Flip Phones: The Holy Grail of 2025 Nerd Cred
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In a world where the iPhone 18 Pro Max Air Ultra could pass for a digital wallet with zero questions, flip phones still manage to steal the spotlight. As The Verge notes, flip phones 'attract attention from the kind of people who have seen every type of phone in existence.' The author admits they've carried 'a lot of different phones around' with zero buzz since 2017 â unless itâs a flip phone, which apparently makes you the human equivalent of a unicorn sighting at Starbucks. Who knew nostalgia had such a powerful force in a sea of indistinguishable rectangles?
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Source: Theverge | Published: 8/17/2025 | Author: Allison Johnson
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