Heard a guy at the gym say smartphones would never replace his flip phone back in 2007

Was scrolling through old tech forums last night and found a thread from 2007 where this dude was dead serious that touchscreens were a fad. He argued flip phones were more durable and you could snap them shut to hang up on people dramatically. I remember thinking the same thing when my friend got the first iPhone - I swore I'd never give up my physical keyboard. Wonder if that guy ever caved or if he's still out there flipping his phone closed.

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emeryn8322d ago

Oh man, "snap it shut to hang up on people dramatically" got me lol. I was the same way with my Blackberry back then, swore I'd never type on glass. Finally got an iPhone in 2010 and never looked back, I bet that guy caved around then too, touchscreens just took over everything.

spencer_wood22d ago

Did your Blackberry have that satisfying snap too @emeryn83? I had a buddy who swore by his physical keyboard until he dropped his phone in a puddle and had to borrow a cheap touchscreen for a week. He never went back to a flip or slider after that, even complained the buttons felt cramped.

grayt4616d ago

Totally felt that same shift myself. I had a Palm Treo with a slide out keyboard and thought I was hot stuff until I tried my girlfriend's iPhone 3G for a week. After that, my Treo felt like a toy from the 90s, never missed the physical keys once.