• 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.

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      10 months ago

      Influencers exploring their fanbase with whatever bullshit they can turn into merchandise? Say it ain’t so!

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    10 months ago

    As an old Bell Labs guy used to say, “There’s a lot of wires in wireless” Wireline has higher uptime than wireless, but we gave some up for convince.

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    10 months ago

    Yea, they haven’t got long to use those landline phones here in the UK before the copper networks retired unless they use something like this with VoIP which seems to defeat the purpose https://amzn.eu/d/0QhpOk0

    My Grandma was concerned about the switch off because she spends most of the day talking to friends on her landline. She has a smartphone but hates talking into it and refused to use any sort of headset or ear buds so I bought one of these old school style handsets for her https://amzn.eu/d/88lwwKA