flip phone
noun
plural flip phones
: a cell phone with a hinged body that opens and closes
Smith, who was still using a flip phone, was suspicious of his girlfriend's preoccupation with social media, worrying that it would detract from the experience.—
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Does its expertise in making fun flip phones transfer to the larger form factor of the Razr Fold?
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
As prices at the lower end of the spectrum ratchet up, there’s less and less distance between premium flip phones and bigger foldables.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The flip phone’s tiny version of Google Maps is hard to use, and some people were trying not to use it all, preferring to navigate the city as their parents and grandparents once did, going only by their memory and directions from strangers.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
There is an ambient skepticism toward tech: a handful of the students have traded in their smartphones for flip phones.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
As prices at the lower end of the spectrum ratchet up, there’s less and less distance between premium flip phones and bigger foldables.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
The flip phone’s tiny version of Google Maps is hard to use, and some people were trying not to use it all, preferring to navigate the city as their parents and grandparents once did, going only by their memory and directions from strangers.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
There is an ambient skepticism toward tech: a handful of the students have traded in their smartphones for flip phones.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Flip phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20phone. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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