• Flip Phones are BACK

    From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 20 01:28:12 2024
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    Yep, they're making a big come-back. Indeed Gen-Z
    rates them 2nd in their 90s favorites list. The
    big-ass fragile expensive 'smart-phones' seem to
    have run their course, and become an ANNOYANCE
    for several reasons.

    Me, I never had anything BUT a flip. It can do
    calls and texts and that's ENOUGH. Too old now
    to even read micro-micro web app pages.

    "But how do you do BANKING ??? !!!" ... I actually
    GO to the bank and talk to PEOPLE there. If my
    banks disappear the people then my accounts
    disappear from their banks. Just sayin'

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  • From SnowField@21:1/5 to Grimble Crumble on Fri Sep 20 14:21:38 2024
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    On 9/20/24 10:35, Grimble Crumble wrote:
    186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    Yep, they're making a big come-back. Indeed Gen-Z
    rates them 2nd in their 90s favorites list. The
    big-ass fragile expensive 'smart-phones' seem to
    have run their course, and become an ANNOYANCE
    for several reasons.

    Me, I never had anything BUT a flip. It can do
    calls and texts and that's ENOUGH. Too old now
    to even read micro-micro web app pages.

    "But how do you do BANKING ??? !!!" ... I actually
    GO to the bank and talk to PEOPLE there. If my
    banks disappear the people then my accounts
    disappear from their banks. Just sayin'



    Some of gen Z is concerned about the influence and pervasiveness of social media or even the internet in general, but very little are willing to actually stop using it. The sad thing is that the flip phone's popularity
    is most likely just a novelty to them.





    The sad thing is that the flip phone's popularity
    is most likely just a novelty to them.

    I'm not so sure about that, I've been seeing fewer folks staring at
    their phones like zombies for a while now, and those I do see tend to be
    the millennial and older crowds.

    One anecdote does not make it true, but still.

    --
    Snowfield

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Grimble Crumble on Fri Sep 20 21:17:32 2024
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    On 9/20/24 11:35 AM, Grimble Crumble wrote:
    186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    Yep, they're making a big come-back. Indeed Gen-Z
    rates them 2nd in their 90s favorites list. The
    big-ass fragile expensive 'smart-phones' seem to
    have run their course, and become an ANNOYANCE
    for several reasons.

    Me, I never had anything BUT a flip. It can do
    calls and texts and that's ENOUGH. Too old now
    to even read micro-micro web app pages.

    "But how do you do BANKING ??? !!!" ... I actually
    GO to the bank and talk to PEOPLE there. If my
    banks disappear the people then my accounts
    disappear from their banks. Just sayin'



    Some of gen Z is concerned about the influence and pervasiveness of social media or even the internet in general, but very little are willing to actually stop using it. The sad thing is that the flip phone's popularity
    is most likely just a novelty to them.


    Maybe ... but we'll see. The "hyper-connected 24/7" thing
    seems to weigh on peoples minds eventually. Flips may
    indeed have a new future with the post-teen demographic.

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