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Heineken and HMD’s Boring Phone is a retro-style flip phone with speed dial, Snake, and not much else

The Boring Phone is a modern cellphone that’s designed to do less than most. You can use it to make calls and maybe send text messages if you remember how to do T9 texting. But this 4G flip phone doesn’t support mobile data and doesn’t run apps or games (except for Snake). It’s designed to offer […]

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ZTE Libero Flip is a foldable flip-phone priced under $420 (in Japan)

The ZTE Libero Flip is a smartphone with a 6.9 inch AMOLED display that folds in half like a flip phone, a small circular cover display, and the kind of specs you’d expect from a mid-range phone. Of course, most foldable phones don’t have mid-range price tags. But it looks like that’s starting to change, […]

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This Japanese flip phone combines modern specs with a retro number pad

Flip phones are all the rage again thanks to foldable OLED displays that allow device makers to make modern touchscreen phones that can fold in half. But a few decades ago a flip phone was a phone with a number pad on the bottom a screen on top. Japanese smartphone company P-Up World’s latest phone […]

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Motorola Razr+ coming this month for $1000, Razr (2023) coming later this year for substantially less

Motorola is updating its Razr line of modern flip-phones with foldable displays by launching two new models. The 2023 Motorola Razr phone features mid-range specs and pricing and it’s set to hit the streets later this year. And the Motorola Razr+ is launching this month, with a faster processor, bigger cover display, and several other premium features. […]

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Lilbits: Linux on Apple Silicon, Motorola’s next flip-phone, and a new Acer Android tablet

Motorola has been selling phones with foldable displays under the Razr brand for for the past few years. Like the classic Motorola Razr, these new phones are basically flip phones. But thanks to the flexible OLED display on the inside, when unfolded they offer the full-screen experience you’d expect from a modern Android smartphone. They […]

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 pairs better hardware with a familiar design

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip4 looks nearly identical to last year’s Flip3. Both are modern flip-phones with a foldable 6.7 inch, 120 Hz AMOLED primary display that bends at the middle allowing you to snap the phone closed and slide it in a pocket or handbag. Both have 1.9 inch AMOLED cover displays that allow you […]

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Huawei P50 Pocket is a flip phone with a foldable display and an unusual cover display

As expected, Huawei has introduced its answer to the Samsung Galaxy Flip line of smartphones. The new Huawei P50 Pocket is a modern flip-phone with a 6.9 inch, 120 Hz OLED display that can fold in half to make the phone easy to slide into a pocket. Want to use the camera or check your notifications […]

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Motorola Razr (2020) goes on sale Oct 2 for $1200

The new Motorola Razr (2020) smartphone is basically a modern flip phone with a foldable OLED display, a second screen on the cover, and better specs than the 2019 model at a slightly lower price. When Motorola first announced the new phone earlier this month the company said it would be available this fall for […]

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Motorola’s new Razr is a foldable 5G flip phone coming this fall for $1400

As expected, Motorola is launching a new version of the Motorola Razr smartphone with a foldable OLED display. And as expected, the new model brings a faster processor, 5G support, and upgraded memory, storage, battery, and cameras. What’s a little surprising is that the new Motorola Razr is also cheaper than the previous model… although […]