I like this. Just switched back to dumb phone about a month ago. I wonder if there would be a market for a touch screen phone with a really nice and simple interface, but no apps; just call and text.
The Nokia 515 (http://www.wired.com/2013/08/nokias-nicest-dumbphon/) has a pretty nice interface, I don't think a touchscreen would really give much advantage over the hard keys and d-pad - although that's mainly due to the OS being designed for that.
This is almost exactly what I had in mind. Nice.
I was quite interested when Nokia announced these 3xx/5xx phones with superduper battery lives. Too bad that their estimates seem wildly optimistic, in reality their battery life seems to be <1 week which is far less impressive.
I switched to a BlackBerry Curve (9320) from an iPhone. Perfect type of "dumbphone" that maintains a full keyboard for texting yet has a small screen and limited app selection that makes it hard to want to use it for anything other than text/phone. You also save a lot by not having to spend on a data plan.
Honestly curious, why would you want touch screen for just call and text?
I'm guessing s/he doesn't want to go back to T9 for texting, or use a phone with a hardware keyboard.
Its called a Nokia Asha and no data connection (because Nokia S40 OS is a pain to set up data on).
To be honest I held out on smartphones until 2012. The Nokia kit coming out before that was excellent. It's pretty good now as well but I find my cheap Moto G more useful.
Why did you switch to a dumb phone and what dumb phone did you switch to?
When I had an iPhone, I couldn't bring it to the library to do (school) work, because of the risk of bullshitting on the phone for who knows how long after receiving a text or something. So I would leave my phone at home every day and always miss everyone's calls. My family was not a fan of this, nor was my girlfriend.