I stand corrected. I was not shopping for smartphones this time around, so hadn't looked at those. There isn't nearly as much variety in basic phones and feature phones offered in the US.
You're right, and that's unfortunate. I wanted a basic phone for porting out my Google voice number to my carrier when I decided to stop using all Google services, but there wasn't anything worth having that was cheaper than a smartphone. So, since I was buying a new smartphone anyway, I went with a dual SIM model.
