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I have built a couple different versions of a rotary dial cell phone over the years but the one that is the most popular that friends and family want is the one
by zw123456 7y ago
I have built a couple different versions of a rotary dial cell phone over the years but the one that is the most popular that friends and family want is the one that does not have an actual phone in it but instead is a Bluetooth device that pairs with your regular phone. The main reason is it is more of a gag type gift so on one wants to maintain an account or phone number for something you just pull out once in a while for a hoot. I make them for friends and family members if they provide the phone. Everyone loves them !
The first one I ever did was way back in 1997 or around there when I was working for a Wireless company back then. I made it for an April Fools day gag and it just had an old Nokia stuck inside it. We made up a phony marketing flyer for it that had a bunch of funny stuff like; Made by Rotomola, has 10 minute battery life. Goofy stuff. Everyone thought it was great and for a while the marketing people actually thought about making it a product !!! hahaha.
One other fun fact about rotary dials... have you ever noticed how most downtown business districts have low digit prefixes, like 221, 223 etc. That is because it saved time dialing. If you have to dial a bunch of 8's and 9's it takes forever ! hahaha. Probably why most people I make them for play with it for a few days but then it goes on a shelf, they are actually pretty annoying to actually use. But still a fun gag gift.
- Animats 7y agoThere's a commercial box which pairs with phones over Bluetooth and offers an RJ-11 jack for classic wired phones. Even provides proper ring voltage and will ring the phone. I've used one at steampunk conventions to provide a phone line for an antique dial phone. It's amusing to let kids try it.
- freepor 7y agoDo you have a link?