Nostalgic Generation Z makes traditional flip phones such as Nokia 2760 popular again in the United States.

CTOnews.com news on January 16, Generation Z (especially those born in the mid-late 1990s to early 2010s) is nostalgic. Foreign media CNN reported that traditional flip phones represented by Nokia 2760 and Nokia 2780 have become popular again in the United States.

CNN, another character introduced in the article, Camila CabelloCNN interviewed an influential figure who pushed flip phones-- Sammy Palazzolo, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

CTOnews.com learned that Palazoro shared a video on TikTok recommending college students to buy traditional flip phones. At present, the video has more than 14 million views and more than 3 million likes. The hashtags # BRINGBACKFLIPPHONES and # y2kaesthetic have also attracted many people to post the flip phones they use.

"the flip phone eliminates all the disadvantages of going to college and retains all the benefits of the phone," Palazoro said in the video. I like the photos taken with the flip phone, which are grainy and blurry. I think the photo shows the atmosphere of the university very well.