You can. And then you're still stuck with the compromises of a smartphone. It's short lived in terms of battery life, and it's quite fragile as a result of be

You can. And then you're still stuck with the compromises of a smartphone. It's short lived in terms of battery life, and it's quite fragile as a result of being "mostly a glass screen." I've been experimenting with flip phones for a while now, and my current daily carry (for when I carry it - I often leave it behind or power it off) is a Sonim XP3+ [0]. Battery life is "a week if I leave it on, two if I turn it off at night," and it's waterproof, drop proof, and a bunch of other mil-spec toughness proofs (I don't care about rapid decompression, ideally, but it's been tested for that). And I can use it in gloves, in the snow, without trouble. The environmental range is quite a bit wider than most smartphones, and everything is an actual physical button, no virtual buttons or touch sensors. [0]: https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-plus/ https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-...