[ferongr]

This is nothing new. It's a dumb-phone with a touchscreen. There were quite a few examples back in the day in the late 00s.

[loosescrews]

It seems particularly similar to the short lived Microsoft Kin phones from 2010.

[anilakar]

Considering how bad the Windows Phone ecosystem was, the smartphones were not much better...

[SahAssar]

Microsoft Kin was a separate thing, and was discontinued 48 days after launch.

Windows phone had excellent hardware (from nokia) and excellent UX, but very few apps bothered to support it. If my old windows phone was still updated and my critical apps supported it I'd still be using my lumia 800/900 series phones.

[marysol5]

Even now, there's been a market for them. I know a few older people who have them