Generation Z, made up of young people born between 1995 and 2010, is increasingly bored with recent technologies. Proof of this is that they are resorting to old devices, as was the case with digital cameras. But now there's a new vintage craze generation Z which is gaining more and more followers.
The rediscovery of flip phones
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For those who were young or teenagers in the 2000s, they should probably know the flip cell phones, which are the ones that we need to 'open' to access the functions. In this case, modern smartphones managed to overcome these devices, but they are back thanks to the curiosity of generation Z.
In fact, no one would imagine that new teenagers would be willing to resort to old phones at some point. After all, these devices contained only basic applications, such as the ability to make calls, in addition to a few games. However, more and more young people are looking for these cell phones and believe that they are “vintage”.
Including, there are already some celebrities who have already jumped on the bandwagon and adhered to flip phones. For example, singer-songwriter Camila Cabello used her social media to show off her “new” flip phone. In the photo's caption, she wrote "I'm on the flip cell phone revolution team".
Behind the new fashion
For some specialists, this new adherence to new technologies is perhaps a way of avoiding the ubiquity of social networks in our times. It is worth remembering that more and more new studies indicate that there is an illness in young people and adolescents due to continuous exposure to networks.
In addition, there is already talk about how labor relations managed to overload workers much more after smartphones. This is because it is already common for you to receive work messages on your cell phone all day through WhatsApp.
On the other hand, phone companies hope to resurrect this phone model and add the applications of recent smartphones in flip devices. However, this change will probably not be so well received by young people, who prefer flip phones precisely because of their 'outdated' appearance and functionality.
