Feature phone

Feature phone is a term is typically used as a retronym to describe low-end mobile phones which are limited in capabilities in contrast to a modern smartphone. Feature phones typically provide voice calling and text messaging functionality, in addition to basic multimedia and Internet capabilities, and other services offered by the user's wireless service provider.. They also tend to use a proprietary, custom-designed software and user interface, while smartphones generally use a mobile operating system that often shares common traits across devices, including iOS, Android, or Blackberry OS.

Also referred to as dumb phones, in reference to the literal opposite of the term "smart phones", feature phones are marketed as a lower-cost alternative to smartphones. Nowadays, feature phones are primarily specific to niche markets or have become merely a preference; for instance, in the United States some people favor feature phones over smartphones for the reason of simplicity.

The first cellular phone, the Motorola DynaTAC released in 1984, could be considered a feature phone by today's standards, despite its inability to do anything more than making voice calls. Despite the introduction of smartphones in the mid-1990s, ignited with the August 1994 release of the IBM Simon and made popular by the release of the BlackBerry line of handheld personal digital assistants from Research in Motion, feature phones enjoyed unchallenged popularity into the early 2000s. During this period, best-selling feature phones, such as those made by Motorola and Nokia, not only received mid-range pricing in a wireless provider's lineup, they made up the bulk of retail sales as smartphones were still considered a niche category for business use.

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