Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets…
Have we bred self-control out of the populace or something?
I use my phone as a mobile computer, I almost never make calls with it. No way am I switching back.
I would take an old school Nokia that runs Signal any day over an Android or iOS phone.
I see a variation of this headline every couple of years, it’s continued existence disproves itself.
Reminds me of an old Paul Graham essay:
https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
“Suits make a corporate comeback,” says the New York Times. Why does this sound familiar? Maybe because the suit was also back in February, September 2004, June 2004, March 2004, September 2003, November 2002, April 2002, and February 2002.
Why do the media keep running stories saying suits are back? Because PR firms tell them to.
What you make of this from what Paul Graham is up to these days is up to you.
I think flip phones are more likely. I’ve contemplated several times of turning my phone in for the old flip phone. Might just be the nastalgia talking though.
Oh, oh, oh! Can I finally do the Celebi event in Pokemon Crystal. For those who don’t know, the only way you could get a Celebi in the original Pokemon games is if you had a Japanese flip phone (I’m pretty sure that included the Keitai) and went to a Pokemon Mobile phone system thingy, then did some stuff in the Pokemon Center and one of the nerses will give you the GS ball. But this system only worked on Japanese cartridges.
If your serious, Straight Talk has flip phones that work on Verizon networks. I saw one at Walmart just the other day.
Signal as in the secure messenger Signal. My bad for not being clearer on that :)
