The ’90s called, they want their phones back.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454

• Gen Z’s nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z’s love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

  • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
    10·
    9 months ago

    Article and trend aside, I actually do miss landlines… I have to do the “boomer” thing of talking on speaker phone with my phone out in front of me because no matter what I do putting my flat cellphone up to my ear is just impossible to hear and exceedingly uncomfortable. I miss the ergonomics of a real phone.

    • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
      3·
      9 months ago

      Have you considered Bluetooth (or wired) earbuds? I can’t stand phone calls without them. Speakerphone makes me self-conscious in public and I can’t help but get shouty, and I have the same problem as you do with face-smush mode. But my Bluetooth earbuds are exactly how I want my phone call experience to be.

      • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
        2·
        9 months ago

        Unfortunately I’ve yet to find a pair of earbuds that doesn’t fall out or hurt my ears (or both), Either my ears are shaped differently than the average or I have to spend more to find the right pair. I would use headphones instead, but they’re hard to lug around and most work days I interact with customers so it’s a no-go.

        • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca
          2·
          9 months ago

          Oh, that’s too bad. There are band-style or hook-style versions that could maybe help with that, but yeah most of them are buds.

          One thing I’ll say is that when I used to wear wired buds, they would fall out all the time and I thought I just had weird-shaped ears or something… But when I got into wireless buds, I tried out a bunch of styles and found that without the cord, they stay in way more reliably. Wired ones would fall out when I turn my head or just walk 10 steps, but with wireless ones, I can shake my head or run or anything, and they stay in. I guess the weight/movement of the cord makes a big difference, at least for me.

          • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
            2·
            9 months ago

            I hadn’t thought about the wire affecting it, that could well be! Thanks for the input, I may have to take another look at some buds.

      • sqgl@beehaw.org
        2·
        9 months ago

        Speakerphone makes me self-conscious in public

        I would feel self conscious if people looked at me thinking I was crazy, talking to myself.