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When was the last time you held, in your hands, a phone that looked like this? When was the last time you ever even saw one?
by Christopher Fahey September 24th, 2009 | 2:49 pmI was discussing a similar semiotic point the other day, namely the ‘Save’ floppy disk icon. I was arguing for its retention. Although it’s no longer an iconic representation of the hardware, it has passed into the realm of symbol, representing the task rather than the medium. I suppose the same applies here.
Some UK phoneboxes still retain this style of handset, although it must be several years since I’ve used one. If trendy Brighton shops are anything to go by, the retro style is commanding ridiculous prices amongst nostalgia junkies.
by Cennydd September 24th, 2009 | 3:48 pmWe still have ‘em at work. We call them “black bananas.” And they are almost never used, since everyone has a cell phone…
by David Dunham September 24th, 2009 | 6:34 pmCall me sentimental, I still love having an old fashioned phone in the house even though I have a cell phone. Just like how, I prefer so much more to do my brainstorming in pen and pencil :)
I managed to get one of those retro rotary ones from eBay, getting pretty rare though.
by Henry Soon September 24th, 2009 | 11:31 pmMy parents used to have one when I was a child - I remember my dad used to answer the phone by announcing the village name and our three digit number. Funny, eh!
by Harry Brignull September 25th, 2009 | 2:50 amIf you really miss them, there is a company that offers rebuild skype (etc) phones that look like the old ones: http://www.hulger.com/
by Sjors September 25th, 2009 | 6:14 amI see such a phone everyday, in my bedroom:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuail/3014788817/
The tactile feel of those phones, the sound they make… Unsurpassed. And yes, I’m nostalgic.
Cheers!
by Riccardo Mori September 25th, 2009 | 2:53 pmRick
It’s the icon for the phone part of the iphone…
by Eric Gauvin October 23rd, 2009 | 4:39 pmHello,
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I love those old heavy phones. I never threw mine away - it’s still in my closet. Couldn’t get it to work with our phone service. Coincidentally, I did an illustration this year with a vintage payphone at the center of it. Blogged about it and phones in general:
http://shaneharrison.com/blog/?p=474
by Shane January 6th, 2010 | 11:33 amIf i ask my 1 year old niece what it is, she wud rather say “Capital Letter C!!”
by Pritam Pebam January 10th, 2010 | 2:15 amI guess she’d completely gone ‘mobile’ ever since she’d been born!!
also, that letter A? it really doesn’t look like the head of an ox anymore
by xian January 26th, 2010 | 1:10 pm