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hunter

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73. I bought my flip phone more than ten years ago.

Fri Nov 21, 2014, 01:07 PM

Nov 2014

No camera, no nothing.

It's looking a little worn now, and it never claims to be fully charged any more even when it is, but other than that it still works fine.

Our cars are even older than that. The car I drive is thirty years old now.

I'm not a hipster, I'm not a fan of old cars, I'm just cheap and trying to reduce my environmental footprint on the planet.

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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