Just as many old stories in film and TV wouldn’t exist if cellphones existed at the time (so many misunderstandings solved with a quick call), nowadays you just don’t have the satisfying pleasure of destroying your smartphone by merely twisting it, if you so desired. BB is set in 2009-2011, so the ubiquitousness of the flip phone totally checks out.

Many of us miss the cool yet ultimately pointless gesture of “opening” your phone. Wouldn’t surprise me if the few remaining models in existence are favored by those that want an easy way to destroy their phones…

–P.A.