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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, ...

Flip phones are making a comeback, but are they better than compact smartphones? Here’s what to consider before making the switch.

In 2007, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced the launch of the first iPhone (smartphone), a hand-held device that would radically change the way we think as well as interact with one another. Within ...

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About 6.6 billion people own smartphones today. That is a lot of people who no longer have to flip through a book so big it ...

Smartphones bring simplicity to our busy digital lives. Many of us, of course, use our smartphones to not only chat with friends and colleagues but also to shop, take photos and stream our favorite ...

It was a miracle: My seventh grader was at the Burlington Mall with friends. I double-parked in front of Nordstrom for pickup, eagerly awaiting tales of overconsumption at the food court or a shopping ...

Next week smartphone manufacturers will join mobile operators, technology providers, vendors, and content owners at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to focus on such critical themes as 5G, IoT, ...

Global smartphone sales to consumers fell 6.8% in the third quarter of 2021 on a year-on-year basis because of ongoing component shortages. Worldwide smartphone sales -- as opposed to shipments -- ...

Smartphones are now normal and for everyone, which means we can ignore the hoopla around new models. By Shira Ovide It’s that time of year when companies including Apple and Samsung try to get us VERY ...