Flip phones have died out here in the states as of late 2000s — right around the time smartphones were coming into play. Flip phones still have hit a niche market, however, with some people still ...

The flip phone has returned. Again. Alcatel announced the new Alcatel Go Flip 3 and the Alcatel Smartflip, which the company calls the first flip phone to launch in North America and feature both ...

A new flip phone is coming to users in the United States very soon. It will be no ordinary feature flip phone because it can support Google apps and even Google Assistant. TCL, the company that owns ...

Last month, Alcatel and Verizon announced the new GO Flip V feature phone that offered a modern take on the flip phone with LTE, WiFi-hotspot capability, and a color display for simple browsing. It's ...

KaiOS has become an interesting third kind of operating system. It’s not quite as dumb as your traditional flip phone, but it’s also not as capable as something like Android. Today, TCL’s Alcatel is ...

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Since I cover smartphones here on ZDNet, I tend to focus on the latest and greatest flagship devices. Occasionally, other interesting phones catch my eye and for the past few weeks I've been trying ...