I have yet to own a smart phone. Thus far lacking a smart phone has not really impacted me beyond trying to call an unknown number 411 no longer looks up busin

I have yet to own a smart phone. Thus far lacking a smart phone has not really impacted me beyond trying to call an unknown number 411 no longer looks up business by category as so many people have smart phones, or at least that has been my experience. I would like to get one but Fairphone is not available in the US and I can not find a US equivalent to it. I should probably get something soon as Verizon is about to kill off the network my old pre-paid flip phone uses. Even if I do find a phone that meets my requirements supporting unrestricted linux/root by default, removable battery, etc... I will use it for voice, texting and maybe a web browser to look up business numbers. I will never install SPA's or take pictures with the phone unless I have full control of the OS and firmware, especially the baseband modem and GPS. This is just my opinion but I do not believe I could be jailed into a phone. I spent more than half my life on call and find myself being allergic to phones and pagers now. Even my little flip-phone sleeps in a different room than me.