Back in the day you could get a dumb phone with 2 week battery life and a screen viewable in any light from total darkness to direct sunlight. That combination

Back in the day you could get a dumb phone with 2 week battery life and a screen viewable in any light from total darkness to direct sunlight. That combination of features seems to be a lost technology. A lot of places have or are in the process of shutting down 2G so you can't just keep using an old phone even if you can somehow find a good battery for it.