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Soon You Will Be Able To Buy An ‘Un-Smart’ Rotary Cell Phone

Author Jessie Micchelli
MIAMI - FEBRUARY 02: A rotary phone sits on desk of the newly opened Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum February 3, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The museum is located in the only known structure in the nation that was designed, devoted to and operated as a separate station house and municipal court for African-Americans. In September 1944, the first black patrolmen were sworn in as emergency policemen to enforce the law in what was then called the "Central Negro District." The precinct building opened in May 1950 to provide a station house for the black policemen and a courtroom for black judges in which to adjudicate black defendants. The building operated from 1950 until its closing in 1963. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

If you’ve been wishing for a break from your smartphone, it’s coming soon. Earlier this year, Space Engineer, Justine Haupt showed the world a custom cellphone she built. The design got rid of the things you’ve come to expect and replaced them with and old-school rotary dial for placing calls. People responded so well that Haupt is now developing a “mark 2” version of the design. It will be available as a ready-built device featuring a larger electronic paper display, newly manufactured rotary dial parts instead of old salvaged hardware, an SD card slot. It will be upgraded from 3G to 4G. A listing on Haupt’s new robotic’s company website—Sky’s Edge—claims the phone could be available as early as September.

 

 

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