Fixing Your Flip Phone's Flip

Flip phones, or clamshell phones as they're sometimes known, have a lot of advantages. They might not be the top of the range super stylish phones like the ones that are currently on the market, but they do have some things going for them.

For a start, their battery life tends to be much longer. Because the screen on a flip phone is turned off when the phone is closed, and the screen is the big battery drainer on a phone, the battery on a clamshell lasts longer. Then they're compact, a flip phone is designed to fold to half its real size, making it easy to carry around. And they're notoriously robust.

Because the screen and keyboard of a clamshell are protected when the phone is closed, it makes them a great choice for people who are often outdoors or who work in dangerous places such as on construction sites.

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