20 Retro Phones
Vintage Modes of Communication That are Still in Style:
Marissa Liu — Oct 12, 2009 — Tech
Retro phones recall a time when everyone had a landline. These nostalgic communication devices have been experiencing a bit of a resurgence. Whether it is ironic, functional or decorational placement of retro phones in the home or finding new uses for vintage telephones, demand, though decreased from its original peak, it still coming in. It seems retro phones have become somewhat of a novelty item, and as such, new rotary-style or first generation mobile retro phones are usually packaged in unique and funky ways.
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Mini Brick Cell Phone
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Portable Rotary Phones (UPDATE)
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Vintage Handsets for Mobile Phones
17
Hardcore Home Phones
Verizon Hub Takes the Landline To New Heights
16
Overly Girlie Phones
Dinstinctly Feminine Landline Phones To Make Any Man Cringe
15
High Heel Phones
Pretty in Pink Landlines
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Disney Princess Phones
Cinderella High-Heel Landline Lets You Talk Past the Stroke of Midnight
13
Religious Figure Phones
Golden Buddha Mobile Packs Supreme Smartphone Serenity
12
LEGO Phones
The Fully Functional Tyco ‘Big Blocks' Phone Makes a Comeback
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Faux Brick Phones
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Payphones of the World
9
Anatomical Mobile Phones
The Heart Shaped iMobile V450 GSM is an Organ and a Cell
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Bringing Back Vintage Telephones
The Leather-Bound Rotary Phone
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Newstalgia Phones
The Silver Dreyfuss 500 Desk Phone
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Recycled Landline Phones
SunCorp & Chauhan Eco Phones
5
Retro Phones
160 Bucks For Your Grandma's Phone
4
Childhood Character Phones
Winnie the Pooh Goes Mobile
3
DIY Retro Phone Revamps
Turn Your Old Rotary Telephone Into a Lamp
2
French Fry Phones
A Side Order Landline for Conversational Munchies
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Fire Extinguisher Phones
Play Pranks and Make Calls on This Cheeky Safety Device
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Super-Lazy Street Food
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New Zealand Burger King Ad Gives Gateway Tolls the Finger
Robot Cellphone
Toshiba Softbank 815T
Junk Chandeliers
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LEGO Cams for Kids
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Rotary Phone Animals
Jean-Luc Cornec's Telephone Sheep
Doughnut Chips
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USB Heaven
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Cellphone Dish Cloths
The Sumsing Turbo 3000 Multi-Task
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Hideous Lampshade Made of Melted Melange of Toy Bricks
French Fry Phones
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Classic Cartoon Makeovers
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Toy-Inspired Dishware
‘Ceramics Lego' Stacking Dish Set
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McDonald's Deep Fried Christmas Tree
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Glittery Python Handsets
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