Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Laptops, Notebooks, PDA's, MP3 Players, Cell Phones
Post Reply
User avatar
FlyingPenguin
Flightless Bird
Posts: 32773
Joined: Wed Nov 22, 2000 11:13 am
Location: Central Florida
Contact:

Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by FlyingPenguin »

I love the list of features. The fact that it's 1980s beige PC color makes it even better. :)

I would absolutely love to have one of these just to have someone call me and answer it at a Starbucks and watch people gawk.
The point isn't to be anachronistic. It's to show that it's possible to have a perfectly usable phone that goes as far from having a touchscreen as I can imagine, and which in some ways may actually be more functional. More functional how?

- Real, removable antenna with an SMA connector. Receptions is excellent, and if I really want to I could always attach a directional antenna.
- When I want a phone I don't have to navigate through menus to get to the phone "application". That's bullshit.
- If I want to call my husband, I can do so by pressing a single dedicated physical key which is dedicated to him. No menus. The point isn't to use the rotary dial every single time I want to make a call, which would get tiresome for daily use. The people I call most often are stored, and if I have to dial a new number or do something like set the volume, then I can use the fun and satisfying-to-use rotary dial.
- Nearly instantaneous, high resolution display of signal strength and battery level. No signal metering lag, and my LED bargraph gives 10 increments of resolution instead of just 4.
- The ePaper display is bistatic, meaning it doesn't take any energy to display a fixed message.
- When I want to change something about the phone's behavior, I just do it.
- The power switch is an actual slide switch. No holding down a stupid button to make it turn off and not being sure it really is turning off or what.

So it's not just a show-and-tell piece... My intent is to use it as my primary phone. It fits in a pocket.; It's reasonably compact; calling the people I most often call is faster than with my old phone, and the battery lasts almost 24 hours.
http://justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/

Image
"Turns out I’m 'woke.' All along, I thought I was just compassionate, kind, and good at history. "

Image
User avatar
reno
The artist formerly known as Renovation
Posts: 1781
Joined: Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:35 pm

Re: Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by reno »

i hope she put a Patent on this phone . or it be stolen by the tbig guys like apple or samsung as the greatest the latest must have .
User avatar
Genom
Steely Eyed Missile Man
Posts: 866
Joined: Thu Aug 28, 2014 4:14 pm
Location: Hotlanta

Re: Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by Genom »

Check Alibaba for Chinese clones in a couple days
User avatar
Err
Life Member
Posts: 5842
Joined: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:54 am

Re: Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by Err »

I hope she adds text functionality.

This would be a sweet in a steampunk theme.
User avatar
darcy
Posts: 6263
Joined: Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:33 pm
Location: NYC

Re: Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by darcy »

Wow!
Briquette, 1992 - 2008 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >

Lily, 1995 - 2009 ~ < Forever In Our Hearts >

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.
User avatar
Losbot
Almighty Member
Posts: 4991
Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:59 am
Location: South Florida

Re: Woman engineer builds functional rotary dial cell phone

Post by Losbot »

If I can't stream PornHub, then it's useless. :lmao
Post Reply