This is nothing new. It's a dumb-phone with a touchscreen. There were quite a few examples back in the day in the late 00s.

loosescrews a day ago | parent | next [-]

It seems particularly similar to the short lived Microsoft Kin phones from 2010.

	▲	anilakar a day ago \| parent [-]
		Considering how bad the Windows Phone ecosystem was, the smartphones were not much better...

marysol5 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even now, there's been a market for them. I know a few older people who have them