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Daily Mirror, England, January 23, 1923

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

wot if ur phone was in ur poket

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He envisioned mobile phones but couldn't think that they'd probably have a way to be silenced?

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagining a cell phone with a rotary dial.

[–] Hurvitz@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://skysedge.com/telecom/RUSP/index.html its a thing (almost works even)

I'll be honest I really want one but I'm not sure I could swing it even if it did work ootb with carriers already. and at that price I can't have it just be a very cool toy

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i mean they had a silent feature pretty much since they became available to consumers, but they were still ringing out loud in public regularly until like 2010

[–] KimJongFun@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The lathe is older than we realized

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago