First, I had Sprint - and when my original flip-phone quit working, I went in to get a "free replacement" ... the guy at the desk said "I've never seen a phone this old."
Second time, when I switched to Verizon, bought a flip-phone, still have it. It takes calls and text - I care nothing about all the other things a phone can do ...
Genie and the kids and grand kids all have those fancy do everything phones, and spend half their time punching buttons instead of actually talking ... Not an effective communication medium anymore, like it once was.