New people are desperately trying to connect with the world around them. Methods that many have chosen? “Dumbphone” otherwise known as the Blackberry of the millennium era.
Ironically, Gen-Z is taking on social media-which is not even based on a dumb-to spread the word.
For months, users ranging from mid -20 to late teens have demonstrated interest in “retro” technology such as Walkans, Ipods and digital cameras.
But the latest Y2K mania has positive generations positively deceived.
A quick Tiktok search under the keyword “Blackberry” will display thousands of thousands of Gen-Zers videos buying shelter shelves outside eBay or digging them from their parents’ closets, decorating them with rhinestones and keyboards, and keyboards worthy of ASMR clicks.
For many people, Blackberry Craze is a continuation of the 2000s nostalgia, a time when aesthetics like Britney Spears-Esque McBling, Cyberfurism and Fruitiger Aero ruled the trends.
“We have come to full -circle,” declares dozens of comments under posts by Tiktok content creators like @notchonnie, which uses its platform to show its massive collection of retro technology
“I’m so sick of Apple, I would give up almost everything for a Blackberry!” A user wrote.
Commentators also shared how they cleaned pages like Facebook Marketplace, Ebay and Back Market looking for Blackberry phones to search their modern smartphones.
For just a few hundred dollars, these technology-connected gen-zers buy peace of mind-many questions from older generations, who undoubtedly remember shameless service, super small keyboards and users’ interfaces less than intuitive.
Compared to the price of a new iPhone, which these days can cost a thousand dollars, and unlimited data plans that run users up to $ 70 a month, new generations see Blackberry as an intelligent.
For many people, the growing anti-smartphone movement is also a way to really embrace the offline world and be more aware of content consumption.
“Smartphone is no longer a source of pleasure,” Pascal Harrojiti, a Montreal technology columnist, for CBC News. “Once it was fun but now [people are] Dependent on it, so they want to return in simpler times using a simpler device. “
these are supposed to be the best moments of our lives, but you look around and people are moving, â € Sammy Palazzolo, a Tiktok content creator who uses a part -time phone, said USA Today.
Although they have grown in the digital age, Gen Zers, and even the elderly members of Gen Alpha, have begun to catch – no matter where you look these days, everyone is climbing their phone.
According to a study by the Pew Research Center in 2024 on the subject, nearly half of teens today say they are online ‘almost constantly’, compared to ten years ago, when 24% of teens responded the same.
Some have even reported by feeling ghost buzzing a smartphone announcement, and others have said the ‘on’ button is now nothing less than a reflex.
â € œAITY CREATED THIS MODE where I was anxious, and so I would open my smartphone, and then I would hate myself to open my smartphone, which made me more concerned, Char € Charlie Fisher, a 20-year-old college student, said Usa Today.
At the relief of his digital detox, Fisher rejected his iPhone for a flip phone, and according to him, he has not been looked back since.
“I’ve seen more things like when I was a kid,” Fisher went on, elaborating on his newly found life -long lifestyle. “You really see things about how they are in the physical world, and your emotions are really related to it.”
Flip phones and 2000s era technology as Blackberry are not just cheaper.
According to Gen-Z, they promote the passage of more quality time with family and friends, exploring other hobbies outside the doomscrolling and watching binge, and finding a healthier balance of work and life, which raises the question: are children actually on something?
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