What the stylish mobiles phone for an senior person's Amazon?
- Some are looking very closely at the new iPhone, available in stores Friday. It's for those who don't.
These are people who, in 2014, still use smartphones. But not in the canine cone of shame: "I gave my good phone in the toilet and I am now in the middle of an upgrade," in a way, but in purpose. Notable evangelists include Anna Wintour, Warren Buffett and Andrew Luck and according to Forester Research, 29 of
American adults using the internet do not use a smartphone as their primary phone. This figure includes 15 of the past 18 to 24 periods and 13 of the past 25 to 34 periods. Although it is rare for the younger generation; the first borrowers of new bad ideas are millennials,” says veteran critic Gina Fleming, “and there are few. »
So who are these 20+ year olds who don't swipe to like or double tap to "like"?
Who doesn't light up heated exchanges with shitty emojis but rather with the satisfying exchange closure of a flip phone? And where are they? (Literally, can they tell me where they are without a mapping app?) Hours after the world became angry over the discovery of Apple's iPhone 6, I sat in face of a former high school classmate. , Angelica Baker, 26, and her pink Motorola Razr phone.
Why do they come back?
While many millennials can't imagine not having constant internet access and 24/7 access, Baker, a teacher and pen, replaced her Android with her mother's flip phone in April ."Individually, I have no system and no sense to manage to send to Facebook on my phone. "But he did not leave the Droid.
Gwen Cullen, a 25-year-old getting her master of arts degree at Ohio State who has never owned a cell phone, agrees. However, I will stop living in the world," he says, "If I have a toy that connects me to the Internet. .
Others have not updated their dumb phones for other useful purposes. Sam Hertz, life 27 in Oakland, California, set up Samsung Flip for five only because he died. He said, "He lived in Torrentaism, and I knew that I lost his three of the Stairwell. And of course there is the question of the plutocrat.
While smartphones can cost $600, according to New York University law student Andrew Nellis, his flip phone is "more than free" and avoids paying for valuable data plans. (read further and above)
Nellis also lists convincing, even enviable, "stupid" phone tips. Although an hour of violent texting can take a full iPhone battery into the "20 to go" region, Nellis says it will pay off in one night every two days. "
And unlike the smartphone racers who create negative, pointless attacks when they align themselves with the Apple/Samsung/Android pack, "I don't really know what my brand is. is," says Nellis. "Did he say Verizon?" But does Verizon really make phones? »
Instead, the mindless cell phone junkies and each connected to "a kind of funny unity," Hertz explains, connected on top of the music, background photos and the participation of archival photos. Or bemoan the poor print quality, which is the biggest complaint of every phone user I've spoken to, even more so than the lack of graphics capabilities.
"I cut out directions before I go because it's just a little annoying if we change directions," Cullen explains, admitting that sometimes he calls the musicians and asks them to for step-by-step instructions. I am always called to get results, which is heartbreaking. »
- Another former cell phone operator I spoke to carried a Garmin navigation system, often used for driving, in his bag. why he switched to a cell phone that could receive email.)
People who shun smartphones don't shun all the technology that comes along. According to Forrester's 2014 report, 30 percent of non-smartphone addicts are 18 to 24 years old and 34 percent of non-smartphone addicts are 25 to 34-year-old tablets.
- - avoid," said Nellis. "................................
Do you have a mobile retirement plan?
Cullen, Nellis and Hertz all say they're not making a moral statement by keeping the flip phone, but that it's just what they're looking for right now. They will change the situation when it is necessary for work or other exciting things. Hertz admits that, since he develops software, he works in a bastard school that develops music technology and is often on the road for the art industry
(which sometimes requires people his crew to use their smartphones to ignore the image detection software). temporary tattoos on actors). When technology increases more, to sit and the edge makes it good to know when I will pass. ""
Of course, some stupid people say statements in society. Andrew Lipstein, a 26-year-old who runs a digital store called & in Florida, hates it when people are tied to their phones for partying, sending emails at the wrong time or writing too much. to pass the event. So he completely refused to change to a smartphone.
Never. Of course, if it means that he can't find a job. It is shocking that his parents "are famous for smartphones", while his Pantech "takes off all the time, turns off everything unexpected and calls people three times n "day". (The Pantech failed during the writing of this composition, so Lipstein "changed the perpendicular to the 'diamond memorial.")
Is it fashion? Is this a bicycle that makes the Bucleus?
Sarah Edwards, 23, said we even know how many of those (from the house), when he moved to Brooklyn, he carries a terrible goods. "I think some people see it as more of a fossil.
- But people project images of crazy phone junkies, or are flip phones really there? Is flip phone the norm? (he is made to wear "ordinary" clothes like a pater
Jeans to connect with millionaires).
Not really. Someone with a flip phone stands out instead of blending in. Edwards says taking out your flip phone at a bar is an automatic conversation starter. sometimes by well-intentioned, though often misguided. He said: “They will use it as a friendly joke. “And more often than not, they'll be surprised at how recently they threw away their flip phone. 'When? 'A season and a half ago
Other times, flip phones work like duck calls for guys with bad volley lines. and I was like, 'No, I wish that was the case,'" said my high school friend, Baker. However, Fiona Duncan, the author of the New York article Clear and Normative, posted that the trend may be entering the flip phone. It's not bad. I don't want to support Apple either. I forgot and miss the noise and buzz of the flip phone. »
For another idea, I went to another high school classmate turned fashion designer - and "fun and FABULUX" reality TV star from The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills - Dorothy Wang. I think it's a different story if the Fogy flip phone is another phone, and your next phone can testify that you are an important part of our society now. Having two phones is popular. »
- But in the end, Baker says, expressing the opinion of many modern flip-phone junkies: "It's not like a fashion statement from me or a social statement, it's just my phone. »
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