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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Thu Nov 20, 2014, 05:05 PM Nov 2014

Flip phones are hip again [View all]

Hipsters, rejoice. Next time you ride your fixed-gear bicycle to the the thrift store, where you find a vintage, grease-stained mechanic's shirt that matches your Rollie Fingers mustache and Grizzly Adams beard, there's an edgy, if technologically sub-optimal, way to tell your friends about it.

Use a flip phone.

In an age of the iPhone 6 Plus and massive Android phablets, flip phones are inexplicably making a comeback.

No less an arbiter of cool than Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour has apparently dumped her iPhone in favor of a flipper. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, actress Kate Beckinsale and even Rihanna are just a few of the celebrities spotted proudly brandishing the famous piece of paleo-technology.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/20/tech/mobile/hip-flip-phones/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Flip phones are hip again [View all] IDemo Nov 2014 OP

Everything old is new again. mnhtnbb Nov 2014 #1

I went to a touchscreen 'feature phone' for a while IDemo Nov 2014 #2

I have a rotary flip phone. Orrex Nov 2014 #3

With a party line geardaddy Nov 2014 #8

Who needs a rotary phone, when the operator can patch you through to KLondike 87746.... Liberal Veteran Nov 2014 #33

My first full time job: IDemo Nov 2014 #35

That looks like a tangled knot disaster waiting to happen! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #46

So did you get pissed off at Nortel when they made that job meaningless? snooper2 Nov 2014 #68

I transferred out of the job long before that IDemo Nov 2014 #69

My dad retired from NW Bell when they broke up in '84 geardaddy Nov 2014 #70

Be quiet!!! Mrs. Musselman is talking to her daughter and I want to listen in!!! nt msanthrope Nov 2014 #48

pffft. i have to stop the car to use my flip phone. uncle ray Nov 2014 #49

my man!! Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #54

I've Got One That I Need To Ask Sarah To Call Who I Want ProfessorGAC Nov 2014 #66

I always liked flip phones Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #4

Haha, yea you could close them aggressively when you were pissed off! The closest thing to ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2014 #6

And if you downloaded the Star Trek communicator tone... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #50

I like technology and use an Android tablets, etc. I never could learn to like a smart phone. OregonBlue Nov 2014 #5

My boss is going to love this JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #7

I really like having an android phone d_r Nov 2014 #9

my flip phone has a camera but just try to get a picture off of them and you're in trouble... CTyankee Nov 2014 #10

Yeah, I know what you mean d_r Nov 2014 #28

right now I've stopped even thinking about which phone to get. I'm just keeping the flip phone CTyankee Nov 2014 #64

CNN still sucking ... GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #11

What does it say about the tech world when something ubiquitous 5 years ago is now "retro chic"? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #12

We have become a society with no attention span. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #47

I've never stopped using a flip phone MrScorpio Nov 2014 #13

Could it be that they are perceived as safer? nt justiceischeap Nov 2014 #14

Yes, I think so. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #41

Excellent! I am on the cutting edge since I still use one. truebluegreen Nov 2014 #15

I just told one of my colleagues how cool I really am petronius Nov 2014 #22

I have a flip phone, which I call a dumb phone RebelOne Nov 2014 #16

I am tragically hip olddots Nov 2014 #17

We used to play this one. panader0 Nov 2014 #21

Great idea for an app underpants Nov 2014 #32

There are already several rotary dial apps apparently underpants Nov 2014 #36

damn, just when i got a smart one, glad i kept the dumb one. spanone Nov 2014 #18

Can't see p�ying AT&T more per month for smart phone service. Glad to hear my flip phone B Calm Nov 2014 #19

Let's out-hip the hipsters Revanchist Nov 2014 #20

Definitely, and it can also be brandished as a weapon if necessary! LOL! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #43

And An Effective Paper Weight Even In The Wind ProfessorGAC Nov 2014 #67

Best use of a flip-phone ev-AR!: Aristus Nov 2014 #23

Maybe these will come back gollygee Nov 2014 #24

I still have my old flip phone tabbycat31 Nov 2014 #25

That's nice..I finally have one. I like mine. Cha Nov 2014 #26

With the keyboard covered, there was little butt dialing Warpy Nov 2014 #27

I have a flip phone for when I want to make or receive calls. lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #29

Yes! shanti Nov 2014 #62

Maybe some people are realizing that life is passing them by... GoCubsGo Nov 2014 #30

Butt dialing? Somehow my ass edits my contacts. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2014 #52

I shut my Android phone off and MineralMan Nov 2014 #31

That's the thing IDemo Nov 2014 #37

The classics never die JHB Nov 2014 #34

Our intrepid Captain is probably on T-Mobile liberaltrucker Nov 2014 #44

I have had my old flip Samsung for ages MerryBlooms Nov 2014 #38

Still love my old flip-phone with full button keyboard! Owl Nov 2014 #39

You and I are so hip. 840high Nov 2014 #42

I have a really nice Tracfone Flip Phone. It's all I want/need and I'm a techie. I have RKP5637 Nov 2014 #40

Stupid fucking hipsters. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #45

Squeedily-Dee! Kirk to Enterprise! longship Nov 2014 #51

Leonard Nimoy mentioned in an interview long ago: IDemo Nov 2014 #53

Huh. I'm still using my 2003 flip phone. It doesn't even have a camera! Coventina Nov 2014 #55

I loved my little flip phone. 3catwoman3 Nov 2014 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #57

Hipster = idle rich youth. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #58

Thank Gawd! I'm so tired of butt dialing people! n/t FourScore Nov 2014 #59

I have one of these, which cost $15 unlocked. Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2014 #60

Oh, good. WhiteAndNerdy Nov 2014 #61

I loved mine... Ron Obvious Nov 2014 #63

My old LG flip is showing its age madokie Nov 2014 #65

No they're not. KG Nov 2014 #71

ha ha! - beat me to it.... yeah, no they're not.... Baclava Nov 2014 #72

I bought my flip phone more than ten years ago. hunter Nov 2014 #73