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But isn't texting the favored use? Actually making a call is often impractical with spotty cell coverage.

In the Philippines apparently most folks text. Signal is occasional; text messages eventually get through automatically as you travel around during the day while a call is only possible at those brief times of connectivity.

Anyway, can this $12 phone text?



SMS is a pretty basic part of the GSM standard so, if it didn't support it (assuming it's a GSM phone, of course)


But I don't see a keyboard; I doubt its a touch-screen. So no way to enter texts?


Uh do you not see the letters on the number keys there. Did you ever own a phone before smart phones?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) maybe?

Doubt they have the liecence, but it's a very fast way of typing. With an old Nokia 8250 - I can type pretty fast with the phone in my pocket - muscle memory for the win!


there's a numeric keypad to enter texts with (press 7 three times to type r, etc)


since costs and efficiency are key, do away with lower case at this price point.




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