The thing is I had this until 3G went away. Now texting is more of a bitch than it was with the chiclet keyboard, and the battery uses about 4x more energy (in standby, with the screen off) even with everything extra disabled or removed. And the phone is larger. The only gain is a better camera.

My wife's situation is even worse.

Why can't these mother fuckers still make at least one non-touchscreen phone with a chiclet keyboard??!!!!!!!! Even "old people" like to fucking text. They could sell it for 300% profit. Hell, even 1000% profit. People like me would pay. Toss 5G onto it so they do a manufacturing run once, and continue selling the same model for 10+ years until their stock runs out.

This can be done, and done profitably. They just don't care.