Flip phones are all the rage in Japan — where shipments rose in 2014 for the first time in nearly a decade, while the demand for smartphones fell for the second straight year. Data released by ...

The thing about the flip phone aesthetic is that it hearkens back to a time when the act of taking a photo with one’s phone was more important than the actual picture.

Everything that’s old is new again---and the flip-phone—the anti-smart phone & the Galapagos like replica of a time when Japan once dominated the world in mobile phones is making a ...

Nowadays, though, gara kei have all but vanished from Japan as well. But for those feeling flip phone nostalgia for an era that comparatively wasn’t all that long ago, Tokyo telecommunications company ...

Despite the high popularity of smartphones all over the world, Japan has seen its shipments of flip-phones rise again after seven years, while smartphones took a decline, after two years.

For the first time in seven years, shipments of old-school flip phones increased in 2014 while those of smartphones fell. While it may be a statistical anomaly, Japan’s flip phones are highly ...

While developing countries continue to buy up feature phones, where prices continue to plummet, Japan's feature phones remain resistant to the smartphone substitution seen in western countries.

flip-phones are simply better at some things than smartphones The thing about all of these theories, though, is that nothing about them should apply to Japan only.

Your cheatin' heart may tell on you, but your Fujitsu F-series flip phone won't. Some cheaters in Japan are reportedly getting an infidelity assist from older phones with fancy privacy features.

Remember flip phones? Phones like the insanely popular Moto Razr? They were all the rage before the smartphone came along. Well, actually, flip phones aren't dead yet, not in Japan at least. Sales ...

TOKYO -- Flip phones continue to maintain their popularity in Japan despite the widespread uptake of smartphones. The devices, very much yesterday's technology, still appeal to consumers due to ...

Available today on Verizon, the $129 Barbie Flip Phone combines practicality with style, offering a kid-friendly phone option without social media distractions.