Guide Want to have a small sized, minimalist dumb phone with WhatsApp and working UPI

[fakemishra]

I researched and found that there are none with 5G in India. Even in 4G , both the features do not seem to work very well. There is also the size problem: every single phone is like 6.5inch plus.

I can manage with Old iPhones with 5G support, battery and small form factor maybe.

Any pointers?

 

[proletariat]

So basically all dumb phones based on kaios are out of support of whatsapp since last year , so your best bet is getting an android phone and install custom roms

 

[nRiTeCh]

Define - a dumb phone!

 

[proletariat]

Probably non android os like the one jio has jio phone with upi on Bharat os

 

[nRiTeCh]

Probably non android os like the one jio has jio phone with upi on Bharat os

Thats a feature phone not a smart phone unlike android ios.

 

[animishticomb]

Maybe an android phone with some kind of parental lock that you can't open yourself with only 2 apps allowed is your best bet.

 

[microprocessors]

if you're talking about nokia like dumbphones:
whatsapp will be difficult but a lot of these newer nokias seem to come with UPI
not the usual google pay/paytm/phonepe though, seems to work with some sort of SMS/Calling based service

if you're fine with getting stuff from international marketplaces, you can try looking at qin f21/f22 from aliexpress/alibaba/ebay
or something like a digno 902kc/903kc from yahoo auctions/mercari
these run android, so whatsapp will work, not sure about UPI as I haven't gotten my hands on these yet

you can buy an older iphone too perhaps, i'm still using a 2016 iphone se, whatsapp works but UPI doesn't, apparently you need iPhone XS or later (iOS 17+) for that.

 

[BigAttorney]

Jio Phone used to be the answer. The support is about to end unsure about the date. There should be a workaround which would allow the same to function if not updated ig. Besides that maybe a rooted version of an android phone would help

 

[proletariat]

Thats a feature phone not a smart phone unlike android ios.

I described what wud be a dumb phone , if you have something in mind pls elaborate

 

[fakemishra]

The last I used was S23 and it had a good form factor. But I am getting fatigued with constant distraction these phones have. But WhatsApp and UPI are essential. Someone said custom ROM: I used to be into those but they have poor time investment to peace returns.

There are apps but to be honest they are not much help.