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For flip phones and basic phones

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Email out.

Forward the texts your phone can't open. They land in your email, links and photos included, ready to open on your iPad.

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From $5.99 a month, locked in. Full refund if you cancel before launch.

A product of The Horizon Store

A sage green note resting inside an open envelope on a sunlit linen table, next to a closed flip phone

Sound familiar?

Some texts stop at the phone.

A flip phone is great for calls. The trouble starts when a text has something inside it.

"Tap here to see the photos."The photos never show up.
"Your code is in this link."From the bank, the doctor, the pharmacy.
"Verify you are human."A page your phone can't open.
The group photo arrives as a broken box.You borrow a family member's smartphone, or type a long link by hand, letter by letter.

None of that is your fault. The text just needs a better place to open.

How it works

Three steps. The last one is reading your email.

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1

Pre-order and pick your email.

Choose the email address you already read on your iPad or computer. That's where your texts will go.

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2

Save the Forwrd number.

When we launch, we email you the Forwrd number. Save it in your phone, then forward any text you get to it.

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3

Open it in your email.

A moment later it's in your inbox. Links work. Photos come through. Open it on your iPad like any other email.

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Keep your phone. Keep your email.

Forwrd sits in between and carries the message across.

  • Works with any phone that can send a text.
  • No app. No Google account. Nothing to install.
  • The words of your messages are never saved in our database.
  • Photos too big for email are kept for 7 days, then deleted.
  • You always send the first text. Forwrd never texts you first.

Pre-order pricing

Pick the plan that fits.

Pre-order today and keep this price for as long as you stay subscribed.

Forwrd

For opening the texts your phone can't.

$5.99 / month, or $60 a year

  • Forward any text from your phone to the Forwrd number
  • Links and photos land in your email
  • Start a text with @work to send it to another saved email
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Forwrd Personal

For people who want others to text them directly.

$11.99 / month, or $120 a year

  • Everything in Forwrd
  • Your own phone number, matched to your area code when possible
  • Reply from your email and we text your reply back from your number
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Charged today. Full refund if you cancel before launch. After launch: $7.99 and $13.99 a month.

Who runs it

Forwrd is a product of The Horizon Store.

The Horizon Store owns and operates Forwrd, and handles its billing, support and text messaging service. Text STOP at any time to stop, or HELP for help. Questions go to support@forwrd.email.

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