dial phone
Spin to call
A dial phone is a telephone with a rotary dial—a circular disc with finger holes for each digit that you rotate to place calls.
The technology dominated from the 1920s through the 1970s before push-button phones replaced them.
My grandmother still has an old dial phone in her hallway.
Now largely obsolete, they persist as nostalgic objects and design references.
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- ringClosed curve shape
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- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, cassette tape, floppy disks, Betamax
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
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- telephonespayphone, handset, landline, receiver, ringer
- vintage appliancesicebox, percolator, waffle iron, phonograph, record player
dial phonetouch-tone phone
Phone using button keypads
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Handheld connected computer
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