Indian Company Designs the Most Basic Phone Ever

The National Institute of Design in India has come out with what is probably the most user-friendly cell phone that has ever been designed.

The phone has exactly 5 buttons - one to connect, one to disconnect and three buttons that can be assigned to any three numbers so the user can receive or make calls from the three pre-assigned numbers. The mini mobile has no SIM card, which means if it is stolen, it can't be misused. The phone does not have a display screen which means it has no access to SMS or MMS. Moreover, the phone must be networked to a main mobile phone.

National Institute of Design, Pradyumna Vyas, said "Do a majority of people use all the features of a phone? About 80 per cent of mobile users use just 20 per cent of the features, so why crowd a mobile with too many features. And then, there is the issue of misuse of phone facilities too."

There is no word on production plans, pricing details or if it will reach any outside markets.