SEOUL, Feb. 16 -- South Korean Gen Z is fuelling a growing trend for vintage technology, particularly older iPhones, driving up prices as they embrace nostalgia through retro devices.
The trend - a portmanteau of young and retro - gained traction after K-pop group NewJeans, now known as NJZ, filmed parts of its Ditto music video with a retro digital camcorder.
"Shooting with an old iPhone feels like using a vintage film camera," Park Soo-yeon told The Korea Times in an article published last Friday.
The 22-year-old university student is among those who now carry both a modern iPhone and an older model.
"Even though I'm taking pictures in the present, they have a nostalgic feel, which makes them feel new again," she was quoted as saying....