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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[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I still have the Droid 4 but its escalating pissing-me-off events make me want to take a hammer to it. I too want to preserve the purity of keeping a physical keyboard but it's just not worth it anymore, and if i'm going to use a virtual keyboard, it's going to be a big one.

It must be wiffy; if i just wanted a craptop to have wiffy, i'd get a USB modem. It's so i can use it with a tablet. I looked at Verizon's Web site and the results went from "no" to "reply hazy ask later".