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Omar H. Fares, Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones for 'dumb phones'

Sales of so-called "dumb phones," like flip and slide phones, are on the rise among the younger generation. (Shutterstock)

There is a growing movement among Gen Z to do away with smartphones and revert back to “less smart” phones like old-school flip and slide phones. Flip phones were popular in the mid-1990s and 2000s, but now seem to be making a comeback among younger people.

While this may seem like a counter-intuitive trend in our technology-reliant society, a Reddit forum dedicated to “dumb phones” is steadily gaining in popularity. According to a CNBC new report, flip phones sales are on the rise in the U.S.

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