Feature phones are having a quiet resurgence in 2025. As smartphone fatigue grows, more users are turning to minimal devices that focus on core functions like calling, texting, and music playback.

HMD has teased the arrival of a so-called “hybrid phone,” called the HMD Touch 4G. Leaked images and a video suggest that this is a feature phone with a touchscreen. This wouldn’t be the first feature ...

Kenya’s 2025 feature phone comeback is cutting internet access, slowing social media, and reversing digital gains.

The HMD Touch 4G is an unusual looking phone that features a 3.2 inch, 320 x 240 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen and relatively thick borders along the top (where you’ll find a speaker and camera) and ...

Over the past few years we’ve seen a number of efforts to bring physical keyboards back to smartphones. But we’ve also seen a growing number of efforts to make smartphones… less smart, as a way to ...

PhonePe Limited announced an IP purchase of conversational engagement platform Gupshup’s proprietary ‘GSPay’ technology stack for enabling UPI-based payments for feature phones. GSPay is a mobile ...

The Catch Me Up feature on Motorola phones, also known as Update Me, is especially handy when you've been in a meeting or away from your phone for a while. Instead of scrolling through a long list of ...