[vatotemking]

This! Low-end Nokia phones are not meant to replace Android phones, but as a backup(supplementary) phone.

Might not be apparent in Silicon valley but in third-world countries its:

* Snatcher deterrence. It would be less likely targeted than say an iPhone when used in risky public areas.

* Ideal for people who'd only use a phone for texting and calling (eg. older people, farmers, laborers).

* A phone that does not need baby sitting: long batt life, doesn't care if it falls on the floor, when it rains just wrap it in plastic.

* And the one thing that I miss the most in smartphones: Texting without ever looking at the screen.

[drfuchs]

Our teen could hold her iPhone under the dinner table and 2-thumb touch-type texts while keeping eye contact with us, hoping we wouldn't notice. When caught, she demoed that she could be almost 100% accurate even with the phone completely out of her sight. Dead-reckoning with no feedback! Necessity is the mother of invention, I suppose.

[johnchristopher]

I don't think I would have been able to do that as a teen.

[smackfu]

Had a friend who did this while driving. Not good.

[scottmf]

I often type without looking while walking. It's pretty accurate apart from the occasional autocorrect mistake, which can only improve with time.

And voice dictation is very accurate these days, and probably faster than most people type.

[vatotemking]

I could probably do that too on a smartphone in my teens. But its so much easier with the classic Nokias. The plain old keypads is way better than haptic feedback. The jutted part of the keys serves as your anchor. SImilar to the F and J on a touch system.