Aug 29 2007Rotary Cell Phone Is Awesome
Because retro is apparently the new futuristic, here is the cell phone of the future, the Sparkfun Electronics Port-O-Rotary. The company retrofits the old phones with all the necessary electronics, so all you have to do is add your SIM card and you're good to go. The rotary dial works for outgoing calls, and incoming calls ring the actual bell style ringer. They claim battery life is good for 4-5 days on average, which isn't too bad. The cost is though, at $499 ($399 if you buy 100 or more), it's an expensive personal communications device. But none of that really matters, all that does is that now you can talk dirty to your girlfriend on a rotary phone whenever you want without your mother picking up the line in the kitchen and screaming at you.
Rotary Cell Phone Is Awesome [gizmodo]
Reader Comments
1. bonzo420 - August 29, 2007 4:24 PM
I CALL THE FIRST 100 !!
woot WOOT!!
420
2. Jab - August 29, 2007 4:54 PM
it's almost worth it just to look crazy as you walk down the street talking into one of these. But you could do that anyway with a real rotary phone.
3. Claire - August 29, 2007 5:14 PM
isnt that gonna be heavy to lug around?
it just looks ridiculous ... unless you use it as like a cordless phone in your house :|
4. RandomNigel - August 29, 2007 8:06 PM
Awesome.
But really inconvenient.
5. Commodore Pabst - August 29, 2007 8:15 PM
Great, now I have to buy bigger shorts! Now I don't have to lie when I tell the ladies that my "cell" is huge.
6. doug - August 29, 2007 8:26 PM
tIt's perfect for those times big movie moments where you really feel like slamming the phone down in anger. That's never worked as well with a regular cell phone. And let's face it, if you manage to forget this thing at a restaurant you're just plain retarded.
7. blpressure - August 29, 2007 10:34 PM
It would look awesome in a car. Imagine the look on the hitch-hikers faces when you pick up the receiver whilst driving, dial then have a conversation like a crazy person.
8. Cat - August 29, 2007 10:50 PM
Haha We have one of those... except it's not a mobile phone per se... but I mean, you could make it mobile if you threw it across the room.
9. Zola - August 30, 2007 5:39 AM
Mind-blowing. But i am sure it cannot beat the compactness of a cell phone.
10. uruwai - August 30, 2007 8:37 AM
This is a sure winner of the Awesomest Device Ever.
Have you ever considered why after decades of not having this type of phones, we still have the reflex of "slamming" the phone to hang up after an argument on the phone, even if it´s a cell phone?
We still raise it above our heads and slam it on the table, even if it´s totally useless.
It´s like that reflex it´s imprinted in out genetic code.
By the way, are you aware by now that you should all bow to me and consider me your true leader and master of your destinies?
11. Joe Millionaire - August 30, 2007 9:16 PM
Long live the classics
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12. JagedNS - September 28, 2007 3:27 PM
Now THAT is fricking awesome. Imagine walking down the street with one of those. I'd actually like to have one of those huge brick shaped cell phones but with current technology. I think that'd be awesome to walk around with as well. All the tools out there walking around with their 2 inch cell phone that you can barely even hold up against your head.
on a side note, I want to put an 8 track player in my car too but haven't gotten around to it. Can't wait to blast AC/DC back in black on that thing LOL