Just because a phone doesn’t cost an arm and a leg doesn’t mean you should settle for shoddy call quality.
In fact, we know of several high-end smartphones that bulk up with features while audio clarity suffers, proving once again that there’s no correlation between the price tag and a satisfying calling experience.
With that in mind, here are six straightforward feature phones that produced great-sounding calls during our tests.
Call quality is ephemeral and ever-changing, so we can’t promise that the high standards we experienced during tests conducted in San Francisco will duplicate wherever you live. Overall, however, we had few complaints.