Cat S22 Flip (16GB) 2.8" Touchscreen, Android 11, IP68 Water Resistant, 4G LTE GSM (T-Mobile Unlocked for MetroPCS, Global) (Black)

I used to be in the habit of always reaching for my iPhone whenever I was idle. My iPhone was terrible for my mental health, and I wanted a phone that was a utility, not a perpetual attention-suck.So I decided to get a flip phone. But I wanted one that still had the basic utilities I use regularly: messaging (WhatsApp/Signal), GPS, wireless hot spot, 1Password, Spotify, etc. At the same time, I didn't want something I liked too much or that was too inviting to use, because then I'd reach for it all the time.Enter the Cat S22. It's perfect.First of all, the thing is a brick — a far cry from the sleek, thin flip phones we used to have in the early aughts. So I usually keep it in my bag or something, not in my pocket.Second, it's got Android (albeit a stripped down version called Android Go), so I can download any app I want. I have the basics I've mentioned above, and I'm not even tempted to download e.g., Instagram or Facebook, because the screen is so tiny and the phone is so clunky to use that I'd never want to use those apps on it.Third, it's slow as hell. I mean, some screen taps take full seconds to register. Google Assistant on this thing is a joke — most of the time, it's faster to just do things manually. It completely gets in the way of idle usage because it's such a freaking pain in the ass to use that you'd never even be tempted. For example, I'm still occasionally in the habit of reaching for my phone when I'm stopped at a red light to e.g., check text messages or something. But the S22 is so slow to switch between apps that it's starting to beat that habit out of me.It's worth mentioning that the integration between the T9 keyboard and the software keyboard is pretty crappy. Most of the time, I just want to do voice to text, so I just use the GBoard and click the mic icon instead of typing.One note in the plus column is that this phone is indestructible. I've dropped it a number of times and it's still good as new.Aside from that: absolute garbage phone. So pick one up if you're sick of being on your phone all the time!

This phone is awesome, especially for the price. I bought the first one for myself from a different online vendor. It arrived and was exactly what I wanted, so much so that my husband wanted one too. Bring us to Amazon, where it was priced better and you have the Amazon A to Z guarantee. My husbands phone arrived and he was just as happy as I was. It can function as a sort of smart phone if that’s what you want, but we bought it for the opposite reason. We love that this phone actually gives you the option to shut down apps, you have control over what can run and what can’t, unlike other smart phones that have tons of unnecessary apps running in the background. The battery charges quickly and lasts much longer than other devices. The audio is loud and clear. The only change is that the keyboard is either on screen or an odd version of the number pad, not like the old school version but something drastically different. I’ll will be looking into the downloadable keyboard another review mentions. If you do opt to use the screens keyboard, it IS shockingly accurate for how tiny it is. Even my husband, who has larger fingers than I do, has no issues using the tiny screen pad to type if he has to. All in all it’s a great SOLID phone. Like a slightly thicker and more durable RAZR.

EDIT: 1 stars. This phone has expandable memory, yet cannot handle an sd card formatted for extra internal memory. I've returned the phone, since thats a huge dealbreaker for me. Good luck having any pictures or data outside of a few apps with a measly 16gb internal. Not to mention it always read the sd as corrupted, and would restart itself randomly. Shame. I really liked this phone save for these issues.------------I was looking to switch to a flip phone since the smart phone is too much these days. It was a big distraction for me at work and home and figured enough is enough.The Cat S22 Flip is like a dumphone with some smart features. Its running Android 11 and has the Google Play store meaning you can install apps on it. There are some issues I have with the device after approx. 5 days of usage though. 😓The native T9 keyboard on this phone is atrocious and you're gonna want to get the 'Old T9 Keyboard' on the app store if you want to use the physical keyboard properly. It has expandable storage which I've been having some issues with (Rebooting causes the 128gb microSD I bought for it to wack out and deletes all my pictures/data..) thats an issue you may run into dealing with this phone. Sometimes it behaves well, other times not so much. But try not to handle it like a tanky Galaxy device, its processor does the job well but it does run a little slower as one would expect.The battery life is good. My previous phone (Galaxy S21) died almost every day! I was impressed to find out that the Cat S22's battery has lasted almost 2 days on a single full charge. I downloaded some music and even during streaming that it didnt drastically drain the battery at all which has me suprised.