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We’ve noticed that it’s not just us who have an inclination to restore a bit of the class and elegance of traditional phone design into the modern world. (more…)

As any vintage phone enthusiast will know, good DIY skills can be pretty handy, if not essential, whether just restoring a damaged part of an old phone, or, in more extreme cases, modifying an old phone to work on modern telephone systems. And naturally, the older the phone, the more intricate the job. (more…)

Technological innovators Hulger have created a wide range of attractive retro-styled handsets that can be used with modern mobile/cellphones. Now it is possible to enjoy the mobility and convenience of modern technology, with the style and elegance of a retro-designed handset. (more…)

Cashing in on the recent fashion for retro-style accessories for modern mobile telephones, YUBZ (pronounced the counterintuitive way, why-you-bee-zee, get it?) have introduced a plastic handset which much resembles the Hulger phones we’ve featured previously on this site.

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If proof were needed for the enduring appeal of the retro-style rotary dial telephone – here it is. The iDial is a new App for the Apple iPhone, which replicates an analogue rotary dialler on the touchscreen of the iPhone. (more…)

Brace yourself for an abhorrent sight. Here is a retro phone of a different kind – in fact a retro phone that couldn’t be more of an antithesis to the classics that we praise on this website. We’re talking about an early cellphone – a monstrosity, to put it bluntly. And for that very reason we wanted to share it with you, as a lighthearted reminder of what’s so wonderful about genuine vintage phone design. (more…)

A trifle, but we were amused to see this combination of an Apple iPad, the most cutting edge device, with a decidedly retro handset… Enjoy!