because i'm tired of staring at my phone, waiting for it to unlock

[rone]

I'm sick of my smart phone experience.  Motorola has done a shitty job at keeping Android up to date on the original Droid and the Droid 4.  In addition, i want to avoid the temptation of a hand-held distraction.  Right now, my first choice would be a plain phone that can act as a WAP, plus a small tablet like a Nexus 9 or iPad Mini.  That way, my phone will just be a phone, and if i truly need to do something that requires Internet access, i'll pull out the tablet.

The crux is the first part: the plain phone with wiffy hotspot.  Do you, gentle reader, know of such an animal?  If not, do you have an alternative suggestion?  I'm not going to get an iPhone or any other smart phone; i want a phone that is just a phone, like in the old days, when we beat out text messages with rocks on a 10-digit keypad.  Any other suggestions are welcome.

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[blarglefiend.livejournal.com]

I know there are people using "feature phones" but I don't know if there are any that do a good wifi hotspot.

Maybe one of the super-cheap Lumia devices? There's fuck-all by way of apps so not much temptation to use it as a toy and they do quite well at the "be a phone and provide wifi" functions.

(They are also quite inexpensive, should be able to get one off-contract but with good data support for ~$100 tops.)