A 3G dumb phone shouldn't be hard to get. I'm with Purple in seeing no need for a smartphone. I have plenty of other computing devices with bigger screens that are more pleasant for me to use. I want my phone to make and receive phone calls. That's it. If he uses a provider whose phones are compatible with AT&T's phones, both Best Buy and Walmart stock appropriate phones that are inexpensive. The new ZTE phone that I bought several months ago after finding that my old phone no longer worked at my sister's house cost all of $7.50.