The $500 GSM rotary phone

Sure, we're guessing the belt holster is a bit unwieldy, but the decades-old chassis on Spark Fun's "portable" rotary phone is probably every bit as sturdy as the Symbol MC70's for one-quarter the cash. We'll take ours in beige, please.

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[(Unverified) Posted Nov 3rd 2008 10:18PM]

I am thirteen and I use a rotary phone every day. I actually like it more than my Razr. My phone is a Western Electric Sculptura. (donut phone)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 2:12PM]

but does it flash red when a crime needs solving?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 3:08PM]

Yes commissioner?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 3:11PM]

Our batphone doesn't have numbers to dial out.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 3:18PM]

Are those Pokia people at it again?

[Joshs Red Pants Posted Aug 14th 2006 3:18PM]

"The battery can run the phone for 4-5 days and is charged by unscrewing two screws on the bottom of the phone, opening it, and attaching the charger."

Why wouldn't they make it so it could be charged without partially disassembling it?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 3:21PM]

i, for one, welcome our red rotary phone overlords

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 4:00PM]

Can you say... useless?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 4:16PM]

In Soviet Russia, $500 rotary GSM phones dial you!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 4:19PM]

Engadget Guys, why would you WANT a $500 dollars bat phone in beige? I thought you guys were cool? I mean... It's a $500 dollar rotatory phone (I don't care what it does), it better come in RED... and 23 other f_cking rainbow colors.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 4:22PM]

rotary

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 4:50PM]

I think you'll see that they intended for this phone to be a novelty. As in a gag, like having your phone ring, and then pulling this thing out in a bar, and having a conversation on it. Although, $500 for a gag, that you can use once, maybe twice, does seem a little steep.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 5:16PM]

I want one in avocado green!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2006 9:34PM]

i own a beige rotary phone with a light on top that flashes when someone calls!!!!thats so funny my mom calls it the bat phone. i am.........batman!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 15th 2006 10:42AM]

Normally I'm a fan of the retro/new tech hybrid thing, but I can't stand rotary phones. They're one thing I really don't miss from my childhood.

It's funny to see this though, I was just talking with a friend of mine the other day and asked "do you realize by the time we have kids our children will probably have never heard a phone ring with an actual bell?". Kind of funny to think about.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 15th 2006 11:59AM]

"it better come in RED... and 23 other f_cking rainbow colors."
Doesn't a rainbow only have 7 colors?