Backfill · 2025
#338 of 383Flip Phone Revival
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Personal photo: A basic flip phone in silver sitting open on a cafe table next to a coffee cup, with a smartphone visible in the background.
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The flip phone trend among college students isn't nostalgia. It's a deliberate opt-out from the attention economy. People carrying them aren't pretending smartphones don't exist. They keep a smartphone at home for apps and carry the flip phone when they leave. Sounds inconvenient until you watch someone actually be present at dinner without checking anything.