[mauvehaus]

I just gave in and made the switch to a smartphone. It's getting tough to find dumbphones that aren't limited to 3g, which Verizon (my carrier) is turning off that also have a QWERTY keyboard. If you can live with T9, you have a lot more options.

Last time I got a new phone (2015 or 2016), most of the QWERTY phones were just crappy or outdated smartphones. I found a slider with QWERTY that is apparently 3g only. Everybody hated the voice quality.

This time around, I gave in and got an iPhone SE. I hate the distraction, but I wasn't willing to live with T9 for texting.

Good luck!