You know what I wish would come back in full force as a trend? I wish phone charms would come back in full force! I absolutely adore phone charms a ton! They were such a cool thing to put on phones. I kinda wanna put some on like my Steam Deck case.
Oh yeah also I've got a Steam Deck! It's a funky little handheld device! It's huge, so maybe phone charms wouldn't be great on it, but also aesthetic triumphs comfort! No pain, no cutesy! I'll make a longer post about the Steam Deck though.
So back to phone charms. I think the loss of stuff like phone charms as a trend also happened because phones as a whole kind became more standardized. Like with games it's nice that some standardization happened (L2 and R2 being the aim & shoot buttons for example), but it also reduces the fun little individuality of things you had before. Like most phones are just the sleek touchscreen brick now. Again not like evil in the slightest, but I do yearn for the wild west of companies putting out random designs again.