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Andrew Luck gets a new phone, but it's still a flip phone

Andrew Luck gets a new phone, but it's still a flip phone
Posted at 1:22 PM, Aug 26, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-26 13:25:54-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rejoice, 21st Century, Andrew Luck got a new phone!

Wait... it's another flip phone? Come on, Andrew...

Luck is known for bucking the smartphone trend, having carried a flip phone as his primary communication device since his college days at Stanford. 

And even with his recent signing of the NFL's largest contract ever, he still prefers the dated technology.

The Indianapolis Colts QB has always been a private person, and he has said the flip phone helps facilitate that, preventing him from being connected 24/7 with the likes of a smartphone.

It texts and it calls, and that's all Luck says he needs. He says he does have an iPad, though, for what that's worth. 

At least he went with the upgrade after at least four years of the other old flip phone. Maybe the new one gets consistent LTE...

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