Flip phones are making a comeback, he says USA today
Flip phone sales in the US have increased for two consecutive years. Image credit – HMD
Brawley says, “I didn’t like who I was when I had the iPhone,” he said. “I was not among other people. I was constantly checking email, texting, sitting at traffic lights and looking at my phone and just constantly picking up the phone, getting distracted and distracted when I was with my wife and kids.” Brawley says that having just a flip phone is a “mental boon health for me.”
USA Today says sales of flip phones (not the clamshell foldable smartphone models like the Galaxy Z Flip or Motorola Razr) are up in the U.S. for the second year in a row. 20-year-old college student Wyatt Olson realized in late 2023 that he was spending too much time on his phone. It changed the color of app icons on its home screen to grayscale (less stimulation, experts say) and set time limits on app use. But Olson said that’s not enough.
A 20-year-old student says the flip phone makes it easier for him to communicate through voice calls
Earlier this year, he left his iPhone with his mother and sister and switched to a Nokia 2760 Flip. How are things going as he nears the six-month mark on his shift? “I like. I’ve always loved phone calls and this actually makes it easier for me to talk to my friends instead of texting. I have a valid excuse because I’m not going to spend two minutes answering you,’” says Olson, who now streams music from his laptop, but admits that navigation has been a challenge without Google Maps or Waze.
Sorry, I can’t follow this. I love using my smartphone and I won’t apologize for feeling that way. If you want to take some position because you can’t mentally handle owning a smartphone, I understand. You should do whatever makes you feel better. Just don’t start a whole campaign trying to convince others who are happy with their smartphones that they should switch to the Nokia 2760 Flip.
And for those of you who switched because you wanted to feel like rebels, the next time you’re stuck in a four-hour freeway traffic jam because you didn’t have Google Maps to alert you to an alternate route, remember the convenience of having a smartphone. not a feature phone.
