Sonim XP3 Plus XP3900 T-Mobile Only 16GB Black Very Good (Renewed)

Great price for a near-perfect refurbished STURDY phone that's on the "dumb side" (as opposed to smart phones). But if you're on T-Mobile and need a phone for voice calls, this is a great option. Really good as you get older - good antennae, loud speaker, big buttons and solid. One drawback is that it doesn't really synch or backup to a pc so inputting contacts was slow. Another is low internal storage but upgradable with microSD. But the old-style flip phone in it's retro glory render those issues irrelevant. Reminds me of the first phone (not in a bag) that I had in 1988 but present day tech.

Most rugged phone ever

Exactly what I needed and was expecting. I am trying to get off the internet more and into the real world, thankfully I already have a tmobile subscription and my last phone also had a nano sim card, so transferring to this phone took actual minutes. My average screentime before this phone was 11-15 hours a day, my first day with this phone ended with about 5 hours of screen time, most of which was spent googling the manual and troubleshooting issues I had.I bought a "renewed" phone listed as "very good" quality, which as far as I can tell just means that it was refurbished, it came in a cardboard box with some generic looking charger and sim card tool, but I don't really care. Also as far as I could tell there were no scratches or any visible damage to the phone. Also due to it being a renewed phone, I don't entirely trust that my battery is brand new so I can't comment on the battery life, but you can buy new oem batteries for this phone on ebay for $10-$15.The people who would be buying this phone are people who want to still have the availability to talk and text outside of KaiOS, which I heard can be clunky, buggy, and slow, and for people who want to be restricted on the kind of apps that they can use as well as there is no native play store or native apk installer.The only way you would be able to download other apps onto this phone would be by enabling developer mode and plugging into your computer and using webadb, which is a tedious process. Which in my opinion is a good feature, it makes it not worth it to download any unnecessary apps.I had to Google search a manual for the phone but It was pretty easy and helped me setup and start my phone. Switching from a smartphone and only ever having used a smartphone there were a couple quirks that I had to get used to. Firstly I realized that the giant "ptt" button was only available for workplaces and found out I could remap that button to a different feature.The biggest hurdle with this type of phone is the lack of gps software availability. There is no realistic or comfortable way to install and use gps software, for this I would look into buying a garmin gps.The lack of gps and online banking are going to be the only reason I keep my smartphone on me (with no sim card or data). For this I have installed screen zen, which allows me to restrict the use of distracting apps instead of outright blocking them so as to make transitioning easier. It also would help to keep your phone powered off and in a drawer or the bottom of your backpack instead of in your pocket, just to resist the temptation physically as well.Overall, for the $45 dollars I spent on the phone, I don't think I could have made a better decision. It has all the apps that I actually need on the phone like clock, calendar, messaging, notes, and even extras like a file explorer, sound recorder, fm radio and music app. The battery life lasts as long as you're not on full brightness with it on all day. There are no distractions, just messaging my family and friends. If i need extra apps like whatsapp I can get them, you might even be able to get an online banking app, but I woulcn't count on it working well or being easy to use with just the d-pad. But like I said, the only real downside is that it doesn't support gps, which would honestly finish the phone for me and probably get rid of my smartphone. Also a native emailing app would be nice too, but might add unnecessary distractions.

This company was a nightmare. First phone wouldn’t accept the SIM card from T-Mobile. They sent a replacement which worked for two weeks, then it would only charge up to 72% and kept trying to connect to different phone services other than T-Mobile. Never buy from this “refurbished” phone company. Pretty sure they just take old phones and resell them without fixing since each phone had different issues.

Phone is good. Everything worked. Not a scratch. Wanted a simple phone to undumb myself from the smart phone. I use it just for that. Mostly calls and limited texts. What was disappointing is that the battery charges to only 75% called Sonim as per the advice of the Amazon app and they Sonim representative advised to buy a new battery. Granted it is a renewed phone but still the battery should not be that depleted. Otherwise I would give this phone a 5 star.

This phone was exactly what my teen was looking for—a simple phone to help him break his smart phone addiction. It functioned exactly as it should and he actually preferred it to his iPhone! It’s not fancy and it really isn’t meant to be. Don’t buy it if you want to take pics, but if you want a simple phone to make and receive calls and text the old-fashioned way, this will meet your needs.

Got for my kids for use with T-mobile prepaid plan ($15/month auto-pays with unlimited text & talk so doesn't really feel like prepaid). This is one of the only flip phones that (a) Has band 71 which is CRITICAL to reliably use T-mobile in non-urban areas, and (b) properly handles MMS (multimedia) texts, and apparently group texts too (though haven't tried that yet). I believe it has a browser but it's not obvious where or how to get to it, and once my kids find it, they'll only have 1GB per month on our prepaid plan, which with videos they would use up in a single day. The processor is fast and the interface is snappy. Decent camera for a flip phone. This is built like a tank and water resistant. Note this is a BIG & HEAVY phone. Finally, there is pretty good aftermarket support for this phone with cases, cradles and spare batteries readily available.

Menu and UI is very confusing. Used it for a week, couldn't handle it any more. Now it's a paperweight.