Does iMessage work on the Dumbphone 2?
Yes, on the $20.99 and $25.99 plans, through a third-party app (maker's claim). Green texts only while your iPhone is on.
Ways to keep iMessage with this phone
Cheapest first. Checked October 2026.
Check in when you're homeFree
Your texts wait on your iPhone until you're back.
Needs: Nothing. Catch: Nothing reaches you while you're out.
Move your number, keep iMessage on a Mac or iPadFree
Turn iMessage off, then keep it on a Mac or iPad with your Apple Account email.
Needs: A Mac or iPad. Catch: People have to message your email, not your number, and group chats need to add you again.
A forwarding app on your iPhoneFwrd: free for 15 texts a month, then $4.99 a month. PhoneLeash: from $8.99 a month.
Forwards your texts from the iPhone at home to your second phone, one way.
Needs: Your iPhone at home and on, and a second line. Catch: You can't reply from the other phone.
Decaf · Made by us$20 once
A Mac app that relays important texts from your Mac at home to your second phone. Your replies go out from your own number.
Needs: A Mac that stays awake and online, your iPhone at home with Text Message Forwarding on, and a second line for the other phone.. Catch: Only the texts it judges important are sent, and they all arrive in one thread.
Its own iMessage sync$20.99 or $25.99 a month (4-month minimum)
The Dumbphone 2 signs in to iMessage itself on these plans.
Needs: dumb.co's plan. Catch: Green texts and sign-in codes still need your iPhone on, and it shows up to Apple as a Mac.
Dumbphone 2
Flip · from dumb.co, plan required
A $20 flip with iMessage, maps and rideshare on its plans, if you're fine paying monthly.
- Cost
- $20 phone + a dumb.co plan, $15.99–25.99/mo, 4-month minimum
- Availability
- In stock
- Group chats
- A setting in its texting app; owners report mixed results (reported).
- Maps
- Included on all plans.
- WhatsApp & Signal
- Synced on its plans (reported); dumb.co's pages disagree on whether Signal comes with every plan.
- Typing
- Physical keypad.
- Camera & photos
- Not documented.
- Banking & payments
- No wallet or bank apps. dumb.co suggests sign-in codes by text for banks.
- Music & podcasts
- Not documented.
- Tickets & QR codes
- Not documented.
- Uber / rideshare
- Rideshare on all plans.
- Sign-in codes (2FA)
- Codes by text.
- Voice notes
- Not documented.
- Video calls
- Not documented.
- Work apps & email
- Not documented.
- Hotspot
- Not documented.
- Battery
- Not documented.
- Carriers
- Its own SIM only, on T-Mobile.
- Returns
- Defects replaced; billing runs to the 4-month minimum.
Checked October 2026 · Maker's page