AT&T PREPAID Cingular Flip 2 Prepaid Feature Phone - Dark Gray (4 GB)

My dad has never been tech savvy. But now he’s got some cognitive issues and the smartphone has become truly alien. I bought him a Sonim brick, which has a loud ring and a loud speakerphone and minimal menus and buttons - he said it was too complicated. So I got him the Cingular Flip 2. I have an AT&T family plan and we already had a line for him, but the SIM card from the Sonim was too big to fit into the Flip. I did a chat with an account CSR at AT&T and she activated the SIM card that came with the Flip. I did a power cycle and it didn’t take, but it DID when I pulled the battery completely out. The ring isn’t super loud but I might be able to install a louder mp3. The speaker is great, talk sounds good from both directions, he’s slightly hearing impaired and he says it’s loud enough. If you flip it open in answers the call, if you flip it closed it hangs up. The buttons are all big and they all light up. The manual is short and easy to understand. He likes it.

Charging cord did not work. Did not seem to be new.

I'm a 21 year old who wanted to switch from a smartphone just because I was tired of feeling "connected" all the time. I bought this because it was moderately priced, low-tech, and would work with my SIM. I took my nanoSIM out of my iPhone and stuck it in the phone (didn't use the prepaid SIM), it booted up no problem, and has been perfect for texting and calling. In the past I have tried to use other flip phones but have ended up returning them because they wouldn't accept my SIM. These days it can be hard to find cell plans which will work with flip phones, I don't know the exact issue, but I always was prompted to buy a second plan which I didn't want to do. It was really nice how easy it was to just put my old SIM in here, keep the same number and plan. I had it set up in an hour. The only problems I've had is there is no way to block numbers, and when sending picture messages, the pictures often don't send for hours until after they've said they're delivered. The ringtone is also pretty quiet, even at max volume, so I sometimes miss texts. Not the end of the world though. Other than that, I was really pleased with how easy this was to set up and use. Would reccomend to anyone (old or young) thinking about going retro.

The seller is well of aware of the poor quality of these second-hand phones. The phone arrived in good time but it flat out doesn't work. It doesn't charge at all. This is not a brand new phone. It appears to be dated and purchased as a batch of imperfect phones, unsuitable to place in retail stores but okay to sell as junk online. DO NOT BUY THESE PHONES! DEAD ON ARRIVAL!

Ok, it's just a flip phone. But for our intended purpose, it's fine. It is for a reluctant phone user to have for emergencies. It seems to work fine, is easy to use, seems sturdy, good value for money.

Good phone for an older adult. I needed it for my dad who lives overseas, thankfully I was able to get it unlocked with no issues. It actually has wifi access. It was well worth the price because he can understand how to use it. Hopefully it will last for a good while.

seems to be a nice phone. it has large buttons. my problem is the print on the screen. from what I saw,, I thought there was large print. there is a setting to make print large but was not very large. I have macular degeneration. I need large print & bold print. for this reason, I had to return it. the problem is with instructions. I had the same problem with instructions with another at&t phone. it took me two days to figure out how to remove the pre-inserted sims card. I went to consumer cellular alcatel flip phone video. they have videos for everything on this phone. I looked at the video on how to rerurn sims card. I had it removed in 5 minutes. each time I wanted to do something on the phone I looked at one of consumer cellular;s videos. at&t should have such videos.

Easy for my older parent to use. He didn’t like having a smart phone so I am grateful that I was able to purchase this one through Amazon. I went to the AT&T store and they weren’t in stock and we’re more expensive. While standing in the store I pulled up my Amazon app and ordered it in front of the sales associate. It arrived the in a two day time frame which wasn’t an issue, but I did have a problem removing the back to insert the battery.