If they ever come out with retro flip phones I’m gonna be like Jadzia in the 2260s:
2001 fans when the iPad was released.
Removed by mod
A prophet actually.
I mean, they knew. They named it the Star TAC after all.
I have to admit, it was satisfying flipping it open and closed…
you can still get dumb flipphones, they usually market them as grandparent models.
“You want to report by phone then, don’t you?” Alan took a compact packet about six inches square from a holster attached to her belt and handed it to Wilma.
So far as I could see, it had no special receiver for the ear. Wilma merely threw back a lid, as though she were opening a book, and began to talk. The voice that came back from the machine was as audible as her own.
- Armageddon - 2419AD, Philip Francis Nowlan, 1928
Been rocking this for over a year
Huh. I would love this.
But can I without Signal, WhatsApp & Co?
Same here. I like the idel of a phone with no social media, but I still want to be able to communicate directly with people.
Motorola razor 2024 to bridge
Nothing has been as cool as the Matrix’ Nokia 8110 with the spring loaded slider. To this day.
Cram all the computing power of a modern phone into something other than the same, nerd ass, actuary in a brown suit looking candy bar phones.
I want to call out the lines from Those Old Scientists when the Pike crew was lamenting the loss of the flip top communicators (replaced by badges you can tap that the Cerritos crew had). “But flipping then open is the best part!”
Reminds me of the song by Lolnein
