Are flip phones still popular in Japan in 2020? Who is their target audience and are they still there? What companies are still making them? Are they now being replaced by smartphones?
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David Nakamura on X: "300 yen to buy a flip phone toy from Japanese vending machine. This @jakeadelstein story says the phones called “garakei” — mashup of Galapagos (this phone being a
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