Retro phones

[SteveClem]

I see the new Nokia retro phone was put on sale today. I might have considered one, but just bought a new Doro...best older person phone ever!

[viewsonic1]

Is this phone out? I asked in the EE shop and Carphone Warehouse and they both said they had no word on the release date.

[firedrake1942]

Does anyone really expect honest, unbiased, informed and up to date advice in a mobile phone shop?

[Rasputin]

I`ll second that about the Doro,even I can use it

[olderisbetter]

I have a collection of old phones until recently i used my Nokia 7110 "matrix" phone, When i fot it new i was amazed and thought that phones would never get much better than that

[palacebear]

Does this qualify as a Retro Phone ??

[les]

What is that thing?

[palacebear]

1932 Siemens 'desk-top' telephone in white bakelite. Weighs about 3kg. Back in the day, black telephones were included in the customers' line-rental charged by the Post Office. Coloured (white, red or green) phones cost extra. Siemens were slightly cheaper than the Post Office's own phones although they looked virtually identical.

I'm a half-hearted collector of bakelite stuff!

[SteveClem]

In 1990 a few of us Coal Board people were given a suitcase full of batteries with a phone on the side to share if we needed to go on pit visits. It was almost totally useless. So they gave us pagers. They were very reliable.