@reclaimercube yep. That was my vote. Having the thing last 2 weeks on a charge. My mother moved from a flip phone to an iPhone several years ago and is still miffed that she has to charge daily. In fact, 90% of the time, it’s dead because she forgets to charge it. She leaves it in her car with a charger for emergencies. I don’t even bother calling her on it anymore lol
I miss slamming that clamshell shut when pissed off at someone. You know they could hear that “snap”! Now, with a smartphone, all I can do is angrily mash the “end” button, hoping they can hear the rage through the finger tap. I miss the good times.
Snakes, indestructible, and no overpowering urge to record every moment of your life then share it with strangers, even things that are better left in private.
I never did like flip phones. The only reason I ever had one was because the time I was looking for a new phone, the only ones they had, that weren’t flip phones, were beyond crappy.
I never had one, always thought they were too much work to open the phone. I always had the style people called candy bar. I miss my Nokia 3310, I heard they’re making them again.
@DrWorm When you need to be on the phone when you’re driving, it’s too distracting to open the phone. I should have said that. I’m in IT and I’ve had a phone since forever and I was expected to answer the phone 24/7 for many years.
Still have one. Will continue to do so until they become completely unavailable. I’ve sent too many phones through the wash to be willing to pay more than $15 for a replacement.
I still have one as an emergency backup. It fits in the watch pocket of my jeans and only needs a recharge every few months if I don’t use it much. I just pay Tracfone about $100 for a year of service, and I have enough minutes rolled over that I could converse for days straight. I also have a Smart Brick Phone which is great at not fitting into pockets and slithers out of anything I carry it in unless I tether it firmly.
Several things. I was great to flip open and closed especially if you were making a point when hanging up. Not feeling the need to constantly look at it. They were all different. Now you only have two choices really - iOS or Android.
Never had an actual flip phone, just candy bars. Always thought the hinge would be a point of failure.
That said, I do remember my old Nokia 8xxx candy bar (forget the exact model) fondly. It was a version with block keys that were more solid than the round ones on other models. It lasted over a week on a charge and fit in any pocket.
That said, anyone who gets too nostalgic about simple phones might be forgetting I can order a ride/meal to my place, get real-time turn-by-turn directions to almost anywhere, use whatever chat/communication app I want, pay my friends/merchants, and do hundreds of other very useful things with a smartphone. I’m happy to charge the battery every night for all that functionality.
snake was only my nokia brick phone. after that i had a razr and i loved how easily it fit in my pocket! i have an iphone SE so i still use something small as far as smartphones go and i always think it’s funny how once phones got really small then people started wanting them REALLY BIG again haha. (i know, i know, watching video wasn’t exactly a prime feature of a razr ;))
i suppose in the end it doesn’t matter anyway since it’s not like i’m wearing tiny jeans with tiny pockets anymore…hahasob #rip
@ Ldfzm in total agreement - absolutely physical buttons! I was pretty happy with non-dictionary T9. IMHO, it was a lot easier to “insert” a letter with the D-Pad having physical texture.
Battery life by FAR.
@reclaimercube yep. That was my vote. Having the thing last 2 weeks on a charge. My mother moved from a flip phone to an iPhone several years ago and is still miffed that she has to charge daily. In fact, 90% of the time, it’s dead because she forgets to charge it. She leaves it in her car with a charger for emergencies. I don’t even bother calling her on it anymore lol
Angerly closing it shut and chucking it with disregard to the potential damage it may entail
@keystothebakery
+1
I miss slamming that clamshell shut when pissed off at someone. You know they could hear that “snap”! Now, with a smartphone, all I can do is angrily mash the “end” button, hoping they can hear the rage through the finger tap. I miss the good times.
With a landline phone, you could angrily hang up by slamming the handset back down onto the base.
With a flip phone, you could still angrily hang up by slamming it shut.
With a smartphone… you hit the button to hang up as you would when hanging up on anyone else. It’s just not the same.
@lljk
It was actually a good phone. With decent call quality.
Battery life, mostly.
But I wonder if that has to do with low wireless transmission power and not looking at the screen all the time, or if it actually was that good.
I still have a working flip phone.
Can’t seem to let it go.
Not giving a shit if I dropped it.
Snakes, indestructible, and no overpowering urge to record every moment of your life then share it with strangers, even things that are better left in private.
