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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022
I thought I had the original My Flip before being handed a company iPhone at a news agency I worked. In any case, I had one that was very similar, and it was from Alcatel. I missed that little phone the whole time I had the iPhone, which I never warmed to because it I knew I'd have to give it back one day.
That day came, and I knew I wanted a pre-paid Tracfone and Googled "Tracfone." This was one of the first things I saw, and I was like "My old phone!" I didn't even look at anything else. I read a lot of reviews that mention difficulty with setting it up. I had no trouble. In fact, it all felt so familiar. But I had an advantage. I bought it a whole week before I had to give up the iPhone, so I had plenty of time to set it up the way I wanted before registering it.
I guess this would be classified as a dumb phone, but I'd call it more of a hybrid smart/dumb phone. It does have some smartphone capabilities, like talk-to-text using Google Assistant. It also comes preloaded with some decent apps. I'm on Facebook a lot, and there's an app for that, which I appreciate. There's also a little suite of Google apps, including Google Maps, Google Assistant, the Google search engine, and YouTube. Browsing the internet is a pain because you have to use the number pad to navigate. But some of the preloaded, apps as well as some that I downloaded from the KaiOS app store, provide a slightly more user-friendly experience and are designed for small screens.
When I think about the iPhone, I know I didn't tap into half of what it was capable of. But everything I did with it I can also do with the My Flip 2: make calls, send texts, send and receive pics and videos, check my mail, and surf the net. If texting with the number pad was the only option, that would be frustrating, but I'm used to it and use it for quick texts and responses. But Google Assistant is super easy to use and convenient. When you're in the text field, press and hold the center OK button until Google Assistant comes on. Say exactly what you want the text to say, then hit send.
As part of my daily routine now, I turn on the activity tracker I downloaded from the app store so I can log the number of miles I walk per day, turn on the phone's FM radio, tune into my favorite local jazz station, and head out the door. The activity tracker gives me updates on my progress about every 20 minutes or so. Pretty cool. I love this quirky little phone, perhaps more than I should.
That day came, and I knew I wanted a pre-paid Tracfone and Googled "Tracfone." This was one of the first things I saw, and I was like "My old phone!" I didn't even look at anything else. I read a lot of reviews that mention difficulty with setting it up. I had no trouble. In fact, it all felt so familiar. But I had an advantage. I bought it a whole week before I had to give up the iPhone, so I had plenty of time to set it up the way I wanted before registering it.
I guess this would be classified as a dumb phone, but I'd call it more of a hybrid smart/dumb phone. It does have some smartphone capabilities, like talk-to-text using Google Assistant. It also comes preloaded with some decent apps. I'm on Facebook a lot, and there's an app for that, which I appreciate. There's also a little suite of Google apps, including Google Maps, Google Assistant, the Google search engine, and YouTube. Browsing the internet is a pain because you have to use the number pad to navigate. But some of the preloaded, apps as well as some that I downloaded from the KaiOS app store, provide a slightly more user-friendly experience and are designed for small screens.
When I think about the iPhone, I know I didn't tap into half of what it was capable of. But everything I did with it I can also do with the My Flip 2: make calls, send texts, send and receive pics and videos, check my mail, and surf the net. If texting with the number pad was the only option, that would be frustrating, but I'm used to it and use it for quick texts and responses. But Google Assistant is super easy to use and convenient. When you're in the text field, press and hold the center OK button until Google Assistant comes on. Say exactly what you want the text to say, then hit send.
As part of my daily routine now, I turn on the activity tracker I downloaded from the app store so I can log the number of miles I walk per day, turn on the phone's FM radio, tune into my favorite local jazz station, and head out the door. The activity tracker gives me updates on my progress about every 20 minutes or so. Pretty cool. I love this quirky little phone, perhaps more than I should.
