Neither iPhone nor Android: these phones have tripled their sales in 2024

Almost all mobile brands have seen their sales reduced in 2024, because smartphones are getting better and last longer, so users take longer to renew them. But There is a mobile phone that has sold more than three times as much in 2024and it is not an iPhone, nor an Android: they are the dumbphone, or dumb mobiles.

Also called stupid cell phones or basic telephones, these dumbphone They find their market in older people, children and, increasingly, millennials and young people looking for a digital detox, saturated with notifications, social networks and mobile dependency.

According to Ideal, Demand for dumb phones has grown by 214% in Spain throughout 2024and sales have already tripled compared to 2023. Other European countries follow a similar trend.

Dumb mobile sales triple in 2024

In Italy, for example, demand for dumb phones has also increased by 180% in 2024. In France by 118%, and in the United Kingdom, by 111%.

Germany is the country where the most stupid phones are soldperhaps that is why the growth there has been lower, but also spectacular: 67%.

Dumb phones are phones that only have basic functions: calls, email, and messaging.. Some don’t even have Internet. And although a few use Android, most have their own operating system and a physical keyboard.

Basically, These are the cell phones that were sold in the 90s. That is why Nokia is one of the leading brands in this market.

They have always been mobile phones widely used by older peoplebecause they are easy to use and have physical buttons, more manageable than touch screens. Also for the childrensince they do not have Internet or only allow sending messages, avoiding distractions. They are also shockproof.

But those users have always remained more or less stable. What’s driving up sales of dumb phones are young people who seek digital detox.

They are saturated with notifications, messages, online commitments and toxic social networks, so they turn to a dumbphone to free themselves from all that, without losing contact. You can continue communicating by messages, email or calls.

According to experts, The demand for dumb phones will continue to grow in the coming yearsbecause the causes of digital poisoning, basically social networks, do nothing to remedy it. On the contrary, their algorithms are increasingly addictive and enslaving.

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Tags: Smartphones, Telephony