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No, a dumb phone has calling and SMS only. It is distinct from feature phones, which have features like a camera or Java ME.

Dumb phone and feature phone have always been synonymous to me. That's a common theme in this thread. I don't think you can reasonably speak in absolutes on this.

Or dumb phone is a glib neologism for feature phone.

And both can be replaced with plain old "mobile phone".

This is a feature phone: http://k-tai.casio.jp/products/ca007/index.html

Waterproof, 8M camera, snapdragon chipset, full email, GPS and BREW apps, NFC, running 240 hours.

There's quite a gap with a "dumb" phone.

This sounds way more impressive spec-wise than the original iPhone, which was called a smartphone. I think the definition of a smart/feature/dumb phones changes constantly.

"Feature phone is a euphemism for dumb phone."

Or the other way around? I prefer the phrase "feature phone". "Dumb phone" sounds unneccesarily derogotary and condescending. Most of the world's population has a "dumb phone".

It's no more derogatory than dumb terminal.