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I doubt anyone needs this, but I want to buy it just for the product description! It's full of gems, e.g. "Sort of sleek mobile design experience with colors, n
by fhd2 5y ago
I doubt anyone needs this, but I want to buy it just for the product description! It's full of gems, e.g. "Sort of sleek mobile design experience with colors, numbers, and wobbly eyes that will turn heads".
Can't tell if this is inspired by market research, or if someone at the company simply had the freedom to create something that's just fun. Kinda wish it's the latter.
- bayindirh 5y agoIf it was available here, I'd have ordered one today! Oh, the fun!
- nobrains 5y ago:) “Its intuitive bulky face design comes with a 'super-advanced' rotary dial”
- retube 5y ago"it makes both imaginary and real phone calls" wonderful
- listless 5y agoMy favorite line as well. Someone give this copywriter a medal.
- krstffr 5y ago"A real-working phone for a real adult desk"
- InsomniacL 5y ago"A truly 'mobile' phone" Phone has wheels
- cblconfederate 5y agoThat's a Tesla
- 867-5309 5y agoportable too
- prasadjoglekar 5y agoLike the HN handle!
- 867-5309 5y agothanks :)
- Terry_Roll 5y agoActually this could be quite useful for parents who may have conditions like epilepsy or diabetes or something else where they could slip into states of unconsciousness or incapacitation. The kid could be taught from an early age to ring 911 or 999 or some other emergency number listed here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_nu... (what a anti-NWO list of numbers) and hopefully get the appropriate service just by using their Fisher Price phone. We read and hear about kids calling the emergency services all the time so I wonder how long before we get the first Fisher-Price mobile phone emergency call, which news organisations will be the first to run with it?
- pieterhg 5y agoNWO?
- iicc 5y agoThat would be an obvious PR coup, but teaching a kid to use this instead of an actual phone is much less reliable in almost every way.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI feel like all the toddlers I know, including my own, would already know how to use a smartphone by the time they would be able to learn to use this phone.
- jimktrains2 5y agoWe have a land line phone because I didn't want to have to teach the kids how to unlock my phone nor rely on my phone always being charged and accessible in case of emergency. The land line is always on accessible and always in the aame spot.
- omk 5y agoI do feel this is market research inspired. The fact that it is sold out between Thanks Giving and Christmas. This makes a brilliant secret santa gift for offices, friends, family.
- mleo 5y agoIt sold out in seconds when it went up on BestBuy a couple of weeks back. I had it in the cart but unable to complete the transaction.
- hashimotonomora 5y agoChildren love emulating what adults do. It’s how they learn and develop.
- shp0ngle 5y agoYeah but they don't read product descriptions
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoThis would be great, if it had a modem inside, and if you could limit the calls to only the parents. On the other hand, how many children have actually seen any adult use any phone like this (rotary, or even any other landline)
- bluGill 5y agoSome years ago my then 3 year old picked up a payphone in a very remote area and said "hello, hello" into the receiver. I'm reasonably sure that is the first landline phone he ever say in his life.
- mey 5y agoIf only they had picked up a http://futel.net/ http://futel.net/
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- laurent92 5y agoWait, this is for children??? I’m not sure about that. I bet a range of adults would have fun with this phone on a very serious, very stern desk. Imagine interrupting an interview because your Fisher Price phone is ringing.
- gorbachev 5y agoIt's not. Check out the questions and answers section towards the bottom of the page.
- kryogen1c 5y ago> I want to buy it just for the product description! there is a product demo video that does not load on the mobile app i browse HN with. you simply must see it, it is nearly a work of art. if they werent sold out i would buy 4 of them for nieces, nephews, and my WFH desk.
- fhd2 5y agoWow, I missed that, it's great! "The past has finally arrived" "Numbers. Colors. Eyes." They could have totally reused the same, respectable jokes from the product description in the video, but they did something new. This is art.
- mherdeg 5y agoOh yeah the text is charming: > Bluetooth® range: 15 feet; Fun: unlimited
- kingcharles 5y agoI used to know someone that worked there and it always seemed like the engineers had a lot of latitude and enjoyed their jobs, so I'm guessing it bubbled up from the bottom.