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

So old school cool! Feels like a brick in my pocket, love it. My T-Mobile sims card works fine. Don't expect a smart phone, it's not, but that's why I purchased it, had to get my life back. I use it during the week and swap back to my android on the weekends. Highly recommend it.

Everything was great in this phone except it has a repetitive message saying it’s from Tmobile prepaid phone. So I wish I could remove that.

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 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.

Physically looked brand new and was easy to set up and use once I put my sim card in. Loved the feel and ease of use. Return product due to the mdm being enabled and not having full control of device. I would purchase again if unlocked.

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.

Exactly why we needed for the office! Very durable!

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