It has the basics — Wi-Fi, GPS, texting — but there’s no selfie camera, no FaceTime, and it’s got a little 3.5-inch display screen. “’Just move the date’ seems like a really easy answer,” he told me on the phone in mid-September. In other words, the outdated flip phone isn’t even supported by the manufacturer. Regardless of what EPA decides, there’s little chance that pushing a date forward on paper will rewind the real-world transition. Deadlines moved the market, and then the market set a new bar.