[dpcan]

I'd go this direction as long as it had a real keyboard... Maybe it's time for the blackberry to reemerge.

[dredmorbius]

Look at the Keyphone ($399), Minimal Phone ($399), Zinwa Q25 ($420), Unnecto Snap ($69), and HIT K1 ($349), all via Jose Briones's dumbphone finder.

<https://www.dumbphones.org/>

The other way to go is with an ultra-small laptop (typically 12--13"), a tablet with integrated keyboard, or a (usually DIY) cyberdeck.

[SwellJoe]

If I were going to be nostalgic about a phone, it'd be the Sidekick II (Danger Hiptop outside the US). That was a banger. Physical keyboard, very comfortable form factor for double thumb typing. A modern take on that would be my ideal phone. The first Android Google Dev Phone 1 was also a great device, sharing lineage with the Sidekick.

[sombragris]

More than the Blackberry... I'd say, the N900 form factor, complete with camera lens lid.

[hoppyhoppy2]

https://clicks.tech/communicator

[andrewstuart]

Here you go:

https://lilygo.cc/collections/t-deck-series