'I realised that not using so much social media is benefiting me and my wellbeing,' she said after a week trialing her flip phone. But it's not all just about detoxing for mental health.

Carrying the flip phone was trendy, and made for better photos on nights out. “It really captured the vibe of the night better with it being blurry and kind of vintage feeling,” Palazzolo says.

What happened when 4 teens swapped their smartphones for flip phones 03:58. For 14-year-old Ben Cohen-Vigder, accidentally losing his smartphone on the school bus last February ended up gaining ...

Increasingly, Generation Z and Generation Alpha are turning to retro flip phones in place of their iPhones and Androids to feel more present in the moment without texting or social media. For ...

Yes, social media is important to my work—but if I’m being honest, not to the extent that I use it. So one weekend, I deleted all the social-media apps from my phone: X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, ...

MEANING WHAT? Meaning there’ll be no social media angst, no doomscrolling and no watching YouTube videos until two in the ...

I long pondered switching to a flip phone, but I always found an excuse to stay. Ultimately it was two of my students, 15- and 18-year-old sisters, who pushed me over the edge.

Sales for flip phones or “dumb phones” without real access to the internet, have been on the rise for the past two years. In 2023, sales for Nokia’s basic mobile phones more than doubled ...

Others, such as the Cat S22 Flip, come with basic social media apps, web browsers, and music players. A few, like the Razr , have full smartphone capabilities and allow you to download apps from a ...

I told her that for a month, I was “going flip phone” — meaning, abandoning my iPhone for one with no access to social media apps. And no, it wasn’t a joke.