‘This was peak technology’: Gen Z is bringing back the BlackBerry

Fast Company ^ | 06-11-2025 | Eve Upton-Clark

[Dutch Boy]

My first smart phone-ish phone was the Samsung SCH-i730. It ran on Windows. I bought it around 2004/2005.

https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=667

[IYAS9YAS]

I collect vinyl records, still. I’m shocked at how may kids are going for vinyl these days.

Yeah. I really wish I had all my old vinyl. Well, not all of it. Some of it was pretty lame. My son is early 20s. He has some of my old vinyl (Boston, Foreigner, Van Halen - stuff I managed to keep), and some of his own old vinyl (Moody Blues, Rainbow, Metallica, Megadeth, Marty Robbins - yeah, Marty Robbins, Oingo Boingo).

[telescope115]

I’ve still got mine, in a drawer somewhere.

[alternatives?]

I had a large client, the head of the department thought it was strange someone using a Blackberry. I switched to an I-phone 7 (I think they were 10 or 11 at the time). I still have it. At least 8 years old.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Mine has severe “deer damage” so my wife refuses to be seen in it.

You sure it's the car?

[TangoLimaSierra]

I texted my brother that our sister had “just docked in Seattle”. That’s what I THOUGHT I had typed. Autocorrect changed “docked” to something else, making us wonder how much fun she was really having in Seattle.

Sounds like your issue is with proofreading, not touch screens.

[duckman]

Very cool indeed. I still have my 1952 Seeburg 100C juke, which I restored and contains my fav 45’s.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks, but I know all the swipes.

[TexasGator]

“Yeah. I really wish I had all my old vinyl. Well, not all of it. Some of it was pretty lame”

I gave all mine away. Happy with the quality of Tidal.

[cymbeline]

“... as it’s SO much faster than with the virtual keyboard.”

I’ve heard that you can get a real keyboard for the “glass” phones. Sounds like a good idea when a desk is available for the keyboard.

[Nachoman]

I’m looking for a Toyota T-100 extended cab, 2WD with a manual transmission. Or something similar.

I have a 6 cyl, 4WD T100 extended cab. I often have people ask me if I want to sell it.

[cuban leaf]

WHA...

[MayflowerMadam]

“Autocorrect is not a touchscreen function.”

Not literally, but it’s a first cousin.

[MayflowerMadam]

I love that site.

[TexasGator]

“Not literally, but it’s a first cousin.”

It has nothing to do with touchscreen.

[TexasGator]

"Sivana Ugh...I want to get a flip phone"

[Red Badger]

https://crackberry.com/clicks-just-resurrected-blackberry-putting-real-keyboard-case-flip-phone

[Windcatcher]

I held onto my Palm Pre because it had a physical keyboard as long as I possibly could, but the demise of the Sprint network was the end for it.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Let’s not forget the constant app and OS updates that happen while you are sleeping and you wake to a different phone.”

Happened to me a couple days ago when my Android updated. I have it the OK to do the updates. Little did I know that a setting was changed to back up to the cloud. I specifically disable that. The update disabled my disable. The Tech Coach guy told me they’re moving to AI as much as possible.

Photos were disappearing. AI was assuming where certain photos should be stored, and shuffled them all over the place. I need to find a stand-alone app for photos that Google can’t mess with.

[usconservative]

I freaking loved that phone! Was so bummed when it wouldn’t get service anymore and had to “upgrade” to a smartphone...