Translation/Meaning: 棒棒机 What exactly is a 棒棒机?

I know it's a simple, ordinary kind of cell phone.

Is it the same as the English: burner?


What constitutes a 棒棒机?
What equivalent phrases do we have in English?
Burner is not equivalent to, and not related to, 棒棒机. 


棒棒机 implies the form of the mobile phone – a phone that takes the shape of a cuboid, usually with rounded corners and/or edges.
Burner implies the use case of the mobile phone – a phone quickly disposed (burned) and replaced.


The English equivalent you are looking for is a bar/candybar/slab/block phone. 

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