Thanks, that’s kind of interesting, though it is an Android (AOSP) phone with a physical keypad more or less. $60 isn’t too bad but it appears locked to Boost Mobile. An unlocked Moto G Play 2023 is $100 cash at Best Buy so that’s probably more attractive given a suitable dumbifying app.
When I say it runs Android, the implication is that it is full of smart phone features, which it is. The idea of a dumb phone is that it is impossible for the user to get the phone into a confusing state, and there are no states that the user might want to enter but can’t figure out how. For example, if the phone can play music, the user will want to know how to activate the music playing feature, which means they will hassle you (you are the involuntary unpaid 24/7 tech support for this phone) to explain it to them, possibly multiple times per day.
So it is an IMHO essential feature of a dumb phone that it NOT have a music player, or any other feature that is not constantly visible in the UI. Phones of the 1990s could do that, but the technology has since been lost. ;)
Locked phone usually means you are stuck with that carrier’s expensive plans. A very basic MVNO plan for an unlocked phone is $5 per month or less. I don’t think Boost has anything like that.
Added: Hmm, here is a $65 “NeoFlip” phone that might not be locked: https://www.redpocket.com/shop/flip-phone/neo-flip-lte