Among the mass crowds who wait days for the new iPhone in rain or shine, Samuel Young can be expected away from the chaos, probably sitting comfortably somewhere with a good book. The AP U.S. history teacher is a part of an almost extinct group of non-smartphone users, and specifically, flip phone owners.

Whether it be their durability, their cost efficiency, or the pure reluctance of the person, this antique phone is still on the market.

For the 25-year-old Young, there aren’t the same inclinations his millennial counterparts feel when it comes to cellular technology. It’s not necessarily rebellion against technology, just sheer indifference.

“I have never felt the desire to get a computer phone,” Young said. “It started in high school when all of my friends started texting. I wasn’t against texting necessarily I just saw it being abused by some people as a cheap way to communicate. It doesn’t have to be, but in a lot of ways that’s what it’s turned into. I just decided I wasn’t going to text, so I didn’t need a phone that could text.”

This disinterest continued later on as cell phones became increasingly advanced and their ubiquitousness set off. By this time Young was finding it more difficult to keep steadfast against the growing societal pressures.

“When I got to college more and more people started calling me out on it,” Young said. “I guess I just got stubborn. People ask me if I’m anti-texting or anti-smartphone and I’m not. My wife has one, and it frustrates her that I don’t. It’s one of those things I’ve survived this long without it, I don’t think I need it.”

Young’s wife, Cassandra, sees the benefit of him having this form of technology and says it doesn’t bother her much.

“Most of the time I don’t mind it,” Cassandra Young said. “I respect him for it a lot, because he doesn’t check facebook or email on it or anything like that. He probably wastes a lot less time than the rest of us do.”

One of the benefits to having less accessibility is that it forces a sense of old fashioned communication that Young prefers to use with individuals.

“It amuses me,” Young said. “Not having a smartphone means that people either have to call me or I have to call them. I have friends that will text me and rather than text them back I’ll call. It annoys them, but I think it’s a good inconvenience to be forced to. Actually speaking to someone, in my mind, is a more meaningful way to communicate.”

Through an old soul’s contrary technology decisions, Young’s choice highlights how easy it is to live digitally instead of presently.

“It can also be a huge time waste,” Young said. “I have friends that have a Twitter and that’s all they do. In everything, what I’m hoping to accomplish is moderation which is a pretty important discipline. Especially with our technology, there’s a lot of good that can be done with it but I think we need to be aware that we spend too much time on it and that can be a negative thing too.”