If you really can’t live without a smartphone but want to cut back on your phone use, or simply want a genuinely small phone, then take a look at the Jelly 2E. If you want another dose of nostalgia, it comes with Snake, but it’s a shame that even though Tetris is installed you have to pay for the full game. Jason Murdock is our Deputy Technology Ecommerce Editor, writing across multiple titles including Good Housekeeping, Esquire and Digital Spy.

The 6300 4G looks pretty much identical to the classic Nokia 6300 (first launched in 2017), which isn’t a bad thing at all. It provides the most essential apps – WhatsApp, Google Maps for navigation, YouTube and Facebook and online browser. Exact availability of the phones is still unknown and HMD Global has confirmed that these devices will be available only in selected markets.It may feel like you need a smartphone to exist in 2024, but the latest handsets aren’t for everyone. According to latest update on the WhatsApp forum, the messaging service provider has restricted WhatsApp for selected smartphones from Microsoft, Blackberry, and Nokia. Other features are a browser, e-mail, music, dual SIM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, headphone jack, Wi-Fi, dual SIM and more.

The small front display is helpful for checking the date and time at a glance and the main display is colourful and bright, with text that isn’t pixelated. Internet-connected devices with access to millions of apps might be the norm in 2023, but they’re by no means your only option. An alternative to Doro’s simple phones is this stark but nice looking phone from European company Emporia. This innovative system allows you to access applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Youtube, Google, Google Maps. Now heart rate measurement is easy to get right – remember those pulse rate apps that used the camera flash to detect heartbeats?

But that is about to change as the Facebook-owned social messaging app has finally released a new version of WhatsApp that would enable all feature phone users to access the app on their smartphones. KaiOS has been a critical partner in helping us bring private messaging to smart feature phones around the world.