Verizon is sending a free flip phone to customers who are still on 3G, preventing them from losing connectivity when the carrier’s 3G network is shut down at the end of this year. The carrier is ...

Customers are getting one of the Orbic Journey V, TCL Flip Pro, and the Nokia 2720 V Flip. Priced at $99.99, $79.99, and $79.99, respectively, these phones are as basic as they get.

“The 3G CDMA network your old phone uses will be retired by the end of 2022. Without that network, your 3G phone won’t work. That’s why Verizon is sending you a free 4G LTE phone to replace it.

Verizon is getting what could become the replacement for its VX 8700 Shine flip phone—a new red and black number that’s currently called the numerically confusing VX8560.