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With Verizon seeking permission to lock phones to its network for six months or longer instead of the current 60 days, a ...
As evidence mounts of our collective phone addiction — and the toxic effects of social media — there's a growing appetite for the Gospel of Appstinence. Searches for dumb phones have been surging.
In Verizon's most recent financial earnings report, the telecommunications giant touts that 70% of the devices on its retail postpaid network are smartphones phones.
COMMENTARY Verizon Wireless just took one of the fastest strategic U-turns in the history of customer relations. Last week, the company announced that it would add a $2 fee for one-time phone and ...
There is a growing movement among Gen Z to do away with smartphones and revert back to “less smart” phones like old-school flip and slide phones. Flip phones were popular in the mid-1990s and ...
But while smartphones take off, mobile phone makers are still selling hundreds of millions of "dumb" phones each year -- most of the phones sold in the U.S.
Feature phones or dumb phones as some call them, are making a comeback in the US market. This is being driven by a number of factors, including the growing popularity of digital detoxes, the ...
How generous of Verizon Wireless to offer me a free service that it can start billing me for even before my next bill arrives. Here's the catch.
This “Dumb Phone” Business Helps People Disconnect … Technology / May 6, 2024 / 06:02 AM PDT A local couple has started a website called dumbwireless.com.