[jonhohle]

According to the FAQ the Dumbphone 2 is based on the TCL Flip 2. I had pretty good success with this phone as a first phone for tweens. The firmware allowed disabling the browser out of the box with adb. I could transfer music to it to be used as an MP3 player. The battery life was ok, not the best. This was an earlier version that ran KaiOS.

[qingcharles]

What do they run now? KaiOS was honestly awful. I had to source some of these for a halfway house. Having to teach people T9 in 2026 is tough. The entire phone was janky as hell. I worked in cell phone development, I've seen my fair share of awful phones. These were probably the worst phone I've ever used. Worse even than the unusable NEC e606.