About Dumbphone HQ
Dumbphone HQ is the guide to choosing a dumbphone, a first phone for your kid or a calmer relationship with your smartphone. Every guide answers one question in its opening lines, links each fact to its source and shows the date it was checked.
Who it’s for
Parents choosing a first phone for a child of 8 to 14 who want calls, texts and location, with the internet on their terms. Adults moving to a flip phone, full time or part time, who need to know what still works before they switch. Readers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, where the carriers, prices and laws differ.
Why it beats a forum thread
Forums give you opinions and brand pages push their own phone. Top-ten lists skip the questions that decide whether a phone works for you. Dumbphone HQ answers those questions head-on: does it run WhatsApp, can it join the group chat, will it work on your carrier, and what will it cost over two years?
How we research
- Primary sources in every guide. Maker spec sheets, carrier checkers, app support pages, laws and official guidance from the AAP, WHO, Ofcom, the FCC and eSafety, linked where each fact appears.
- A date on every page. Each guide shows when it was published and updated, and each source shows when we checked it.
- Written for the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Every guide names the country each fact applies to.
Who runs it
Dumbphone HQ is edited by Alexander Gusev. He picks the questions readers ask most, reads the primary source behind each answer and edits every guide before it goes live.