​Motorola should re-release the Razer flip phone exactly as it was in the 2004 as a “dumb phone”

Cellphones seem to be mandatory to participate in modern civilization. Why is our only option for these devices something stuffed with 6 cameras and a wiretap? I want a telephone, not a social media intravenous pole.

I miss the days when phones only phoned. You needed a separate music player to play music, and a separate camera to camera. Having a smartphone feels like I’m required to have a pack of smokes on my person at all times. I’m aware of the Razer 2023, but I don’t want folding glass, holodeck, AI powered, smarter-than-you phone that looks like Kubric’s Space Odyssey monolith. I just want a phone.

I’m considering getting my soon-to-be teenaged daughter a cellphone. I want something that can only text and call, and has no internet connectivity. No camera would also be a plus for obvious reasons. Some dumb phones already exist, even flip phones, but with everyone else sporting the latest and greatest, it feels like they’re too easy to make fun of. An OG Razer re-release would have too many ‘vintage cool’ points to look down at, and I want one. I would gladly trade in the convenience of my smartphone for something more healthy.

Plus, you can angrily slam a flip phone closed to hang up on someone. Try doing that with a touch screen.