrowne 8y ago
In the US there's the Alcatel Go Flip on T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T (at least I think the "Cingular Flip 2" is similar). https://us.alcatelmobile.com/alcatel-go-flip/ https://us.alcatelmobile.com/alcatel-go-flip/ FWIW it apparently uses an older, pre–Google-investment KaiOS.
- morganvachon 8y ago
  Good to know, thanks! I may pick one up and put it on my Ting account to use at work (my iPhone is on Xfinity Mobile for the next couple of months until I move it back to Ting as well). I'm constantly watching my battery life at work because I have my desk line forwarded to it (I'm never at my desk very long until the end of the day). Edit: It's $100 new which isn't too bad, but less than $40 open box on eBay and other sites. That's practically impulse buy territory. I'll definitely have to consider it.
rahimnathwani 8y ago
"I actually miss the days of my Nokia E71" A Nokia E71 was my daily driver for about a year, starting in 2010. I loved: - the hardware (slim yet solid, keyboard only slightly worse than a Blackberry, nice tapered+curved edges) - the extensive list of features (e.g. Wifi+3G, built-in SIP client, support for Exchange ActiveSync) - support from important apps (e.g. Skype) I hated: - How finicky it was. I lost count of the number of times I had set up the mail client again (maybe after re-installing it) because it stopped syncing. (This was back when GSuite free accounts supported ActiveSync, which allowed push email.) - The weirdness around selecting Wifi or 3G connection (I don't recall exactly what the issue was, but I remember there was something confusing about it).
cunidev 8y ago
Agreed. The only one is Nokia 8110, which doesn't support WhatsApp and which is actually somewhat overpriced IMO (a Nokia 1 with Android costs less and the "keyboard cover" doesn't make too much sense to me). The new 3310 would have made more sense.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Because that phone is supposed to be a reference to the original one.
jonahrd 8y ago
I'm in Canada and have both the Alcatel Go Flip and the CAT B35 and they both work here and in the US.

abrowne 8y ago

In the US there's the Alcatel Go Flip on T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T (at least I think the "Cingular Flip 2" is similar). https://us.alcatelmobile.com/alcatel-go-flip/ https://us.alcatelmobile.com/alcatel-go-flip/ FWIW it apparently uses an older, pre–Google-investment KaiOS.

morganvachon 8y ago
Good to know, thanks! I may pick one up and put it on my Ting account to use at work (my iPhone is on Xfinity Mobile for the next couple of months until I move it back to Ting as well). I'm constantly watching my battery life at work because I have my desk line forwarded to it (I'm never at my desk very long until the end of the day). Edit: It's $100 new which isn't too bad, but less than $40 open box on eBay and other sites. That's practically impulse buy territory. I'll definitely have to consider it.

rahimnathwani 8y ago

"I actually miss the days of my Nokia E71" A Nokia E71 was my daily driver for about a year, starting in 2010. I loved: - the hardware (slim yet solid, keyboard only slightly worse than a Blackberry, nice tapered+curved edges) - the extensive list of features (e.g. Wifi+3G, built-in SIP client, support for Exchange ActiveSync) - support from important apps (e.g. Skype) I hated: - How finicky it was. I lost count of the number of times I had set up the mail client again (maybe after re-installing it) because it stopped syncing. (This was back when GSuite free accounts supported ActiveSync, which allowed push email.) - The weirdness around selecting Wifi or 3G connection (I don't recall exactly what the issue was, but I remember there was something confusing about it).

cunidev 8y ago

Agreed. The only one is Nokia 8110, which doesn't support WhatsApp and which is actually somewhat overpriced IMO (a Nokia 1 with Android costs less and the "keyboard cover" doesn't make too much sense to me). The new 3310 would have made more sense.

pjmlp 8y ago
Because that phone is supposed to be a reference to the original one.

jonahrd 8y ago

I'm in Canada and have both the Alcatel Go Flip and the CAT B35 and they both work here and in the US.