First, he acquired the glass with the rotary dial. Then, this in the shape of lips. Then the cheeseburger.
By last summer, Chanel Car had amassed a collection of six landline cordless phones. Although it only has one connected, they all work.
“During the pandemic, I wanted to disconnect from all the things that could distract me on a smartphone,” said Carr, 30, who lives in Alexandria, Kentucky.
They once adorned every kitchen. Now landlines have almost been replaced by cordless phones.
In 2003, more than 90% of those surveyed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they had a landline at home. By June 2021, that number – which includes internet-connected phones and old-fashioned wires – had dropped to 30%.
Proponents of landline phones say that the antidote to screen fatigue and excessive multitasking is to do many things together. The shape of the handset also, their users say, is more comfortable when talking. And with a wired device, users need to pay attention to the conversation.
Old Phone Works, a company in Kingston, Ontario, is remanufacturing and selling landlines. The company’s CEO, Matt Jennings, 35, says demand for dual-dial phones has skyrocketed in recent years since the 1950s and 1960s.
The reason behind the recent demand for landlines is this, according to Jennings: “It’s a return to simplicity. “You can have a normal conversation without distractions.”
Rachel Lahbabi, 37, noticed an increase in interest when in early 2021 she started selling landlines online through her Robert Joyce Vintage store, which she owns at Etsy. By October, landlines had the most views of all its products, said Lahbabi, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“What I was selling was leaving so quickly. “I thought people were looking for such phones, so I have to focus on them.”
At Etsy, there was a 26% increase in searches for circular dial phones in 2021 compared to 2020, according to Dana Isom Johnson, trend specialist at the company.
As good as landlines are, even their most ardent supporters recognize that it is almost impossible to use them alone.
Alex McConnell, a 30-year-old banker in Fort Collins, Colorado, has a round dial telephone connected to a copper line in his home. On February 14, it celebrated its 146th anniversary since Alexander Graham Bell patented the phone.
“I prepared a meal with Bell peppers and Graham crackers. “Then I made a round cake and used a blue overlay to put the Bell logo,” said McConnell.
But even he can not avoid modern life.
“My secret pity is that I also have a cell phone,” he says.
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