In March, I put my iPhone into a yellow cardboard box with MO stamped on top—the M looked like a riff on the Motorola logo; the O looked like a flower. Over the next several weeks, I left my phone there for roughly 23.5 hours out of every day.

In a world where smartphones keep us connected 24/7, young people are ditching their iPhones for ‘dumbphones’ that make scrolling physically impossible. Genevieve*, 24, made the dumbphone switch last year,

A new wave of flippable and foldable phones is shaking up the US smartphone market, long dominated by Apple's iPhone. The iPhone remains king, but flip phones are spurring innovation and gaining momentum with consumers. "There is quite a bit of buzz around ...

In an era where smartphones keep getting larger, both flip phones and compact smartphones have carved out a niche for users who prefer easier-to-hold devices. But since these two kinds of smartphones have their own spin on portability, which one is better?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On TikTok, Gen Zs are declaring this season "Flip Phone Summer," replacing their smartphones with the Y2K-era cellular devices in attempt to undergo a mass digital detox. Gen Z is ...

When foldable phones first arrived on the scene, it was a durability disaster at Samsung. It took the company a few generations to fix the underlying hinge and display issues. And by the time the formula was perfected, every smartphone brand had already ...