Old fart phone (rotary dial cell phone)

[sl8]

From https://interestingengineering.com/that-space-engineer-is-now-selling-her-cell-phone-with-a-rotary-dial-system-and-it-has-got-4g

That Space Engineer Is Now Selling Her Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial System and It Has Got 4G

Haupt is also looking into adding a "very cool feature" that has not yet been disclosed.

By Loukia Papadopoulos
June 04, 2020



Last February, we told you about space engineer Justine Haupt who had just created what she dubbed as a "rotary cellphone."

"Why a rotary cellphone? Because in a finicky, annoying, touchscreen world of hyperconnected people using phones they have no control over or understanding of, I wanted something that would be entirely mine, personal, and absolutely tactile, while also giving me an excuse for not texting," wrote Haupt on her website.

Better yet, she made the design completely open-source, meaning that anyone with the know-how can build it if they wish to. For the more technologically challenged, Haupt even went so far as to create a starter kit for the phone.

"Builders will still need to find the right rotary dial and order a handful of other bits, shown below, but the "hard part" (the mainboard and the 3D printed casing with threaded inserts and buttons shown above) is available for sale here," stated Haupt.

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[Doodley]

1. Looks great, but where's the handset with the curly cable, and the cable that plugs into the wall?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

2. Additional accessories...

Available at ropho.com...

Faux cord attachment is $29.95...faux wall jack also available

[agingdem]

3. Makes for a nice table top accessory

practicality-wise it sucks

[walkingman]

4. Check out the video - cool!! I want one.

[localroger]

5. This is a case mod you see periodically on the maker sites like Hackaday

Generally starts with a flip or candy-bar phone, remount the parts in a 3D printed enclosure that can accommodate the dial, and add a microcontroller to read the dial pulses and push the appropriate buttons on the donor phone's keypad matrix.

[Chainfire]

6. Only if it comes with a party line ;)

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Worthless because you can't slam the handset down when you hang up angry.

[Kali]

8. LOL

or commit grievous harm or homicide with the old ones that were REALLY heavy.