Basic phones for texting

Are there still going to be decent texting phones coming out? Looks like the basic phone selection is getting scarce. I will eventually upgrade to a smartphone but am not ready just yet. Thanks!

Hi Mike,
I saw somewhere that verizon is going to have a new phone called the Samsung Brightside...I believe that's what it was called. It's suppose to be released fairly soon. :-)  I don't know any features it has or anything...but it's a qwerty phone.

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    chasejr wrote:
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