Best for: A freedom-brining flipping good phone
It has been said that it’s important to take timeout for a digital detox every so often. While I don’t dispute or doubt that, I don’t believe it helps to go completely cold turkey, so while killing the social feeds for a bit is a ‘thing’, the capability to make and take calls and texts, enjoy some stress-free sounds and, erm, see in the dark are all important aspects to the day-to-day.
Which brings me to this: the Nokia 2660 Flip, a folding feature phone that does all of the above… and, happily, very little else.
Firstly, some specs. Weighing just 123g, the 2660 has a 2.8-inch QVGA display and a 1.77-inch QQVGA secondary display on the outside to keep you abreast of all the stuff that’s not happening to you, the Flip features a Unisoc T107 processor, which does an excellent job keeping all the low-key features, such as the voice recorder, converter, torch, calculator, seven onboard games, and assembled multimedia all in check and running smoothly.
With Bluetooth 4.2 and network compatibility up to 4G, and a single 0.3MP camera, the Flip does, well, what the Flip does, which is keep you connected to the world while freeing you from the mind-clutter of the online circus.
Design-wise, the 2660 is pleasingly chunky, so fits the hand well, opens with ease and is imbued with large, well-spaced buttons, making it an ideal first phone for kids, as it allows them to keep in contact but safe from all the weirdos lurking on the web, and also for the elderly… for much the same reasons.
Available in Pop Pink, Lush Green, Red, Blue or Black, the 2660 Flip is a slice of basic brilliance that harks back to a simpler time when phones were phones and the internet was something that you left behind when you left the house.
- Display: 2.8-inches
- Resolution: QVGA
- Secondary display: 1.77-inch QQVGA
- Operating system: S30+
- CPU: Unisoc T107
- Max network speed: GSM/3G/4G
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.2
- Internal storage: 128MB (expandable to 32GB via MicroSD)
- RAM: 48MB
- Front camera: n/a
- Rear camera: 0.3MP
- Dimensions: 108 x 55 x 18.9mm (HxWxD)
- Weight: 123g
- Colour options: Lush Green, Red, Blue, Black, Pop Pink