Feature Phone

A feature phone is any mobile phone that is not a smartphone or PDA device. 

Feature phones have proprietary operating system (OS) firmware that restricts their ability to support third party software. (In contrast, smartphones feature open operating system software that permits users to download, run, and sync with a computer, a wide range of third party applications.)

Although feature phones have the ability to run applications and access the internet, the devices do not provide the connectivity, ease of use and computing ability of smartphones. 

From Phone Scoop: “Compared to software for smartphones, Java or BREW software for feature phones is often less powerful, less integrated with other features of the phone, and less integrated into the main user interface of the phone..While third-party smartphone software is a ‘first-class citizen’ on the phone, third-party Java or BREW software is usually restricted to a special ‘applications’ section of the interface.”

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