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Watch this guy make calls and send texts from a homemade rotary cell phone

Sure, this rotary cell phone isn’t the latest iPhone, but it gets the job done.

Rotary cell phone

Sure, this rotary cell phone isn’t the latest iPhone, but it gets the job done.


Remember rotary telephones? I sure do – they were horrible. But hey, that’s how people made calls back in the day. Apparently, YouTube maker Mr. Volt felt like he needed to bring it back, but with a twist, so he created his own rotary cell phone.

Yup, that’s right, a rotary cell phone.

So what can it do exactly? Essentially the phone has 6 basic functions: makes calls, can listen to the radio, store one phone number, text, display system settings, and go to sleep. “There’s a 96 x 96 OLED display, its case is made from a mixture of aluminum, brass, and 3D-printed plastic, and the whole thing is powered by an Adafruit microcomputer,” reports The Verge.

Ok, so is this something that can be used on a daily basis? Probably not. But it sure is fucking cool.

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