Kyocera DuraXE 4G LTE Rugged Mobile Flip-phone Unlocked for GSM Networks

I am a dinosaur as I still use a flip phone and ATT is discontinuing there 3 G service so I needed a new flip phone. This one came as new in a box with the ATT logo and new battery. I had to get a new SIM card as this phone only takes the smallest version of SIM cards. Battery life seems very good, ran a week on standby. I was able to connect to WiFi, but is slow and cumbersome to input text. It is built like a brick and appears indestructible, but is rather large. Serves my purpose very well.

After being told by the "Seller" that this "unlocked" Kyocera DuraXE E4710 military grade cell phone would work with Consumer Cellular network - I bought one - IT DOES NOT WORK WITH CONSUMER CELLULAR network!I tested the phone before attempting and buying the Consumer Cellular SIM card and found the phone to have very good standby times - paid to have my old Verizon GZ1 Boulder phone contacts transferred to this phone (not an easy process at all as it took 4 hours) - and today after spending another 3 hours on the phone at Consumer Cellular customer service find out I wasted all my time, money and efforts on a phone purchase that will not work with the network I wanted to change to............... drat it!Just because it is a GSM "unlocked" phone does NOT mean it will work with all networks - and it certainly will not work Consumer Cellular Network - hopes this saves some folks the aggravation of going down this same road I just traveled.

Quite expensive for a flip phone, but it is water resistant, and has been quite durable so far. Fairly bulky though. The battery was lasting me about three days, but after I put the screen brightness on the lowest setting, the battery lasts around 5 days.

The phone is fantastic, using it with Consumer Cellular, all I had to do was call them and give them the Phones IMEI #. Once that was done, it works great. Although it's branded AT&T it is Unlocked, and should work with any carrier that supports CDMA telephony. It's a bit hoggish when it comes to battery life, almost have to change it each day. But I think that's the AT&T firmware, so there's not a lot I can do about that. Over all, I have to give it 4.5 Stars, if not for the fact that it is a bit battery hungry it's a great buy.

Kyocera is just ok. I am still not sure what was the point of Android as operation system, since this is not a touch screen. Forget about internet browser, with screen this small, and no keyboard, no touchscreen, it really is pointless. If you want a flip phone then buy the cheaper one and be done with it. Since this one is branded as AT&T, even though it is unlocked, internet tethering or hotspot options are blocked. I went into the trouble rooting it, but with lack of knowledge I still can't unlock hotspot feature. Kyocera is being marketed as "military grade" tough phone, but honestly I haven't tried driving nails with it, or washing it down the toilet, so I can't attest to it. Battery life is mediocre at best, which is disappointing since I particularly looked for flip phone to get away from continually dying smartphone batteries. Mike is not any better than other phones, signal strength is same. Camera appears to be ok, although I am still to upload any image off of it, it isn't as straightforward. No GPS. But then, can't run any kind of mapping software on this phone anyway. Texting on this phone sucks. You are soo back to late 90's, I mean if you are old enough you will have skills. No predictive text. Only couple languages pre-installed. No voice to text, although voice commands are supported. I have had this phone for about a month, it still works ok.

This phone was sold by Energy Electronics and fulfilled by Amazon. I bought it to use it on the T-Mobile network. The phone came in a dubiously looking little box, which had inside the phone, the back cover (detached), a little unreadable instructions sheet, and the charger. Installing the SIM card took a lot of guessing and experimentation. After charging the battery, the phone would not detect the cellular network. I forced the network detection manually; then, the phone alternated between showing the T-Mobile logo, and the phrases "No service." and "Emergency calls only". The phone was vibrating every few seconds; maybe to indicate that it could not properly connect to a network. During the 4-5 minutes of experimentation, the battery charge dropped already to 96% (the battery didn't look new by any means, anyway). It is supposed to last 10 days in standby mode.Quite a disappointment! The phone will be returned to Amazon immediately.

Used product received in like-new condition. After 1 year, telcos stopped supporting 4G. Grrr, liked my phone as it is the toughest I can find in a flip config. Yes, I'm an old guy, but I need a rough service phone and this was it! I used to demonstrate dropping it from a height of 5 ft and it always worked after. Try that with your iPhone, ha!