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Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’ (nypost.com)

submitted 9 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/10105454

• Gen Z's nostalgia for the early 2000s is sparking a revival of landline phones, seen as a retro-chic escape from the digital age.

• Influenced by '90s and 2000s TV shows, young adults like Nicole Randone and Sam Casper embrace landlines for their vintage appeal.

• Urban Outfitters capitalizes on Gen Z's love for nostalgia by selling retro items like landline phones alongside fashion trends from the '90s and 2000s.

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[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (4 children)

bundled in our internet is a landline....so we found a vintage rotary phone and hooked it up. We can receive but not call out. It's awesome.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you're interested, these things will convert rotary pulses to tones and allow your old phone to interface with the phone system (and voip systems too)

Edit: nvm, someone beat me to it

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

not a recommendation (I have not used any pulse to tone converters), but this may help you out.

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Appreciate all the comments, its just a novelty at the moment but if we ever start to use it it would be for reservations only (and incoming only).

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

I love rotary phones lol. They're so fun to play around with.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mine can even still call out, but the router/modem doesn't supply enough voltage (or current, not sure) so you really have to scream to be heard and only hear a faint whisper.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://vikingelectronics.com/products/rg-10a/

[–] SamVimes 2 points 9 months ago

That looks like maybe the opposite of what they need, that says it doesn't affect normal operation, just boosts the ring. That website looks like it'd have something to fix the issue though.