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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...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I could use signal on one, I would swotch in a heartbeat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If your serious, Straight Talk has flip phones that work on Verizon networks. I saw one at Walmart just the other day.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Signal as in the secure messenger Signal. My bad for not being clearer on that :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ah. Okay, I understand.

[–] john89 1 points 1 month ago

Might just be me, but I see smartphones as one of the most powerful devices on the planet.

It's in the way that you use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe the keitai will finally have its moment globally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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.