Believing I was part of Star Trek.
It disappeared into my pocket with room to spare and I could throw anything else in that pocket without worrying about it.
@2many2no this. The fact that flip phones could actually be carried in even tiny female pockets was amazing.
The flipping open, AND pulling out an antenna. That antenna made all the difference.
Also, not having to use a payphone, ever again. But that’s just cellphones period.
Not butt-dialing or launching some random app.
Nothing, really. Even the “nice” LG flip phones were still pieces of junk compared to what we have now.
@Spheyr I did love my slide out keyboard phone, but I don’t miss anything about it.
I never did like flip phones. The only reason I ever had one was because the time I was looking for a new phone, the only ones they had, that weren’t flip phones, were beyond crappy.
Physical keyboard. I like buttons.
Battery life!
@btwonder THIS
I never had one, always thought they were too much work to open the phone. I always had the style people called candy bar. I miss my Nokia 3310, I heard they’re making them again.
@Fuzzalini New vs. old dropped from 1000’.
@Fuzzalini
It is so total BS when people say today’s generation is lazy and afraid of a little work.
@DrWorm When you need to be on the phone when you’re driving, it’s too distracting to open the phone. I should have said that. I’m in IT and I’ve had a phone since forever and I was expected to answer the phone 24/7 for many years.
@narfcake That’s awesome! And totally not surprising. That was the longest lasting phone I’ve ever had.
T9 texting, the original autocorrect
Still have one. Will continue to do so until they become completely unavailable. I’ve sent too many phones through the wash to be willing to pay more than $15 for a replacement.
@dannybeans Have you considered emptying your pockets before washing your pants?
@tleszczy Not even once, no.
The way you could slam the flip closed when hanging up if you were angry.
Slamming around a smartphone just results in sadness and expense.
@nolrak That’s nothing compared to the feeling of slamming an old school phone.
/image old phone
@nolrak I had the opposite experience, funnily enough. The early iPhones that I had survived the kind of abuse that destroyed prior flip phones.
All that deformable aluminum absorbing impact forces, or smooth curved plastic deflecting the phones and bouncing them around.
I have, and have only ever had, a slide phone. I love the full keyboard.
Physical Buttons
I still have one as an emergency backup. It fits in the watch pocket of my jeans and only needs a recharge every few months if I don’t use it much. I just pay Tracfone about $100 for a year of service, and I have enough minutes rolled over that I could converse for days straight. I also have a
SmartBrick Phone which is great at not fitting into pockets and slithers out of anything I carry it in unless I tether it firmly.Several things. I was great to flip open and closed especially if you were making a point when hanging up. Not feeling the need to constantly look at it. They were all different. Now you only have two choices really - iOS or Android.
The buttons were extremely satisfying. I have never liked cell phones, though. (pocket computers, otoh…)
No butt dialing. Fit comfortably in my small hand.
No worries about abusing the screen. Other than that, absolutely nothing. Not even my selection of Razrs seem cool now.
feeling like captain kirk everytime I opened phone.
Never had an actual flip phone, just candy bars. Always thought the hinge would be a point of failure.
That said, I do remember my old Nokia 8xxx candy bar (forget the exact model) fondly. It was a version with block keys that were more solid than the round ones on other models. It lasted over a week on a charge and fit in any pocket.
That said, anyone who gets too nostalgic about simple phones might be forgetting I can order a ride/meal to my place, get real-time turn-by-turn directions to almost anywhere, use whatever chat/communication app I want, pay my friends/merchants, and do hundreds of other very useful things with a smartphone. I’m happy to charge the battery every night for all that functionality.
snake was only my nokia brick phone. after that i had a razr and i loved how easily it fit in my pocket! i have an iphone SE so i still use something small as far as smartphones go and i always think it’s funny how once phones got really small then people started wanting them REALLY BIG again haha. (i know, i know, watching video wasn’t exactly a prime feature of a razr ;))
i suppose in the end it doesn’t matter anyway since it’s not like i’m wearing tiny jeans with tiny pockets anymore…hahasob #rip
@jerk_nugget first thing I do when I try on shorts, make sure the pockets actually work!
@ Ldfzm in total agreement - absolutely physical buttons! I was pretty happy with non-dictionary T9. IMHO, it was a lot easier to “insert” a letter with the D-Pad having physical texture.