We interrupt our broadcast to bring you this special announcement. In these days of universally accepted remote kill switches (for Android, Apple and beyond) which can disable the operation of your handset anywhere in the world, perhaps it might make sense for us to keep a fond eye lingering on small, nondescript, basic cell phones like this BlueChip VX2.

It’s got an alarm clock, auto redial and answering, is unlocked, and features a whopping 100 number memory. And costs £19.99. It may not do 3G, but it’ll make calls. Isn’t that nice?