We all know landlines won't be coming back. They can try and make it cool with some fancy stock photos but mobile phones have killed them long time ago.
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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They're going to popularize handsets that look and function like old bell deskphones. Slide your cell phone inside the charger, and you can press buttons and use the handset via bluetooth.
That's existed since ~2005, at least for the handset part.
They're selling them at Urban outfitters, Target, Best Buy, etc now hah!
Fucking hell, 40 for a plastic phone.
Definitely not targeting some silly ticktock users.
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Push button rotary 🤢
That's like the "vintage" radios with fake plastic woodgrain and bluetooth/CD player built in.
Honestly I wouldn't even mind an old school looking radio with Bluetooth especially if they used the big center for a battery or something. But push buttons are antithesis to a rotary phone
God damn the fucking garbage hipsters spend money on.
It's not like the planet is drowning in pointless plastic anyway.
Further, classic copper networks are all almost gone, and will be going away, VOIP is the future, if they really want a land-line. It looks like they're wired for ethernet, but it's hard to tell and the most the Urban Outfitters site says is "The GPO 746 Rotary Telephone prides itself on its traditional and authentic look and feel with built-in modern technology" and "Compatible with modern telephone banking." It seems to say nothing of specifications for either traditional copper wire or ethernet.
God damn the fucking garbage hipsters spend money on.
It’s not like the planet is drowning in pointless plastic anyway.
If its real hipsters, wouldn't they eschew any newly made products and instead seek vintage items out of antique stores? (Because stuff from the 80s and 90s is now antiques). So no net new plastic.
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This is fucking stupid. It's also probably like six people doing this.
Its from nypost, which is garbage
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This whole article is a load of shit and whoever posted it should feel bad
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No they’re not, no they don’t.
it's nypost, did you expect accuracy?
This is utter fuckin nonsense.
Not a single zoomer gives a fuck about landline phones, not even Zillennials who grew up with landlines.
These are a novelty, a fad, that'll wear off within a week.
So tired of these "Gen Z are..." articles. They're always horseshit.
It's just how things rotate out. Gen X had it, Millenials had it, now it's Gen Z's turn. It gets views from older generations who want any excuse to look down on those who've come after, and the generation in-question when they see the headline and think "what? Who the fuck is doing that? What are they talking about?"
Get ready for it to go on through the next decade or so.
(That said, it is horseshit, and "that's how it's always been" is no excuse to let things continue like that. I wouldn't mind seeing an end put to it, myself)
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Hmm…
Well anyway hope these are rediscovered too:
Quite Stable Bonus:
As an 41 year old, I’ve actually used rotary phones and classic handsets when I was younger. And damn do I miss them. There was a distinct enjoyment in being able to properly slam down a phone when you wanted to make a point. Same thing with flip phones: you KNEW when someone hung up in a huff. Can’t quite get that point across on a smartphone.
I also miss being able to properly shoulder a handset to keep your hands free.
As a 45 year old, damn do I not miss them at all.
i miss going out and not being connected, among people who also are just there in the present
i miss walking among people who are aware of their environment
Shit username though
I also miss being able to properly shoulder a handset to keep your hands free.
Earbuds are the superior option.
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When you see someone smash their iPhone 27 giga max ultra on the ground, you know they’re hanging up in a huff.
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How does this belong in technology commynity post it a gossip one or something you idiot
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Wait until MCI goes behind your back and changes your service to them, and you get hit with a $300 bill that month, because every call is "long distance". Yeah. Landlines were great.
Wait til they learn about rotary phones
Wait until.theynlearn about how much landlines cost these days. Forget avocado toast this is the real money sink.
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News sites are freaking stupid.
Are we? Hadn't heard. Nobody is really calling each other in the first place anyway
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Is everyone here talking about corded handsets when they say landline?
In my country landline doesn't exist anymore. Now you need to plug a handset into your modem for VoIP. Landline was the direct copper circuit in the ground. You can't bring back a technology that has been decommissioned. That's like saying Gen Z is bringing back the 2G mobile network.
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Landlines are dead, but I recently installed a VoIP phone because cell service at my house isn't great.
It is nice being able make calls reliabily now and the kids have a way to call 911 too.
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bringing back digital cameras
Bruh, they never left. It's called professional photography.
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it's not like other generations didn't keep ancient phones around for decoration. there are even adapters, to make rotary phones work with newer tech.
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We should bring back not having phone so employers can calls us outside of work hours to come in
I thought people below a certain age hate voice calls and will only text.
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Who paid for them to write this article?
From that picture , just twirl my d....
Let them bring back 56kbps dialup, post vids over that.
I think I have a couple landline phones around somewhere. And my house still has wires and jacks. I could go retro any minute now!
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