[plug] Phone recommendations

[gavinwc]

I know this is opening a can of worms, but looking for recommendations for
a replacement phone. Why? Read on:

I choose NOT to use an android or iPhone smart phone and have had a variety
of 'feature' phones over the years because all I want to use it for is text
and calls, with occasional hotspot and definitely Bluetooth. My current one
is the Nokia 800 Tough. Gee, that's radical, I know, and being a high
school teacher it always gives the teenagers a good laugh!

Now, today I got a text and email from my carrier that had all the
hallmarks of a scam because it screamed "your phone is going to be
blocked!" But, it was legit. Because both major carriers have really
dropped the ball on emergency calls, from Oct they're now going to be
completely blocking any phone deemed not capable of meeting the new
emergency connection regs released in 2024

You people all probably know that, but thought I'd spell it out for the
archives and clarity :-)

Something like the Fairphone would be great, I guess, but last time I
looked it wasn't affordable for me. The Nokia runs the independent (?)
kaiOS, so I'm looking for something non-android and non-ios. Any handset
chosen has to voLTE compatible, which my handset says it is, but it's been
deemed 'unfit' anyway :-(

Ideas?

Thanks.
Gavin.
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