Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’

The ’90s called, they want their phones back.

Gen Z has an affinity for making old things new again and an enchantment with early 2000s technology — ditching iPhones for flip phones, bringing back digital cameras, using iPod Minis as hair clips and buying out “vintage” iPods from 2007.

Their next target is none other than the corded landline phone.

During a time when landlines are almost obsolete and technology becomes more and more advanced every day, Gen Z’s fascination with supposedly retro tech could spark a resurgence.

By the end of 2022, 72.6% of adults and 81.9% of children lived in households without a landline, according to the National Health Interview Survey. Compare that to 2006, when just 15.8% of American households did not have a landline telephone.

In fact, earlier this month, AT&T asked the California Public Utilities Commission to permanently get rid of landlines in the state, calling them a “historical curiosity that’s no longer necessary.”