--- ---  # Daniel Day-Lewis Was Spotted Using a Flip Phone and the Internet Can't Handle It  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2018 3:12 PM UTC  Daniel Day-Lewis attends Arthur Miller - One Night 100 Years Benefit at Lyceum Theatre on January 25, 2016 in New York City. Daniel Day-Lewis attends Arthur Miller - One Night 100 Years Benefit at Lyceum Theatre on January 25, 2016 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 6, 2018 3:12 PM UTC Now that [Daniel Day-Lewis](http://time.com/5040442/daniel-day-lewis-retirement/) has [retired from acting](http://time.com/4825170/daniel-day-lewis-retire/), it appears he was finally ready to take on the greatest role of his life: Man with [flip phone](http://time.com/money/3712349/the-country-where-flip-phones-are-still-popular/). After journalist Karen Han tweeted that she was riding the train with a flip phone-perusing Day-Lewis on Thursday, the Internet immediately began buzzing over the momentous sighting. “Daniel Day-Lewis is on my train and casually just looking at his flip phone,” she wrote, later adding a photo to prove her claims. > [](https://twitter.com/karenyhan/status/981997310577119232) Fans of the [_Phantom Thread_](http://time.com/5027074/phantom-thread-shrouded-in-mystery-daniel-day-lewis/)actor were quick to offer Han advice on her next move, with some suggesting she attempt to reenact a scene from one of his movies on the New York Subway car. “Can you whisper ‘kiss me my girl before I’m sick’ within earshot?” one fellow Twitter user requested. > [](https://twitter.com/ezwrites/status/981997589196394498) Others simply couldn’t get over the fact that Day-Lewis was still using a flip phone in 2018\. “My new favorite celebrity couple is Daniel Day-Lewis and his flip phone,” quipped another tweeter. > [](https://twitter.com/softcoffin/status/982012192223584256) See more reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/982003352392425477) > [](https://twitter.com/BabsVan/status/981998108513980416) > [](https://twitter.com/tarantallegra/status/981999299138654210) > [](https://twitter.com/everybody%5Fcares/status/982002057535107072) > [](https://twitter.com/rockmarooned/status/981998184493875201) > [](https://twitter.com/pauvrelapinou/status/982012439582658561) > [](https://twitter.com/alanzilberman/status/982002353233649665) > [](https://twitter.com/kateyrich/status/982002330261442560) > [](https://twitter.com/rockmarooned/status/981995473279086593) Daniel Day-Lewis Spotted Using Flip Phone, Internet Loves It ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5230709/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5230709/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone/"},"headline":"Daniel Day-Lewis Was Spotted Using a Flip Phone and the Internet Can't Handle It","datePublished":"2018-04-06T15:12:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:54.973Z","description":"The actor was seen on the New York subway","url":"https://time.com/5230709/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc304dcd0505b97c/69892d070a4a22d1829d254a/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc304dcd0505b97c/69892d070a4a22d1829d254a/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Daniel-Day-Lewis-Flip-Phone","caption":"Daniel Day-Lewis attends Arthur Miller - One Night 100 Years Benefit at Lyceum Theatre on January 25, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5230709/daniel-day-lewis-flip-phone/","name":"Daniel Day-Lewis Was Spotted Using a Flip Phone and the Internet Can't Handle It"}}]}] ```