Sometimes, you need a basic phone to place calls and take the occasional picture. That’s where these models come in. Flip phones have actually ... the top half and an old-fashioned keypad ...

and usually look like the flip phones or Nokia phones you might have had before smartphones existed. What are the features? They allow you to make phone calls and text. But different models have ...

For example, Samsung recently launched the SM-W2017 flip phone. Now, LG is here with a competitor — the LG Exalt LTE. The device is a little slimmer and more old-school than Samsung’s offering.

So I asked. Here’s what LG told me: flip phones remain popular with four, somewhat related classes of users. These are people who: 1) Use their phone primarily for talking, not gaming or browsing.

The craze could be linked initially to Sammy Palazzolo (@skzzolno), who says flip phones aren't just about retro kitsch, but the 18-year-old ... flip phone, with some of the higher-end models ...

Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has used the same Samsung flip phone for years. Luck's service provider, AT&T, apparently stopped selling the model Luck ... a hoard of LG flip phones and says ...

Everything that’s old is new again---and the flip ... phones. Mobile carriers continue to release one or two new models every year with improvements such as making the buttons on the phone ...